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WIGGINS, Colo. -- Two high school coaches who failed
to stop another coach from taping down a player more than
three years ago have had their teaching licenses suspended.
Wiggins High School wrestling coach David Croissant and
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Both coaches were under investigation for failing to stop a March 1, 2006 incident when another
wrestling coach, Jon Penfold, taped an unruly 13-year-old wrestler to a bench during practice. Penfold
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Garcia later came through the wrestling
room and saw the boy taped up, but did not
interfere, either, he said at the same hearing.
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Croissant's teaching licenses was suspended until the end of the school year. Garcia's was suspended
until Jan. 15.
Wiggins is about 70 miles northeast of Denver.
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A surge of retiring baby-boomer teachers is pushing a younger and less experienced workforce into
classrooms nationwide.
The trend is concerning enough that the White House recently made a national plea to get more people into
teaching and is prompting states including Colorado to develop alternative pathways for people who haven't
obtained education degrees to become teachers.
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Large numbers of teachers have retired in the past five years, and classrooms in Colorado are being led by an
increasingly younger teaching force.
The percentage of teachers younger than 35 years old in Colorado increased to 33 percent in 2008-09 from
30 percent in 2004-05.
"When there was a big baby boom in the 1970s and '80s, the districts hired tons of people because they had
tons of kids," said Colorado Education Association spokeswoman Deb Fallin. "Those people have put in their
30 years and are retiring. Typically, you have to replace them with younger people because they are cheaper.
That is another trend."
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"If we get a bad March forecast, it could take another $100 million from schools," Pommer said.
School officials say they want to keep the cuts as far away from the classroom as possible, but that might be
hard to avoid. Districts spend about 85 percent of their total costs on personnel, so increased class sizes can
be expected statewide.
Colorado Springs closed nine schools this school year and saved $3 million, but class sizes grew.
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Falcons roundball looks to make statement
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It took them through the first part of the season, but
the Highlands Ranch boys hoops squad is starting to
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Coming into the holiday break, as Ranch went
undefeated in the Cherry Creek Holiday Classic in
Greenwood Village, the Falcons carried a 6-2 overall
record with wins over Smoky Hill, Columbine twice,
Grandview and Cherry Creek.
“At the start of the season, we were kind of
underrated,” Sebastian said. “Most of our starters
right now are juniors. Last year, they were starting as
sophomores. It was new to them then, but now
they’re more experienced, cause they’ve been doing it
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Senior captain Fabian Sebastian said the decadeending tournament at Cherry Creek High School was a
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Sebastian presently leads the team in scoring and rebounding, but Falcons coach Bob Caton said the
statistics on both ends of the court are pretty balanced among the team’s players.
“It’s all about the team. When you play as a team, good things happen,” Caton said.
Behind Sebastian in scoring this season so far is junior Marcus Byrd, junior Brett Olson, junior Eric Anttila
and senior Grant Calhoun. Olson and Anttila are proving themselves to be the Falcons’ threats from outside
the arc.
Also starting to stand out, Caton said, is senior Darryl Wright.
“He got off to a bit of a slow start because of a football injury, but now he’s playing great,” said Caton, who
is in his second season with Highlands Ranch.
On rebounds, Sebastian leads the team there as well with Byrd and sophomore Austin Haldorson behind
him.
Caton said the team’s defense has noticeably improved over the course of the non-league portion of the
season.
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communicate better, and that’s really been a positive. The other thing is we’re really sharing the ball. We’re
really playing good team ball. When you start to do those two things together, a lot of good things can
happen.
“You want to have that ready to go when the season starts, but sometimes when the lights come on, you
don’t know what’s going to take place. You don’t know how players will react. Now, we’re getting an idea.”
Another thing the Falcons have going for them this season is size. There isn’t a single player who stands
less than 6 feet tall. The team’s tallest players are Haldorson at 6 feet 8 inches and Byrd at 6-7.
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By Lisa Weiss
I moved back to Colorado after having lived in the New York City area for more than a
decade. I moved back for Cued Speech. I know that probably sounds crazy, but let me
backtrack a bit.
My husband, Terence Tucker, and I both grew up in Colorado. We have three boys: Heath,
age four, and identical twins, Cole and Max, age seven. Max is deaf and uses a cochlear
implant, oral language, and Cued Speech. We moved back to Colorado last July so that Max
could have a Cued Speech Transliterator (CST) in his classes and still attend the same
elementary school as his brothers. All three of my kids now attend Summit View
Elementary, Douglas County’s center-based Deaf/Hard of Hearing program. I realize this
decision probably doesn’t make much sense to those of you who don’t know anything about
Cued Speech, so let me clarify. Here’s our story.
When I describe Max as deaf, it is an accurate statement. He is deaf, but the cause of his
deafness is a little unusual and that’s how we came to choose Cued Speech for our family.
Max has Auditory Neuropathy in both ears. You may have heard the term in recent years,
but most people don’t really know what it is. In simple terms, this means that Max always
had the ability to hear certain frequencies of sound, but his brain is unable to receive
consistent signals as to what those sounds are. Therefore, until we discovered that he had
Auditory Neuropathy at almost three years of age, Max could very, very, very rarely
understand anything we said and, therefore, was not developing speech or language.
