Douglas County has become a barometer for national politicians on how wealthy, suburban Republicans are leaning on different issues.
Back then, the debate about school board policies was not as clearly split between party lines, and at least nationally, there were members of both the right and left who supported school choice — even if it was for different reasons, said Meghann Silverthorn, who was elected to the board in 2009 and supported the district’s reforms.Resident Cheryl Johnson demonstrated her opposition to a school voucher program during a meeting of the Douglas County School Board in Castle Rock on Dec. 7, 2010.
“Parents are saying, ‘Wait a minute, that’s not what I want,’” she said, adding, “ the linchpin of the school district.” Teachers who worked during that time described it as a period of low morale and high turnover. The school board’s changes added to teachers’ workload in ways that didn’t always seem to benefit students, and with the union sidelined, many felt they had lost their voice, according to former teachers.Members of the community used to request teachers’ emails under the state’s public records law to “see if we were talking with the union,” she said, adding, “It became very contentious, very quickly.
“A lot of people I know will retire, if they can afford to,” said Kamala Schuster, who taught in the district for 21 years before leaving in 2015. “People are going to jump ship as fast as they can.”
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