I usually turn mine down to 20% when it gets to single digits and that helps with the condensation. Running the ceiling fans on low also helps.

Full disclosure. Snowing pretty good out there right now. Beautiful, though.

There were some pretty dumb drivers on the commute home tonight. Got nice and stocked from Daveco though.

Got about 4" down on Parker so far.

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Got about 4" down on Parker so far.

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We didn't get much up here in Erie either but looks like Boulder got dumped on. This sure was a heavy one so kind of glad we didn't get too much.

Reports on Seth's page of 13:1 SWE or so.

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Reports on Seth's page of 13:1 SWE or so.

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heavy? That's pretty fluffy isn't it. It's fluffy at my house anyway.
6-9 is heavy/wet.

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There were some pretty dumb drivers on the commute home tonight. Got nice and stocked from Daveco though.

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Tell me about it. It's normally a 4-5 minute drive to Kings, and it took 15+. People were driving way too slow... gotta be a bunch of new Texans and Californians.

I think it was closer to 12.5:1 which is more typical for a late spring snow here. For reference it was about twice as heavy as our storm the beginning of the month.

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I think it was closer to 12.5:1 which is more typical for a late spring snow here. For reference it was about twice as heavy as our storm the beginning of the month.

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I thought our heavy spring snows were 6-9? Like the sloppy kind where you feel like you're shoveling water.

Just bought tickets for Stoney Larue at Grizzly Rose for our anniversary in April. Will be our first time at the Grizzly and have been really wanting to go.

Is anybody else following the DCSD **** show that has been unfolding in the last weeks/months?

Today the board announces they will interview and voting on finalists for superintendent in a meeting on Feb 24th.

~2 weeks after Corey Wise was terminated. 2 Weeks to find a superintendent that is over ~8,000 employees lol.

Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

My speculation is the board knew the finalist before Wise was terminated. This interviewing other people is just for show. I read somewhere that the president said they weren't going to do a national search to save money.

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I agree. I was a bit disappointed in how cold Peterson was regarding Wise during the February 4th school board meeting. However, I don't think Peterson would have done that without having his replacement already picked. Peterson has an impressive background, and I hope/think he makes a good hire.

Cherry Creek! Have her come over to CCHS and my kids can say hi eventually!

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I agree. I was a bit disappointed in how cold Peterson was regarding Wise during the February 4th school board meeting. However, I don't think Peterson would have done that without having his replacement already picked. Peterson has an impressive background, and I hope/think he makes a good hire.

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and the ridiculousness that is 'do you vote for the unilateral termination' followed by 2 passes, then Becky Myers saying 'NO', at which point Peterson stopped and said 'you're voting NO for termination?' to which Myers replies, 'I'm sorry, yes'

He was called out immediately by someone saying 'Mike no was her vote, you can not coerce her into changing her vote, you didn't ask anyone else to confirm their vote', etc. etc..

Then Myers says' OH can I GO HOME!'

This is so unbelievable to me.


https://fb.watch/bc_LsKHKxK/

Teachers, presumably on the list of those who called in sick, getting this on their windshield

Well I would agree that I don't really see a benefit in teachers' unions but I'm certainly on the outside and we're not in that district so I'm not educated on what's going on.

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Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

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I support the request/release of the names of the teachers who skipped working on 2/3, as permitted by the law. Actions have consequences, and every teacher should have been prepared for this in advance. In general, I think unions do way more harm than good. My mom taught 40+ years, and she hated unions... they allow bad teachers to stay employed too long in her experience.

My hope is that the intent of Peterson/majority is to increase pay in order to attract better teachers; I know funding will likely be tricky. I'm all for increased pay and merit-based pay, hiring, raises, and so on. It's weird that DCSD pay is so low, and I hope it gets resolved considering this is the wealthiest county in Colorado. We love our school (Eagle Ridge Elementary), principal, and each of the 9 teachers that have taught our daughters.

I'm sorry about your wife, and I hope she finds a new position that pays well.