Anyway, as soon as we realized that Max had Auditory Neuropathy, we got into contact with
an amazing audiologist, Dr. Charles Berlin, who was the only expert on Auditory Neuropathy
that we knew of at the time and, in my opinion, absolutely the best. Dr. Berlin advised me
to read the book “Choices in Deafness” by Sue Schwartz, PhD. I did and it was instantly
obvious what our choice was for Max and for our family, cochlear implant or not - Cued
Speech. We hoped that Max could be Oral so that we could understand him, but for the
purpose of Max being able to understand us and achieve to his potential and at the same
level as his hearing peers and, specifically, his hearing twin, we would immediately begin
learning Cued Speech and using it at home. Please understand that I do not believe, nor
did I ever believe, that signing could not be an option or that it shouldn’t be one; rather, my
choice was based on our inability to learn to sign quickly enough to start communicating
with Max immediately and in a meaningful way for purposes of his language development. I
knew that learning to sign at a conversational level could take me years and with Cued
Speech I could immediately begin using it with Max in the language I was already speaking English. Max had already lost three years and I was in a hurry to help him catch up. I’ve
never once regretted that choice and will forever be grateful to Dr. Berlin for helping me find
it. Thank you, Chuck.
Whenever people first meet us and learn that we have a deaf son, the first question is
always: “So do you sign?” My answer is usually something like “not yet.” I am beginning
to learn because I understand and have always understood the enormous social value it will
have for Max one day, possibly very soon. After giving my answer, I then inevitably launch
into my explanation about Cued Speech, why we use it and how it is different than sign
language. At first, it was simply incredible to me that there were so few people who knew
about it. Over time, it has become more understandable to me, but still I remain
disheartened that Cued Speech is not generally embraced by people who choose to be oral
or to sign. To me, Cued Speech doesn’t really fall into either the oral or sign category and,
yet, is such an amazing tool for deaf children, no matter what their families’ choice.
So (off my soapbox now), we made the choice to learn Cued Speech for Max, even before
we had the green light to get him implanted (at the time, cochlear implants had worked for
a few kids with auditory neuropathy and we thought it worth a try.) The surprising thing to
me and to nearly every person I relate the story to is that learning to cue only took me one
weekend. We still lived in New Jersey at the time and had a Cued Speech Instructor from
New York City come to our home to teach us and our regular babysitter (from Mexico, no
less), how to cue over a weekend. By the second morning, I had already learned the entire
system and I was ready to start Cueing for Max. It really was that easy. Admittedly, I was
cueing very slowly, but after six months of regular practice and cueing the ABCs over and
over and over again to my twin three year olds, low and behold, I was fluent. I never
looked back. For over two years I was pretty much the only person cueing for Max while he
attended a full-day Oral Deaf preschool in New Jersey. When it was time for Max to start
kindergarten, having surpassed his Oral Deaf preschool classmates (and hearing peers, for
that matter) with reading abilities that absolutely shocked his teachers. (Improved reading
skills is the intended outcome of Cued Speech, by the way!) We mainstreamed him with a
cueing paraprofessional. Max was far from understandable speech-wise, but academically,
no problem. Our school district in New Jersey was wonderfully receptive and accepted with
open arms their first deaf student with a cochlear implant. They even trained a
paraprofessional to begin cueing with Max during the day. Thank you, South
Orange/Maplewood School District!
Unfortunately, we began to realize that educating Max in a fully mainstream environment
without Deaf/Hard of Hearing peers wasn’t what we saw as an ideal situation for him. New
Jersey has a public Oral Deaf program and a Total Communication program (which in New
Jersey equates to a purely signing program.) Unfortunately, the Oral Deaf program wouldn’t
agree to Cued Speech and Max didn’t sign. We began to look for other options. In the Cued
Speech community, it seems an obvious choice that if you want Cued Speech for your child,
you go where it already is – there are pockets around the country that have Cued Speech in
their Deaf/Hard of Hearing programs. So I guess we could have done that. Unfortunately,
we had no real connection to any of those places and my husband and I are both from
Colorado. I decided to look into the schools in Colorado and was absolutely amazed at what
I saw. We chose Summit View Elementary in Douglas County because they had a very
welcoming, though fairly new center-based Deaf/Hard of Hearing program. Cued Speech?
No, but they said they had heard of it and would learn. Even before we moved to Colorado, I
was getting emails from the head of the Teachers of the Deaf, Karin Leonard (herself Hard of
Hearing), asking about learning to cue and how to get an interpreter trained as a CST.
Thank you, Karin!!
We moved to Colorado and we now have what we feel is the best of all worlds. Our kids get
to go to the same school, they have both hearing and Deaf/Hard of Hearing peers and
teachers, and Max has a full time CST, Anna Liljestrand, the first ever (as far as we know) in
Colorado. Anna is a lightning fast learner and clearly committed to knowing how to cue
accurately. Thank you, Anna! Max’s SLP, Sabrina West, has learned to Cue as well and is
using it in his speech therapy sessions. Thank you, Sabrina!! There are even a few more
kids at Summit View who are now benefiting from Cued Speech. The staff in Douglas
County has really just jumped right on board. Thank you, Douglas County!
We also had a great surprise bonus when we moved to Colorado in July 2008. A Teacher of
the Deaf who was moving from Illinois and had been working at a Cued Speech school, the
AG Bell Montessori School, happened to be relocating to Colorado and was looking for a
teaching position. Emily Dudas applied for an open position in our District and, voila, Max
got a Teacher of the Deaf who cues, signs and teaches oral kids. (By the way, you can Cue
the word “voila” just like you can cue anything else you can say). Emily is a certified Cued
Speech Instructor, as well. We are both getting to know Colorado together while serving as
Co-Representatives for the Rocky Mountain Region for the National Cued Speech
Association, a task we are both passionate about. We have held one Cued Speech learning
workshop last spring and will be holding regular workshops starting this fall. Everything is
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I rarely get to write about high school inline hockey in our coverage areas, but when I do, I get a little
charge.
