NOVEMBER 2016<\/h3>\n
In late August of this year, Cherry Creek School District Superintendent, Harry Bull Jr., issued a letter regarding the fact that the Cherry Creek School District had received no funding from marijuana taxes. This revenue only went to rural schools. In the 2016-17 school year, Cherry Creek Schools is facing a shortage of $20 million, in addition to being underfunded annually by $50 million. This new proposed tax would cause an increase in property taxes by an average of $8\/month for homeowners living in the Cherry Creek School District.<\/p>\n
The proposal for more schools receiving marijuana tax money is divided into two issues: 3A and 3B.<\/p>\n
Issue 3A is the budget and will cost taxpayers about $23.9 million. This is making up for budget deficits from when the state cut the education budget during the 2008 recession. The money would go towards general maintenance for schools, paying for teacher salaries, and updating technology.<\/p>\n
Issue 3B is the bond and would provide a total of $250 million to cover major renovations, curriculum overhaul, and new facilities.<\/p>\n
$7.77 million from 3B would go to a new project, Cherry Creek 2021 (CC2021). The project is a curriculum overhaul to focus new teaching on critical thinking skills, project based learning, communication skills, and working in teams. Elementary and middle schools will each receive up to $750,000 to develop the new curriculum.<\/p>\n
$90.75 million would go to the updating and constructing of new facilities. $40 million would go to the construction of a Career and Innovation Center \u2014 a facility that will be available to 11th and 12th graders by 2021\u2014 and will focus on career and technical education. Excluding the extra amount the district provides, Eaglecrest would receive $219,770 for general maintenance.<\/p>\n
These improvements to the school district would increase property values of homes in the area, making homes easier to sell, and the new schools offer an incentive to elementary school parents who want their children to attend the new Career & Innovation Academy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NOVEMBER 2016 In late August of this year, Cherry Creek School District Superintendent, Harry Bull Jr., issued a letter regarding the fact that the Cherry Creek School District had received no funding from marijuana taxes. This revenue only went to rural schools. In the 2016-17 school year, Cherry Creek Schools is facing a shortage of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2667,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":41,"date":"2018-10-04T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2018-10-04T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T13:55:13","slug":"ccsd-super","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/ccsd-super\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Creek School District Superintendent announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"
Superintendent of the Cherry Creek School District Dr. Harry Bull, announced his retirement at the January 8th school board meeting.<\/p>\n
After 34 years serving the district in roles from teacher to administrator up to his five year tenure as superintendent, Bull says he is leaving to spend more time with his family, and pay attention to some health concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t an easy choice,\u201d Bull told the school board.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been blessed to serve as the superintendent of the Cherry Creek School District, an organization that\u2019s taught me the true meaning of excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bull specified that his decision to retire is based on concerns from his cardiologist about the level stress he\u2019s experiencing with this job.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my greatest challenges is finding the off-switch. I can\u2019t turn it off.\u201d Bull told The Denver Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n Eaglecrest High School principal Gwen Hansen-Vigil reflects on Bull\u2019s tenure as being both challenging and supportive.<\/p>\n \u201cHis leadership of collaborative cultures in schools, among the staff, is probably one of [his] greatest contributions,\u201d she commented.<\/p>\n Hansen-Vigil went on to commend Bull\u2019s dedication to the success of his students, by describing a memory of when Bull was activities director of Smoky Hill High School, and the school found themselves without a cheerleading coach before state competitions.<\/p>\n \u201cHe stepped up and said \u2018I\u2019ll take care of the team for a couple of weeks\u2019. And he really did. In a very short period of time he taught himself some things so he could teach the kids\u2026 He wasn\u2019t willing to let the kids go without the kind of support that they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n Hansen-Vigil elaborated, \u201cEven though that was not his area of expertise, he was willing to step forward and do what he could.\u201d<\/p>\n From his time as administrator at Smoky Hill, up to his tenure as superintendent, it\u2019s very clear that Bull has kept students at the forefront of every decision he\u2019s made.<\/p>\n Student Body President Chandler Cook reflects on the relationship that Bull shares with the student councils of high schools in the district.<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Bull has always been genuinely interested in every student\u2019s opinion. He takes the time to hear us out and takes what students say very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n Chandler elaborated, \u201cHe has helped shape our leadership council by interacting with all the student body presidents before me, so he\u2019s always had a behind-the-scenes voice at our school.