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  • School safety plans 'common across the nation'

    Denver Post, Syndicated content|Updated Mar 25, 2023

    DENVER — The East High School staffer who had been checking a 17-year-old student for weapons each morning wasn’t available Wednesday, leaving two administrators to perform the duty instead, according to the Denver Public Schools superintendent. Police say the student, during the pat-down required under his safety plan, shot and wounded two East High administrators, Eric Sinclair and Jerald Mason. The teen fled the school and later died by suicide in Park County. Dr. Alex Marrero, the superintendent, called the situation “ine...

  • Is Sean Payton worth a first-round pick?

    Denver Post, Syndicated content|Updated Feb 4, 2023

    Could Sean Payton be the next big thing in the NFL? Not in the traditional manner, mind you. He's already established himself as one of the game's most successful coaches by winning 152 regular-season games, nine playoff games and a Super Bowl over 15 years as New Orleans' head coach. Instead, what if doing what Denver did to acquire Payton - trading the Saints a first-round pick and swapping future draft assets - became more common in the future? Certainly, trading for a...

  • Club Q: The heart and soul of LGBTQ community

    Sam Tabachnik The Denver Post, Syndicated content|Updated Nov 21, 2022

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Every year on Thanksgiving and Christmas, members of the LGBTQ community here would come to eat, drink and laugh at Club Q. The gay bar became a sanctuary, an oasis of affirmation and acceptance, for those who might be estranged from their own family with nowhere to go for the holidays. Club Q’s staff and customers became that family. “It’s not just a party place,” said Darryl Alexander, who regularly comes to the club with his husband, Dan. “It’s a community building.” This community was s...