Inline hockey was the last team sport I got to play before I graduated college and was forced to finally have
goals. Since then, I’ve only played individual sports.
A couple roommates and myself, among others, played as an inline hockey team in a couple recreation
leagues in Colorado Springs at the time. That was before inline hockey had an indoor facility in the Springs.
Unless you count Skate City, which only had pick-up games one night a week for adults, if that. All our
games for two years were outdoors.
To this day, I still keep my gear in my car, in case I see a pickup game somewhere. People who jump in the
passenger’s seat of my car always complain about having to trip over my stick to get in and out.
Yes, there are a lot of aspects I miss about playing. And of course, there are some I don’t.
The one thing I absolutely hated about inline hockey in our recreational league was, novice skaters were
usually misplaced on or against teams with stronger skaters who would eat them up. I didn’t understand
why these guys and gals didn’t just quit, since they couldn’t keep up with the rest of us.
More than that, they were dangerous to play against physically, because they always managed to get hurt
or hurt someone else. In fact, the only injury I ever took playing hockey was because of some yahoo who
couldn’t stand still without attaching himself to someone near him like a parasite.
During one particular game, when I was a forward, and I took my position in the slot looking to set up for a
one-timer. My talent wasn’t shooting or finesse skating, but in play-making, passing and the mental part of
the game. I could trash talk a goalie with the best of them.
So, I was in the slot, trash talking my opposing goalie — whom I was friends with, off the court anyway,
and this yodel who could barely stay upright was trying to move me out of scoring position. Of course, I had
about 100 pounds on the kid, and he couldn’t budge me.
He started to fall and instead of just allowing the laws of physics and gravity to take their course, this guy
thought his best option to keep playing was to climb on my back. I was already bent over with my blade on
the court, waiting for that pass across the slot.
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My legs were wide in my base, as far as they would already split without some sort of corrective surgery,
but when this novice started flailing on my back like a drowning 8-year-old, I heard a pop, and my legs split
about another four inches in both directions.
I couldn’t move my left thigh. The pain was sick. I needed to be helped off the court and even had to get a
friend to drive me home, because I was unable to use my leg to push in the clutch of my car.
I was out for only two weeks, however. Walking was a chore during that time, but I was playing again
before too long. I never saw a doctor about what happened. Unless I’m bleeding, I usually just leave my
healing efforts to rest and some sort of soup. No one has ever accused me of being a smart man.
I did take an ankle injury about six months later, but that wasn’t doing anything tough and cool like playing
hockey. I was washing my at-the-time girlfriend’s laundry at a laundromat, and as I carried a basket of
clothes to her car, I stepped in a sidewalk pot-hole and rolled my ankle. Again, I could barely walk for about
two weeks, and to this day my ankle still pops when I lift it a certain way.
But at least the girlfriend had clean clothes.
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Party politics play role in local races
By Chris Michlewicz
Published: 12.24.09
In a turnaround from previous local elections, party politics came into play in November, and some say it
unfairly influenced traditionally nonpartisan races.
The hotly-contested bid for four Douglas County School District Board of Education seats was perhaps the
most prominent in the district’s history. Voters inside and outside of the news loop knew that a slate of
Republican-backed candidates was vying for the vacancies against a group of Democrats. Most of the
candidates made no secret of their party affiliation.
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A similar case in the Castle Pines North mayoral race resulted in public calls for election officials to examine
possible “improper tactics” by Jeffrey Huff, who won the support of voters in the new and growing city.
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Jon and Tera Radloff, residents of Castle Pines North, wrote a letter in mid-November to Janie Berry, the
city’s clerk, and questioned the legality of Huff’s use of the Republican emblem on campaign materials,
including direct mailings and yard signs.
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The campaign signs “gave a clear impression that Mr. Huff was the Republican candidate for mayor,” the
Radloffs said, and “given the overwhelming Republican registration in Castle Pines North, the broad use of
the Republican Party emblem was definitely misleading.” The Radloffs went on to say in the letter that the
inquiry was not based on party politics; Jon Radloff says he is, in fact, a registered Republican and his wife
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“This inquiry is about insuring that our elected officials operate within the bounds of the rules for elections
and conduct themselves with integrity and decorum at all times,” the Radloff’s letter says.
But Huff is not apologizing for using the Republican emblem, and Douglas County Clerk and Recorder Jack
Arrowsmith said there are no laws or regulations restricting candidates from identifying themselves with a
specific political party, despite the fact that there is no mention of Republicans or Democrats on municipal
election ballots. Arrowsmith conferred with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office about the legality of
using political party emblems after receiving a letter from another Castle Pines North resident.
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“The secretary of state said it falls under first amendment rights that say an individual or committee has
the right to express themselves,” he said, adding election law indicates that home rule municipalities can
have stricter rules. The school board and Castle Pines North do not operate under home rule charters.
Kelsey Alexander, former chairwoman of the Douglas County Republicans, defended the use of the emblem
and declarations of party affiliation by the candidates in the school district and Castle Pines North races.
She says identifying with a party informs voters of the candidate’s “underlying philosophy.”
“What you are is indicative of your value system,” Alexander said.
Huff, who says he received good legal advice before distributing campaign materials, denies misusing the
Republican elephant and said he questions the motivations of those who requested a review of his campaign
practices.
“It was a shorthand way that I could convey my message to the people within the municipality that might
think the same way I do,” he said. However, Huff said he would rather have people focus on the issues
instead of party affiliation.
