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The department recently unveiled five 鈥渨ildly important goals,鈥� including boosting third grade reading scores and better preparing students for post-secondary education.

The district is proposing closures and consolidations to address enrollment declines and save nearly $30 million. The board will vote on the closures November 21st.

Here's what Amendment 80 would do, who's for it, and who's against it.

Earlier this summer, the Denver school board unanimously approved a new policy for when and how it would close schools to address declining enrollment. However, concerns from Superintendent Alex Marrero forced the board to revise it this month. Chalkbeat Colorado reporter Melanie Asmar said some of the changes are intended to make the process smoother for administrators, but not necessarily communities the schools are serving.

Colorado is using a major share of its 2023 settlement with Juul Labs to fund youth mental health and wellness support services. The state is offering $20 million in grants for school and community partnerships that help decrease youth vaping and build social connections. Chalkbeat Colorado Reporter Melanie Asmar joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the story.

Colorado is racing to save the schools that serve children whose home districts can鈥檛 or won鈥檛 meet their intense needs. This is part 1 in a four-part COLab, Chalkbeat, Colorado Sun and KFF Health 暗黑爆料 series examining Colorado's collapsing system of schools that serve students with intense mental and behavioral health needs.