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Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

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My hope is that the intent of Peterson/majority is to increase pay in order to attract better teachers; I know funding will likely be tricky. I'm all for increased pay and merit-based pay, hiring, raises, and so on. It's weird that DCSD pay is so low, and I hope it gets resolved considering this is the wealthiest county in Colorado. We love our school (Eagle Ridge Elementary), principal, and each of the 9 teachers that have taught our daughters..

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they (we? The people of Douglas county) already passed the two bonds several years ago that promised better pay. Nothing. They have such a long way to go to catch up to neighboring , or out of state districts. You're exactly right, wealthiest county in CO and top 10 I believe in the US, yet the teacher wage is on lists of lowest in the country. It has to come down to management of funds. We have no money to pay teachers appropriately, no money to build new schools we desperately need, yet we theoretically should have more funds than most other counties.

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Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

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I support the request/release of the names of the teachers who skipped working on 2/3, as permitted by the law. Actions have consequences, and every teacher should have been prepared for this in advance. In general, I think unions do way more harm than good. My mom taught 40+ years, and she hated unions... they allow bad teachers to stay employed too long in her experience.

I'm sorry about your wife, and I hope she finds a new position that pays well.

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Oh no need to be sorry, she feels liberated now that she's made the decision. She's not looking for another position. We're fortunate that my compensation has doubled in about 5 years and still room to grow, so while there is a hit to income of course, it's only setting us back about 3 years and we should be back to where we are now in 2-3.

She actually looks forward to trying out subbing. She can show up, have an easy day, then come home and check out. No parents, no emails, no politics, etc. and it pays almost $200 a day. Go figure, about what a teacher makes!
She wants to do elementary or middle school. Doing 4 days a week gives her full time service into Pera, so her years still count.
She might do this for 5 or 10 or whatever, and then try counseling or even back to teaching again, and have those years count towards Pera service.

I think I saw a stat Douglas county lost 19 teachers in Feb so far and more than 30 in Jan. Not a good look overall.
They lost the 30 year tenured special education services director.

It's just terrible what's going on.

Anyone know of a kick ass executive assistant looking for a new position? In-person role, located downtown.

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Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

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I support the request/release of the names of the teachers who skipped working on 2/3, as permitted by the law. Actions have consequences, and every teacher should have been prepared for this in advance..

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What kind of consequences do you think these teachers should face? Previous situations like this, teachers lives were threatened, and there has actually been physical attacks.

Exactly what good can come out of someone getting this list of names and addresses? Nothing. Threats and violence. Those who participated should not have to deal with types of consequences.

There's a spot on 9news about it.

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It's just terrible what's going on.

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I'll let it play out until I pass judgment. What if it turns out the board did the right thing? Not all shakeups are pretty, and some times the best course of action is not easy. I again did not like the tone of the 2/4/22 meeting, but I'll give it some time.

Sounds like they denied the request for names of absentees on the walk out day.

It shouldn't be public, because it doesn't differentiate between people who called in sick to walk out in protest and those who actually called in sick, which is dozens of teachers everyday this winter season so far, or those who assumed their kids wouldn't be able to go school so they took the day off to watch them.

It doesn't matter what side you're on, when something like the video I posted earlier happens, that is corruption at its finest. Totally illegal and unacceptable.

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I'll let it play out until I pass judgment. What if it turns out the board did the right thing? Not all shakeups are pretty, and some times the best course of action is not easy. I again did not like the tone of the 2/4/22 meeting, but I'll give it some time.

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wise was in for all of 7 months. Let it play out is what should have happened. Honestly my wife has 7 years in and it's been borderline **** show for most of it, In her eyes.

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Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

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I support the request/release of the names of the teachers who skipped working on 2/3, as permitted by the law. Actions have consequences, and every teacher should have been prepared for this in advance..

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What kind of consequences do you think these teachers should face? Previous situations like this, teachers lives were threatened, and there has actually been physical attacks.

Exactly what good can come out of someone getting this list of names and addresses? Nothing. Threats and violence. Those who participated should not have to deal with types of consequences.