Paul Thompson, former chairman of the Douglas County Democrats, called the injection of partisan politics
into local elections “reprehensible” and said it shifts attention away from much-needed debate on the
issues.
“I think people were disgusted. In years past, the school board election was about kids,” Thompson said.
“This year, it was all about unions and taxes and it made a total difference. People are playing games with
the kids.”
The Douglas County Democrats had a long discussion in an executive committee meeting about publicly
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backing candidates, and although it found nothing illegal about the practice, decided it “would have been
flirting with the edge of the rules and would have been morally wrong,” Thompson said. He acknowledged
the decision might have cost his party some voter turnout. He suggested the Republicans campaigned
harder in November than they have in recent even-year elections, and said campaign finance disclosure
sheets showed much of the money donated to the Republican campaigns came from outside of Douglas
County.
“There is nothing illegal, but voters should wonder why the money isn’t coming from people who have a
stake in the outcome,” he said.
Alexander, the former head of the county Republicans, said Democrats were welcome to place donkey logos
on their campaign materials, but surmised that they chose not to out of fear.
“I don’t know why someone would say it’s unfair,” she said. “If the Democrats are afraid to put a donkey on
their sign, they’re probably afraid people won’t vote for them.”
“What you are is indicative of your value system.” -Kelsey Alexander, former chairwoman of DC Republicans
and supporter of party politics in local races
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CASTLE ROCK - In the first school board meeting of the new year, Interim Superintendent Steve Herzog
does not have optimistic news. He predicts Douglas County Schools will have to cut an additional $25 million
on top about $60 million in cuts already.
At Tuesday night's school board meeting, Herzog delivered a school finance
presentation where board members are invited to ask questions and openly
discuss the district's options.
Part of Herzog's presentation includes an estimated budget reduction of an
extra $25 million due to the financial shortfall at the state level. Districts
across Colorado will likely be asked to tighten their belts .
Since the 2007-08 school year, the district had already planned on massive
district-wide cuts. Partially because of adjustments in enrollment projections
and also because a $17 million mill levy and $395 million bond issue failed in
2008.
The district was already planning on making about $60 million in cuts from
2007 through 2011. The added state shortfall may make that total closer to
$90 million over four years.
Later, this spring, the school board vote on exactly what programs, positions,
or expenses will be eliminated.
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Transportation slashed -- ha! The drivers have been slashed and the students sent walking in
sub zero! Steve Herzog wanted the parents to feel it and pass the next bond! Transportation
administration is at least 40% overstaffed and has not been touched because the parents
cannot see it. The Transportation Director has and is miss managing the department and it is
disgusting. We can have the buses back the way they were and still cut the budget but the
parents won't see it and pass the next bond. And that's the fact!
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plasteronu wrote:
As a teacher in Douglas Country it is discouraging to be faced with the conditions mentioned
in this story. Believe me we did not go into this profession to become wealthy. We work hard
and one of the things that we hang we hang our hat on is the respect that comes back to us
from the sacrifices we make to be educators. I feel appreciated every day by my students
because of what happens in my classroom. Unfortunately it is painfully apparent how little we
are respected that is made evident by our community because of how obviously misinformed
they are about how our schools operate. We do more (check out our test scores) with way
less (lowest per pupil spending in Front Range)and now we are going to be asked to perform
as well with way less than any other school district. It will be interesting to see what the
breaking point is - cutting $35 million in 2010 - 2011 might just be it.
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Why doesn't Obama solve this like everything else? Can't President Promise just write a
$25M check and the problem is solved?
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cpritchard wrote:
DCSD gets paid per student the lowest amount of most anywhere in the U.S. not just
Colorado.
How many of you voted on the new school board in 2009?
Teachers have a pay freeze for the next two years.
Most all new teachers will be looking for a job next year due to the budget cuts.
A lot of the admin positions have already been cut and will likely be cut further.
Class sizes will be larger next year due to this problem.
Buses are NOT and should not be a priority. That's just the way it goes. Cutting buses has
saved A LOT of money. However, not enough.
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mickey9203 wrote:
Here we go folks the other shoe is about to drop. Municipal governments, school districts,
commercial real estate are all going to be the next wave to come crashing down on us. Years
of neglect, oversight, and wasteful spending are catching up to us. States are under water
further than the banking/mortgage crowd ever was. But gee we sure do have some fancy
sports stadiums! Too bad we can't come up with funds to pay our educators and police
officers
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Thor123 wrote:
We have enough money to provide free government healthcare to everyone (including
illegals?), we have enough money to continue fighting the "Bush" wars, we have enough
money to bail out every moron in the banking system, but we don't have enough to furnish our
youth with a decent education?
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castlerockette wrote:
Douglas County charter schools ARE public schools, not private. Don't let those preppie plaid
uniforms fool you. Since they are part of the PUBLIC school system, they will be affected as
well.
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caffineman wrote:
Hmm, sounds like the St.Varain scandal except in Douglas County now. On a side note, I'm
soo glad my kids go to a charter school. Public schools would be fine if the Administrative
officals would leave it alone and quit taking money from the kids.
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If one weeks worth of defense money was put into our education. There would be no money
issue for the schools. just saying....
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School buses are a good thing with all of the sicko people out there praying on kids that might
be walking to school.
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Coach: Bob Caton
High school: Highlands Ranch
Sport: boys basketball
What made you decide you wanted to become a coach in your present sport?
The school is just great. The students-players are a pleasure to work with. For the first time I am actually
close to the school I am coaching at. I can actually ride my bike to school.
Describe one of the best moments you can remember from your coaching career?