\u201d<\/p>\n Bull\u2019s reach as superintendent has extended far beyond interacting with students, to impacting teachers who are new to the district. New teachers to CCSD attend a week long training kicked off by Bulls\u2019s hour long inspirational talk.<\/p>\n Jim Prager commented that, \u201cDr. Bull was a pretty impressive speaker in that he had a clear plan and a clear vision for the district.\u201d<\/p>\n Prager added, \u201cHe took pride in the fact that Cherry Creek is a solid, powerful district that teachers want to be in and leverages that in his message.\u201d<\/p>\n Prager continued, \u201cWe talk about race, we talk about gender, we talk about the equity in \u2018you are going to teach every kid.\u2019 You are going to make efforts to try and impact every student of every race of every gender of every background.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd coming from a district that kind of hid from those conversations, it was really empowering to come here and hear him say that at the beginning of the year and then see it in action at school,\u201d finished Prager.<\/p>\n Following community input, the Cherry Creek School District has announced that it will post the job of superintendent internally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Superintendent of the Cherry Creek School District Dr. Harry Bull, announced his retirement at the January 8th school board meeting. After 34 years serving the district in roles from teacher to administrator up to his five year tenure as superintendent, Bull says he is leaving to spend more time with his family, and pay attention […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2667,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":19,"date":"2018-06-26T16:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/spatemplate\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2021-01-21T01:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:51:26","slug":"work-samples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/work-samples\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Samples"},"content":{"rendered":" AmLit Fall 2020<\/a><\/p>\n AmLit x VISIBLE Queer Arts Show<\/a><\/p>\n AmLit Spring 2020<\/a><\/p>\n Eaglecrest High School Literary Magazine 2017-2018<\/a><\/p>\n Briefing Paper<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Design Samples AmLit Fall 2020 AmLit x VISIBLE Queer Arts Show AmLit Spring 2020 Eaglecrest High School Literary Magazine 2017-2018 Sample Briefing Paper Briefing Paper <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2667,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":16,"date":"2018-06-26T16:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/spatemplate\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-01-21T01:06:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:06:52","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/el6165b\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":" Emma Lovato was born and raised in Aurora, Colorado and is a third year undergraduate student at the American University School of Communication, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with a minor in Economics, as well as a certificate in Advanced Leadership Studies from the School of Public Affairs.<\/p>\n During her time at AU Emma has contributed significantly to the creative community by serving three semesters as the Creative Director for American Literary <\/em>(affectionately known as AmLit), <\/em>American University’s literary and arts magazine. In this position Emma was responsible for the design, creation, and promotion of two 130-page magazines distributed to students, faculty, and other members of the AU community, as well as different projects as needed. You can view the most recent edition of AmLit<\/em>\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Outside of\u00a0AmLit<\/em>, Emma is honored to participate in the School of Public Affairs Leadership Program.\u00a0In her first year of the program she worked alongside a group of her peers to better understand how school districts design and implement sex education curricula and how such curricula can impact the health and wellness of LGBTQ+ students. Her group found that limited reliable information was being made available to students and that a lack of representation for diverse identities negatively impacted students as they approached adulthood. Her group then decided to implement a social action project designing a comprehensive and inclusive sex education curriculum and distributed it to school districts.<\/p>\n In her second and third year with the program, Emma independently researched what barriers are affecting swim lesson participation and how those barriers impact children who are racial or ethnic minorities and children from low income backgrounds. The remainder of her research will focus on understanding how to increase participation in swim lessons for minority populations, and what local recreation programs can do to increase accessibility.<\/p>\n In addition to her research, Emma has been a teaching assistant for the program for two years. In the 2019-2020 school year she guided a group of first-year students through the research process and assisted them in their acclimation to college and life in Washington, DC. She is currently assisting six individual students through their independent research projects, and is a board member for the program’s steering committee which coordinates alumni outreach and fundraising, as well as external events and promotion.<\/p>\n Outside of her academic pursuits, Emma is currently a barista at Tatte Bakery & Cafe. Prior to COVID-19, she was Head Lifeguard for American University Recreational Sports and Fitness, a member of the club swim team, and a coach for the Nation’s Capitol Swim Club.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDesign Samples<\/h2>\n
Sample Briefing Paper<\/h2>\n
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