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  Colo. school funding challenge goes to high court

  State government attorneys told Colorado Supreme Court justices that legislators should have discretion over school funding.

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  Parents unhappy with new Thunder Mtn. student pick-up

  Parents at one local elementary school are frustrated with the amount of time it takes to pick up their kids after a new student pick up plan is implemented

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  School Board adopts transitional calendar

  The District 51 School Board released the official dates for the 2013-2014 school calendar on Tuesday night at the board meeting.

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  Police do paperwork outside schools for protection

  A suburban Denver school district has come up with a clever way to increase police presence around its elementary schools.

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  How realistic should school shooting drills be?

  The shooting of 20 first-graders and six adults in Newtown, Conn., has school administrators reviewing and practicing their own emergency plans.

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  Boulder Co. high school closed during probe of threats

  A threat that Niwot High School was "going to blow on the 11th" was scrawled in a bathroom last Monday and made public Tuesday.

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  Know More: three new school calendar options

  Know More about the school board's three different calendar proposals and how family schedules could look in the future.

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  D51 implements new safety measures

  District 51 implements new security measures throughout schools over break.

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  School district, law enforcement prioritize school safety

  The agencies have been meeting to form a plan to increase school security.

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  Flash mob promotes anti-bullying at GJHS

  The message stop the bullying, they chose an anti- bullying flash mob to get that point across.

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  2012 National Blue Ribbon award given to Garnet Mesa Elementary

  The school is being honored for its 2013 National Blue Ribbon Award.

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  Montrose church holds candlelight vigil for shooting victims

  Grace Community Church in Montrose gathers on Thursday night to pray for and support those affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.

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  Riverside Educational Center gets a surprise visitor

  The visitor interrupting the tutorial session was non-other then the Grand Junction Rockies mascot, Corky.

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  District 51 increases safety measures after Newtown tragedy

  After the Newtown tragedy, District 51 officials increase security measures.

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  D51 families adjust to new extended walking boundaries

  School District 51 students are finishing up their first week back to class, but not without some big changes. KKCO 11 News found out how families are coping with the new school walking boundaries.

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  D51 walking concerns: besides safety, traffic could back up

  Every school in the district has a drop off zone, but with more students walking and potentially more parents dropping students off, some worry these zones will become even more congested and cause more potential problems.

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  Grand Valley teachers will soon be graded on their performance

  Grand Valley teachers will soon be graded on their performance as a step in getting the district ready for the implementation of Senate Bill 191. Also at Tuesday night’s board meeting the subject of bullying was on the agenda.

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  Information about diabetes for students in school District 51

  There is a new child diagnosed with type one diabetes, about every 20 minutes. That's why the American Diabetes Association is reaching out to parents from school district 51.

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  SB 191 implementation update for School District 51

  Grand Junction Colo. (KKCO) – At Tuesdays nights school board meeting the board talked about new state laws that establish teaching standards in the classroom.

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  State, schools working to curb number of remediation courses in college

  Many high school graduates are looking forward to college classes in just a few months, but for some, class may be a like high school. More and more Colorado students are taking remedial courses once they get to college.

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  Community celebrates as Appleton finishes 100th year

  There was a centennial celebration at Appleton Elementary School this week, making it the oldest consolidated school in the state.

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  American debut of International Friendship Song

  Grand Junction, Colo (KKCO) - Wednesday night at Redlands Middle School students sang the American debut of a song called "my dear future friends."

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  Parents divided over SD51 proposal to extend student walking distances

  The new proposed walking distance for some students has parents divided. Some are very concerned, especially those with younger children, who could now be walking as far as two miles to and from school. Others say it was the least intrusive cut the district could've made.

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  SD 51 says goodbye to teachers; union seeks raise for next fall

  School District 51 is getting ready to present its proposed budget to the school board next week, and to make it, budget positions are being cut this week.

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  Unofficial TCAP scores in, D51 shows reading improvement

  Preliminary and unofficial TCAP results for third grade reading were released on Wednesday. This was the first year of the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, or TCAP, after replacing the Colorado State Assessment Program.