I was coaching the Rolling Cowboys (wheelchair) basketball team, and I had a young man who came back
from a serious accident. He got to the point where he could play wheelchair basketball, and he did it to a
degree that he made the All-Tournament Team in a national tournament. This was a player who was a very
good high school player before his accident.
What was one of the most heartbreaking moments of your coaching career?
The state championship game, losing by one point on two free-throws with 2 seconds left in the game.
If a young athlete came to you and said he/she was interested in a career as a coach, what advice would
you give him/her?
Be patient. Be patient with the players and with yourself. It’s all about the journey.
What do you do for fun that isn’t related to the sport you presently coach?
Play with the grand children. The family is very important. I like being with my kids, the grand kids and the
wife.
What is the toughest decision a coach in your sport has to make on a fairly consistent basis?
Playing or not playing your players and/or cutting players from basketball. I wish they could all play and be
great players, but...
If you could coach for any professional sports team for one year, which would it be and what changes would
you make?
Not sure I could coach for a pro team, but if I had to and had to make a change, I would try to get them to
play team ball and move without the ball. One of my favorite teams is the 1969 New York Knicks; (Walt)
Frazier, (Dave) DeBussherre, (Bill) Bradley, (Willis) Reed, (Dick) Barnett. They knew how to play team ball.
Your present team just won the state championship. What do you (and/or the team) do to celebrate the
achievement?
We would have a celebration party at Big Bill’s New York Pizza. Eat lot’s of pizza.
Any thoughts about high school sports in Colorado in general?
If there was one change I would do in high school sports, I would eliminate weekday games. All games and
all levels would be played on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons. It can be done. I do not think that
students should be out on school nights.
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DOUGLAS COUNTY - Bryan Breuer walks around Ranchview Middle School every day focused on the
well-being of kids. But now, and for the last three years, he's had other worries on his mind: money.
"We're coming off three years in a row of budget cuts," Breuer, principal of
Ranchview Middle School in Highlands Ranch, said.
Over the past three years, the Douglas County School District has cut about
$54 million, largely in part to an over-projection in population growth made
years ago. With a slow economy, DCSD may have to cut at least another
$25-to-$35 million due to a state reduction in per pupil funding.
The numbers are not final, but the governor's office is considering asking all
school districts across the state to reduce their budgets by a total of more
than $200 million.
Breuer says the timing is terrible, coming off the previous cuts, and the
district continues to grow in student population.
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"When you're reducing and growing, it's going to have a significant impact on
what's happening within our school," Breuer said.
During previous years, the district has saved money by eliminating teaching
positions through attrition. Interim Superintendent Dr. Steve Herzog says the
district averages about 300 people in turnover each year in retirements and
teachers moving out of district.
Herzog says this added potential cut may force the district to consider
layoffs, an option he's been working to avoid.
"Eighty to 85 percent of your expenditures are people. You're going to have
to look at less people and reducing some people not just through attrition,"
Herzog said. "That could be on the horizon."
Breuer says he and other principals have pretty much cut all they can cut
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really hurt the district, especially because he says, Douglas County already
receives the lowest per pupil funding out of any district in the Denver area.
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coteacher77 wrote:
Just remember that until public schools are adequately funded in Colorado (a state that was
43rd in education funding just a few years ago, by the way), the situation will only continue to
decline. Instead of making accusations based on rumors and supposition, try coming up with
solutions based in fact. Or, sit back and remember you have no one to blame but yourselves
for not insisting that your county, taxpayers, and government fund education the way it
deserves to be funded. Some of you need to spend a little time in a public school to see what
it is really like.
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coteacher77 wrote:
People really need to get the accurate facts before they start making snide comments about
the state of education today. It is true that Douglas Co. was administratively top heavy and
they made significant cuts last year in that area. An independent consulting firm has gone
through the budget and concluded that we are running as lean as a school district can be and
was surprised that our students and faculty continue to achieve at such a high level. It will not
last with the direction the district is headed. The fact is that per pupil funding is the lowest in
the state, at about $6000, not $10000 as someone mentioned. Cuts will continue to be made,
which will most likely include increasing class sizes and reducing programming for students,
that is not good for anyone and will affect achievement. People see buildings going up and
assume we are just wasting money in the district. Know that new school buildings are funded
out of separate bonds and funds and that money cannot legally be moved to fund
programming or to staff schools with qualified personnel. We have arrived at a crisis, and
don't think for a second that teachers haven't felt the pain as well. Our pay and years of
experience have been frozen, our benefits have dropped as well. Our class sizes keep getting
larger, which makes the job of teaching YOUR children much harder. Not one teacher I know
is afraid to go up against private or charter schools, but don't fool yourself into thinking that
kids are automatically better off in such a setting. They can be very selective about the type of
student they accept, public schools welcome everyone; they do not offer Special Education
services to meet the needs of every student, public schools do. And as far as all the time off I
get as a teacher, don't fool yourself into believing that I don't work from home at night, on the
weekends and during my vacations. I am not whining...I love my job, I love my students, but I
do not love when people try to cal
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B0theJokerSE,
Go to your private school and enjoy having your son or daughter taught by someone who may
or may not be licensed to do so.
Take your voucher there and see what really happens. Does your child have special needs?
Won't get them met there. Do you qualify for free/reduced lunch? Tough, you have to pay the
full price for lunch and all the activities. What happens to the value of vouchers then? Private
schools are not going to foot the bill. They will reject your student, oops, back to public
schools.
YOU DON'T GET IT AND YOU NEVER WILL UNTIL YOU GET INTO A CLASSROOM AND
SEE WHAT WE DO FOR A WEEK.
