Melanie Asmar

Melanie Asmar

Bureau Chief, Chalkbeat Colorado

Melanie Asmar covers Denver Public Schools. Write her at masmar@chalkbeat.org.

Colorado’s budget committee has been hashing out legislation that would provide $24 million for schools enrolling new arrival students. On Friday, they approved the proposal for consideration.

The proposal comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case involving school board members in California who blocked parents on Twitter and Facebook.

Jesus y Leiker son dos de los más de 3,200 estudiantes recién llegados, muchos de ellos de Venezuela, que se han inscrito en las Escuelas Públicas de Denver este año.

The vote followed a pitch from the school’s principal to keep Wyatt open by enrolling migrant students and subletting some space.

The data suggests that school police officers, who were permanently brought back this fall, are ticketing and arresting students less frequently than before.

“How fair is it to identify a concern but then not have the resources to address the concern?” one social worker asked the school board.