Stories from the Field — Our Schools are More Than Learning Centers

The social and economic disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak illuminates just how much we now ask of our public education system. We are capturing stories from the field to show the vital roles our schools play.

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• Littleton: Littleton Teachers Making Intubation Boxes To Help Colorado Health Care Workers (CBS Denver 4, May 3, 2020)
• Aurora: APS food for kids and families makes the half-million mark (Aurora Sentinel, May 1, 2020)
• Cheyenne Mountain: A Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School science teacher gets on his bike and is surprising his students with pop quizzes (KRDO, Apr 28, 2020)
• With schools shuttered, districts struggle to feed students and communities (PBS News Hour, Apr 27, 2020)
• Fort Collins: Polaris teacher finds creative way to teach coronavirus to students, even remotely (Coloradoan, Apr 20, 2020)
• Thompson: Thompson has distributed nearly 27,000 meals during coronavirus closures (Loveland Reporter-Herald, Apr 20, 2020)
• Pueblo: Pueblo District 60 keeps students plugged in (The Pueblo Chieftain, Apr 16, 2020)
• Aurora: This Aurora school held a virtual pep rally to keep its school culture alive (Chalkbeat, Apr 16, 2020)
• The economy can't reopen without schools (CNN Politics, Apr 15, 2020)
• Harrison School District: ‘A moment in time’: Graduating senior takes memorable photos during pandemic (KKTV, Apr 14, 2020)
• Colorado: 10 videos from Colorado teachers showing hope, love, dance moves, and (lots of) dogs in the time of COVID (Chalkbeat, Apr 11, 2020)
• Colorado Springs: 'Adopt a High School Senior' Facebook page recognizes students in a new way (KKTV, Apr 11, 2020)
• South Routt and Hayden: South Routt and Hayden schools take on unique distance learning challenges (Steamboat Pilot & Today, Apr 12, 2020)
• Darling-Hammond: COVID-19 brings 'central importance of public education back to people's minds'
• Fort Morgan: Morgan County School Board approves middle school as emergency medical site (The Fort Morgan Times, Apr 9, 2020)
• Poudre: Poudre School District launches WiFi hot spot on wheels for students without internet (Coloradoan, Apr 9, 2020)
• Colorado: 10 videos from Colorado teachers showing hope, love, dance moves, and (lots of) dogs in the time of COVID (Chalkbeat, Apr 9, 2020)
• Colorado Springs D-11: D11 to distribute grab-and-go lunches to 5 new neighborhood locations (KOAA, Apr 9, 2020)
• Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1: COVID-19 is changing education; we’re keeping up (The Journal, Apr 6, 2020)
• Boulder Valley: BVSD’s Impact on Education collecting cloth masks for emergency childcare centers (Daily Camera, Apr 6, 2020)
• Douglas County: Teachers create face shields on 3D printers (South Platte Independent, Apr 6, 2020)
• Cherry Creek: Cherry Creek 3D prints pieces for medical masks (Centennial Citizen, Apr 6, 2020)
• Denver: Memes And Multitasking: How Denver Teachers Are Preparing For Remote Learning (Chalkbeat, Apr 5, 2020)
• Boulder Valley: Impact 2020 BVSD Thank You (YouTube, April 4, 2020)
• Colorado Springs: Foreign exchange student gets prom, graduation in quarantine (KKTV News, Apr 4, 2020)
• Thompson: Thompson School District answers questions from students, families (Loveland Reporter Herald, Apr 4, 2020)
• Boulder Valley: BVSD provides emergency child care for essential workers during coronavirus pandemic (Daily Camera, Apr 2, 2020)
• RE-1 Valley School District: RE-1 Valley School District’s distance learning plans coming together (Journal-Advocate, Apr 1, 2020)
• Gunnison Valley Watershed School District: “We’re all committed to doing our best” (Crested Butte News, Apr 1, 2020)