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MathTeach007, as you can read, it doesn't matter. Teachers are overpaid and underworked.
We can't convince the public that it isn't so. All they see are the holidays off and four months
of summers off (I actually read that on one of these posts a while back).
Folks its actually 2 months and a week off maybe. We pay for our own professional
development. My health premiums are just about hte same as his.
Competition, I would like to see it. Let them go to their private schools and the private sector.
For the most part they will be back in about 2 years reading at least a year behind everyone
else, behind in math as everyone else, etc. I too make 42k and have only been teaching for 3
years.
Don't pass another single levy and watch transportation get sliced. Make your kids walk to
school just like you did as a kid, oh wait, that was your parents. Cut transporation out
completely. No one says that bussing students to school is required by law.
The parents who read this will never get it until it hits them directly. I have 32 in my class and I
am in an elementary school. I would love some parent help, but they are too busy to help,
much less help their children with their homework.
Us teachers on here can talk and talk, but they won't get it until the programs cut effects their
way of life and their student directly. Let's hope it starts soon because apparently we whine
too much as teachers.
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over59 wrote:
I sat in meetings where Steve Herzog said we need the parents to feel it so they pass the
next bond. There has been no administration cut but added in my department. So milagr to
say people are ignorant is wrong. You must not keep spreading this propaganda. The
administration has mismanaged the funds for years and NEVER been held accountable! It's
disgusting to see how over-staffed the administration is and no one says anything. The last
thing they think about are the children! I work there and see it every day!
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Titans hoops teams off to good start
By Benn Farrell
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Published: 12.31.09
A 6-2 mark is never a bad overall hoops record going into the holiday break. Neither is 7-0.
Especially if it’s from two teams only in their second seasons.
Legend High School boys hoops carried a 6-2 overall record prior to breaking for the new year. In its first
year of existence, the team finished the season 9-10, 1-7 in its league without a playoffs spot. Now in its
first varsity season, coach Kevin Boley has returned with five of his starters in Steele Krause, Phil McNiff,
Derrick White, Avery Carlson and Bryan Manley, all sophomores.
Krause received first team all-conference honors last year and averaged 13.4 points per game. McNiff was
second team all-conference after 11.2 points per game average and 3.2 assists. White averaged 9.4 points
and 2.3 steals.
Among the Titans’ pool of high impact players are Connor Orgill, Mickey Peterson and Bobby Dalbec, all
freshman, as well as sophomores Matt Laboda and Tyler Sackel. Sackel transferred in from Elizabeth.
Orgill, McNiff and White are the team’s top scorers presently. McNiff and Krausse are the two biggest
threats shooting from outside the arc so far. Orgill, Manley and Carlson serve as the top rebounders.
Boley said this season the players are improved and the team has more depth and experience. Given the
Titans now have a full year under their belts, complete with summer leagues, open gyms and off season
workouts, Legend should have a better advantage; however, the obvious challenge is having sophomores
and freshmen playing a varsity schedule against typically juniors and seniors, the coach said.
Valor Christian, with seniors in their enrollment, is expected to be the strongest team in the Pioneer League,
Boley said. Discovery Canyon should be the league’s runner-up since it lost one of the best players in the
state, Josh Scott, to Lewis-Palmer. Regardless, Boley’s hopes for the Titans are high.
“I believe [Legend] has the opportunity to finish in the top two of the Pioneer League,” the coach said.
The Titans’ schedule includes opponents from 3A-5A classifications in accordance with Colorado High School
Activities Association requirements to qualify for the Class 3A Metro League tournament. Next season,
Legend is likely to make a jump to 5A and the Continental League. The Titans boys return from the holiday
break to take on Ponderosa Jan. 7.
As for the girls side of Titans hoops, Legend is having equal success with a 7-0 start to the season after
tournament action in Elizabeth prior to breaking for the holidays.
Once again under the coaching of Kevin Mathews, Legend girls are back for their first varsity season,
looking to improve on a 9-9 overall record and 1-7 league record last time out.
Legend returns four starters in Kelly Skowronski, Kat Boone, Cara Nelson and Shelby Clothier. Skowronski
was a first team all-league selection last year and is presently the Titans’ leading rebounder. Boone received
second team league honors.
A nice addition for the Titans girls this season is freshman point Madison Porter, who is presently one of the
team’s top scorers.
“We hope to compete for the league title,” Mathews said of the new season.
He expects Vista Ridge to be tough this season among Pioneer teams.
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By Benn Farrell
Published: 12.30.09
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Although there are several seasons over the year for
area high school level inline hockey teams to
participate in, only one is referred to informally as the
academic season.
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And that season is preempted with the Colorado High
School Inline Hockey Association’s Scholastic
Invitational Tournament. The 2009 edition of this
preseason action was Dec. 19 at the Parker
Fieldhouse in Parker, where eight teams representing
Douglas County School District high schools were on
hand between the Varsity 5A and Varsity 4A levels.
For more information on the Colorado High School
Inline Hockey Association, visit the league’s Web site
at www.chsiha.org.
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Castle View (4A)
Castle View went 0-3 at the two-day tournament, with
losses to Lewis-Palmer 5-3, Arapahoe 4-2 and Bear
Creek 6-3.
Forward Randy Furia led the team in points with four,
three goals and one assist, over the three games.
Defenseman Seth Hutton had one goal and one assist,
as did forward Vince Howard. Forward Scott Oelkers
was credited with two assists.
5: Ponderosa’s Cam Blair turns on the burners Dec.
