Denver school board election: 11 candidates are vying for 4 seats

When Denverites vote in this fall s referendum they will help decide who will lead Denver Constituents Schools the state s largest K- district Four of the seven seats on DPS s Board of Tuition are up for grabs this year meaning the majority could change depending on who voters elect to serve on the district s governing body The electoral contest has already generated more than in campaign spending as candidates have secured endorsements from the teachers union and Denver Families Action a political group with ties to charter schools Whoever is elected to serve on the school board will have to help DPS confront financial challenges as K- enrollment falls and as state and federal funds are curtailed Among the decisions candidates are likely to face is whether to close additional schools if the budget cuts go deep enough The ballot also comes as DPS is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration over gender-neutral bathrooms and federal immigration policies Colorado voter guide Stories and explainers for the referendum This file is auto-generated function d l use strict l querySelector d addEventListener undefined typeof URL d wp d wp d wp receiveEmbedMessage d wp receiveEmbedMessage function e var t e material if t t secret t message t value a-zA-Z - test t secret for var s r n a l querySelectorAll 'iframe data-secret ' t secret ' ' o l querySelectorAll 'blockquote data-secret ' t secret ' ' c new RegExp https i i i