• Jeffco: Q&A with Jeffco’s Erika Edwards: Feeding families during COVID-19 (Arvada Press, Apr 1, 2020)
• School District 27J: Brighton teacher donates supplies from empty classroom to give to first responders (7 News, Apr 1, 2020)
• Pueblo 60: 'Our Schools Are The Spirit Of This Community': Providing Meals For Students During COVID-19 (KRCC, Mar 31, 2020)
• Trinidad: Trinidad schools continue the semester from home — parents encouraged to reach out for help, resources (The Chronicle-News, Mar 31, 2020)
• Adams 12: Teacher at Warren Tech is 3-D printing faceshield headbands to help local hospitals protect against COVID-19 (9 News, Mar 31, 2020)
• Aspen: RF School District offering free meals for kids (Aspen Daily News, Mar 31, 2020)
• Colorado Springs D-11: Local school districts start remote learning (KKTV 11 News, Mar 31, 2020)
• Dolores RE-4A: Dolores board prez: We will be resilient (The Journal, Mar 30, 2020)
• Denver and Jeffco: Coronavirus In Colorado: Denver & Jeffco Public Schools Make Changes To Grab & Go Meal Times (CBS Denver, Mar 30, 2020)
• Douglas County: Douglas County School District dives into remote education (Castle Pines News Press, Mar 30, 2020)
• Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley: BVSD, SVVSD launch remote learning with schools closed amid coronavirus (Daily Camera, Mar 30, 2020)
• Colorado: MAP: Colorado students can get school lunches at these locations during coronavirus shutdown (Chalkbeat, Mar 30, 2020)
• Cherry Creek: Cherry Creek schools staff, students making medical face shields using 3D printers (Aurora Sentinel, Mar 30, 2020)
• Educators continue SEL support during coronavirus closures (Education Drive, Mar 30, 2020)
• Englewood: Remote learning: How one small Colorado district leverages its closeness with families (Chalkbeat, Mar 30, 2020) 
• Pueblo School District 60: What the virus is teaching us (The Pueblo Chieftain, Mar 27, 2020)
• Adams 12: Colorado high school uses 3D printers to make parts of medical masks (9 News, Mar 25, 2020)
• Adams 12: Standard Distribution Method Video on food production video and website resources  (YouTube, Mar 25, 2020)
• Academy District 20: Colorado Springs school staff share the love during a neighborhood caravan (The Gazette, Mar 25, 2020)
• Cherry Creek: CCSD Board members coordinate partnerships with local food banks (CCSD website, Mar 25, 2020)
• Jeffco: District leader says let teachers innovate online (District Administration, Mar 24, 2020)
• Aurora: Coronavirus In Colorado: Aurora Teachers Hold Motorcade To Show Support For Students (CBS 4, Mar 24, 2020)
• Boulder Valley: Teacher drops off 27 care packages for her students during COVID-19 school cancellations (Fox News, Mar 24, 2020)
• Academy District 20: Teachers form caravan in Colorado Springs to encourage students stuck at home (Fox News, Mar 24, 2020)
• Academy District 20: Colorado Springs school teachers caravan through neighborhoods, spreading cheer (KRDO, Mar 24, 2020)
• Academy District 20: Explorer Elementary sending teacher car caravan to 'spread cheer' (KOAA, Mar 24, 2020)
• Douglas County: Douglas County teachers participate in parade to lift students’ spirits (Fox News, Mar 20, 2020)
• Schools Race To Feed Students Amid Coronavirus Closures (NPR, Mar 20, 2020)
• Weld RE4: Coronavirus In Colorado: Weld County School Bus Drivers Deliver Meals (CBS, Mar 18, 2020)
• Williams: Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals the Reality — and the Risk — of America’s Child Safety Net Being Its Public Schools (The 74, Mar 18, 2020)

• Academy District 20: Coronavirus in Colorado: KRDO hosts community Q&A (KRDO, Mar 16, 2020)

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