19 at the Parker Fieldhouse during the Colorado
High School Inline Hockey Association’s 2009
Scholastic Invitational Tournament. Ponderosa went
1-1-2. Photo by Benn Farrell
Goaltender Matthew Funes finished the three games with a .625 save percentage, allowing 15 goals out of
40 shots. His goals-against average was 5.
Douglas County (4A)
Douglas County, being one of the only high school programs with two teams in the event, also went 0-3 in
their tournament with losses to Fossil Ridge 4-1, Mountain Vista 6-3 and Rock Canyon 9-1.
Leading in points was forward Matthew Droz with two goals and two assists coming out of the weekend.
Forward Zackary Rapella scored two goals, too.
Between the pipes was Eric Money, who finished with a .667 save percentage for the weekend. He allowed
19 goals past him from 57 shots on goal, making his goals-against average 6.33.
Mountain Vista (4A)
Outside of the 6-3 win over the Huskies in the 4A tournament, Mountain Vista lost to Rock Canyon 3-1 and
Fossil Ridge 4-1 to go 1-2 on the weekend.
In three games, forward Ethan Mannette scored four goals to lead in points, while forward Tyler Kalil was
credited with three assists. Forward Andrew Culver scored two goals, and Will Pennstrom had one goal and
one assist.
Jaguars goaltender David Hutt finished with a .778 save percentage after allowing 10 shots out of 45 on
goal to get through him. He finished with a 3.33 GAA.
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Rock Canyon ended up the winners of the Varsity 4A dance with a 5-0 record over the two days. In addition
to the wins over County and Vista, the Jaguars defeated Fossil Ridge 3-1, Lewis-Palmer 2-1 and Bear Creek
5-3.
Forward Logan Riley and defenseman Jacob Kiefer led the Jags in points with seven each in five games.
Riley finished with two goals and five assists, while Kiefer had three goals and four assists.
In four games, forward Collin Abitz had five goals and one assist. Connor Regan, a defenseman, had two
goals and three assists in five games. Forwards Joey Costello and Justin Dykes each had three points.
Cotello scored two and assisted one, while Dykes got three between the pipes.
Goaltender Blake Landin handled 63 shots on goal in the five games for a save percentage of .889. He
allowed only seven shots past him, giving him a 1.4 goals-against average after the two days.
Douglas County (5A)
The returning state champions, Douglas County’s Varsity 5A team graduated many of its standouts from the
last academic season. The 5A team went 0-3 in the pre-season tournament with losses to ThunderRidge
5-1, JFK 6-1 and Ponderosa 8-4.
Leading in points was defenseman Jeffrey Rapella with five in the three games, all on goals. Defenseman
Josh Perez had two on assists, as did defenseman Mathew Sims.
Huskies goalie Alexandra Fanning finished the tournament with a .672 save percentage. She allowed 19
goals on 58 shots for a goals-against average of 6.33.
Highlands Ranch (5A)
Highlands Ranch went 0-1-2 for the weekend with a 3-3 tie against Ponderosa, and losses to Eaglecrest 8-2
and ThunderRidge 10-4.
Defenseman Jordan Andrus led the team in the tournament in points with four, two goals and two assists.
Forwards Jeff Lebedoff and Richard Marrujo each had three points. Lebedoff had one goal and two assists,
while Marrujo had two goals and one assist. Defenseman Bradley Shumway had one between the pipes and
one assisted.
Working the crease was Garrett Dew and Alexandra Tuccy. Dew finished with a save percentage of .677 in
two games, while Tuccy had .676 in three. Dew allowed 10 goals out of 31, and Tuccy had 11 of 34 get by.
Ponderosa (5A)
Ponderosa went four games deep in the Varsity 5A dance with 1-1-2 record for the two days of action. In
addition to their tie with Ranch and win over County, the Mustangs took a loss against Eaglecrest 5-3 and
JFK 5-1.
Forward Dylan Langille led the team in points over the weekend with seven. He scored five goals and had
two assists. In three games, forward Cam Blair had six points, two goals and four assists. Forward Todd
Sowell finished with two goals and three assists, while forwards Ryan Duffy and Mike Jones each had three
points. Duffy had one goal and two assisted. Jones had three goals.
Between the pipes was goalie Braden Harrity, who finished with a .734 save percentage after letting 17
goals past him in the four games from 64 shots on net. He had a 4.25 goals-against average coming out of
the weekend.
ThunderRidge (5A)
ThunderRidge went 2-2 in this year’s 5A tournament with its wins over County and Ranch and losses to JFK
7-3 and Eaglecrest 7-2.
Defenseman Christopher Prange led in points for the Grizzlies with eight. Prange scored five goals and
assisted three others. Defenseman Kyle Katzer had seven points after putting two between the pipes and
being credited with five assists. Forward Connor Parker scored two and assisted three.
In goal for T-Ridge was Richard Munoz who booked a .763 save percentage after the four games. He
allowed 19 to get by him out of 80 shots on goal. Munoz walked away with a 4.75 goals-against average.
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hockeymom wrote on Jan 5, 2010 10:38 PM:
" What a treat to see our inline programs highlighted! These young people get very little recognition for their
passion and their accomplishments. Which is a great reason to be so totally proud of them, as I am. They truly
play for the love of the game.
Just one correction to make: David Hutt is a Mountain Vista Eagle goalie, not a Jaguar goalie. Just saying!
Thanks so much for the coverage. Hope to see more as the official high school season kicks off January 9th. "
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Jags poms bring home second 4A title
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By Benn Farrell
Published: 12.30.09
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Rock Canyon is becoming a black hole for state
championships.