There's a spot on 9news about it.

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The only consequences I think are appropriate are the ability of parents to know which teachers missed that day (and only if permitted under law), but I agree that some teachers (though probably a very low %) missed due to illness or needing to stay home to watch their own children. Were there previous situations like this in Douglas County? I guess anything is possible, but I hope not.

It's probably Kyle Clark if it's 9news... he's a bozo.

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I'll let it play out until I pass judgment. What if it turns out the board did the right thing? Not all shakeups are pretty, and some times the best course of action is not easy. I again did not like the tone of the 2/4/22 meeting, but I'll give it some time.

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wise was in for all of 7 months. Let it play out is what should have happened. Honestly my wife has 7 years in and it's been borderline **** show for most of it, In her eyes.

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I was hoping Ray's motion to take some time and reevaluate Wise would've passed; seems like a nice guy that did a pretty decent job from afar. I was sad for him. But I want to objectively compare the new hire to him.

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Then my wife gets an email that there was a request of the 1,500 names of all the employees who used a sick day back on 2/3.. it's apparently allowed by law under Colorado Open Records Act.. but it's got lots of people nervous. What is the intention of this individual getting the names of the teachers who participated in the walk out?

My wife has 7 years in DCSD, and it will be no more come June. She is not resigning her contract. She is Dept chair of counseling in her high school.
Their vice principal of many years, and seemingly the 'heir apparent' to the principal spot left behind by the current one retiring (who had 30 years), didn't get the position. The board looked elsewhere.

This move may literally leave this high school without a counseling dept. The 6 there, including my wife, are furious.

DCSD pay sucks terribly. My wife had 6 years before coming here, but they don't count previous experience!! What kind of school district doesn't count previous experience! She started as a year 1 payscale.

Cherry Creek counselors @ 10-12 years make about $20k more than her.

DCSD is a complete friken mess.

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I support the request/release of the names of the teachers who skipped working on 2/3, as permitted by the law. Actions have consequences, and every teacher should have been prepared for this in advance..

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What kind of consequences do you think these teachers should face? Previous situations like this, teachers lives were threatened, and there has actually been physical attacks.

Exactly what good can come out of someone getting this list of names and addresses? Nothing. Threats and violence. Those who participated should not have to deal with types of consequences.

There's a spot on 9news about it.

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The only consequences I think are appropriate are the ability of parents to know which teachers missed that day (and only if permitted under law), but I agree that some teachers (though probably a very low %) missed due to illness or needing to stay home to watch their own children. Were there previous situations like this in Douglas County? I guess anything is possible, but I hope not.

It's probably Kyle Clark if it's 9news... he's a bozo.

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yeh Clark headed the story, but he deferred to one of their experts or what have you that threw out all sorts of stats from previous situations like this. Some teacher was threatened by someone claiming to Inject them with anthrax.. etc etc.

I counted like 3 call ins on the public comment tonight that said they were calling in sick for other reasons: one said he went with his mom with cancer to her checkup, etc. that's 3 out of maybe 30 callins? Feasible to say it could have been a few dozen that were actually out. Everyday in DCDS it's a struggle to fill empty spots with subs, so that goes to show how many are actually out sick (or staying home because kids out sick)

Let's get off schools for a second and back to the weather. How's everyone doing tonight? A few cars had skidded off the road near our neighborhood tonight. I think some folks underestimate how slick the roads are when it first starts coming down.

We're getting a ton of snow up here in Evergreen. I plowed when I got home from work and the drive is almost completely covered again. I think I'll hunker down tomorrow and avoid the disaster that is I70.

I got home after bball practice and shoveled, it was about 7pm. I went out again at like 9 and there was more snow than the initial shovel, which was like 4 hours worth!
My dog was slipping all over the place on the concrete lol.
Dcds is delayed start, I may work from home.

Didn't amount to much in parker, maybe 3"

Not much snow here in Lone Tree, maybe 2-3" when I shoveled just now.