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The latest trophy for the high school was the Jaguars’
second consecutive Class 4A state title in the poms
division, which they won Dec. 5 at the Denver
Coliseum in Denver during the 2009 state spirit
championships. The Jags won the title for the first
time in their history in 2008. Poms coach Alicia
Heimerdinger said experience played a huge roll for
the follow-up title.
“Experience is always a big factor in controlling nerves
when performing and knowing what to expect,” she
said. “We have only five new girls on our team this
year, so the older returners were able to help keep
our team focused and driven while prepping for
competition.”
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Rock Canyon High School's varsity poms squad
gathers around its second Class 4A state
championship trophy in two years. The Jaguars won
the title Dec. 5 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver
during the state spirit championships. Courtesy
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Rock Canyon led by three points before the finals
round at state. The squad ended up winning by four, a
large margin in a poms competition, Heimerdinger said. Last year, the team won by less-than a point.
The coach said her athletes do well under pressure. The staff refer to them as “gamers,” because they are
solid when it comes to getting on the floor and doing their jobs.
“They were nervous, but they had such a great week of practices leading up to the competition that they
knew they were going to get out there and just let their bodies do what they had practiced,” Heimerdinger
said. “We did some deep breathing and gave some encouraging words, but in reality, from the time they
announce finals until we danced, there was such a small amount of time that we didn't have a lot of time to
think about it. And they didn't know going into finals where they placed or by how much.”
Paige Hesen serves as the squad’s captain. A senior, Hesen has been with the varsity team for four years.
Brittney Webber, also in her fourth year of varsity, serves as co-captain.
In addition to the captains, the squad as an all-state representative this season in Amanda Ross. It is Ross’
fourth year of poms as well. She was selected to the all-state team prior to the state competition.
Leading up to the state title, the Jags won a competition at Elitch Gardens in Denver back in August. At a
National Dance Association, they took first in both jazz and pom and won the event’s technique and
costume awards. At Universal Dance Association action, Rock Canyon took second in pom and third in jazz.
They also took the crowd appeal and costume awards there. In addition, the Jaguars won its USA
competition and took third at its league meet.
Rock Canyon learned its routine for state back in August, specifically for all the November competitions.
“The basic skeleton is the same as it was in August, but after every competition, we change things here and
there to make it better fit the judges expectations and to fix things that weren't visually pleasing during
competition,” Heimerdinger said. “We have basic elements that have to be included in the dance, like turns,
jumps and a kick line so those will always be the same. When I choreographed the dance, I was able to
have a lot of fun with it, because of the level of technique these girls have compared to previous years.”
The coach said the routine for this year had faster choreography and technique than in past years. As a
coach, before creating the dance, she said she is always on the look-out for new visuals and tricks which
can be put into the dance.
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“We took a lot of input from other people that help us during the off-season,” Heimerdinger said. “In
addition, the girls were a great help with their choreography this year and giving input as to what would fit
musically in the routine.”
Rock Canyon will make another appearance at the national level in Orlando, Fla., in February. The team
aspires to make the finals this time around.
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Vista picks up third poms title at state
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Douglas County appears to be a hotbed for spirit team
talent. Another piece of evidence to this is Mountain
Vista High School poms winning the Class 5A state
championship title.
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Vista poms won its division’s most recent state title
Dec. 5 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver during the
5A state spirit championships. It is the third state
poms championship the Golden Eagles have brought
home in four years.
Vista poms’ captains Karli Moats and Liz Johnson were
freshmen on the squad’s first championship team.
Both have seen the squad through its three
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Mountain Vista High School's poms squad gathers
around its latest Class 5A poms division state
championship Dec. 5 at the Denver Coliseum in
Denver. Courtesy photo by Dave Harder
This year, the Golden Eagles are back-to-back camp,
league, regional and state champions in the poms
competition.
“We also were able to compete in the jazz division, as
well as the poms division, at regionals, and we won that too,” Vista poms coach Keri Trimble said. “We also
received the best choreography award for our pom routine.”
Vista appeared to have the poms title well in hand at state this year after a sizeable point spread for the
lead in the preliminaries.
“It was great to head into finals in first, but I don't tell the team where they are in the standings,” Trimble
said. “I try to keep them focused on performing their best each round and not worry about the placement.
If they do their best each time they take the floor, that is the true reward.”
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The Eagles poms squad has 11 athletes on the varsity team this year, including four seniors, three juniors,
one sophomore and three freshmen. Moats and Johnson are four-year varsity seniors and three-time
all-state recipients.
In addition to the 5A state win, Vista has remained undefeated all season, starting with its camp win. Vista
has won its camp, league and regional titles for three years straight.
Last season, the team placed fourth in poms and fifth in jazz at the National Dance Team Championships in
Orlando, Fla., where the squad intends to return this February.
“We hope to continue to put out very best routines on the floor,” the coach said.
The routine that won the Golden Eagles its third state title was created back in October, specifically for the
competition season.
“We make changes and improvements, after each competition, to our performance to make it the most
crowd pleasing and technically difficult as we can,” Trimble said. “We also have been working on our jazz
routine that we first competed at regionals.”
Unlike several other teams, Vista does its own choreography and aims to remain consistent and original.
The Eagles also try to push the envelope, so each routine looks better than the previous.
“It is definitely a team effort, and it is amazing to watch these dancers work together to improve on what
has already been done and create our own, very unique style,” Trimble said. “The best part about coaching
this team is the amazing amount of integrity and humility these women have shown this season. Clearly
they are extremely talented, but they constantly show great sportsmanship, supporting each team they
compete against.”
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