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Thursday, June 5th, 2025
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Good morning, Denver. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 5th of June.
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A federal judge on Wednesday stopped the deportation of the wife and five children of Egyptian man Mohamed Sabry Soliman—charged with a firebomb attack in Boulder during a protest—as his family remains in federal custody while he faces hate crime and attempted murder charges. Colorado Public Radio
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Denver Public Schools asked a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits filed by former deans injured in a March 2023 shooting at East High. The deans claim that weak safety policies allowed the incident—DPS argues that its measures, including daily searches, mitigated the risk. Sentinel Colorado
- ➤ At Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, nearly 40 high school students are building a Habitat for Humanity double-wide home for a Berthoud family under the guidance of instructors Jim Dosky and Mike Degitis. The project began in October and will finish next semester while students gain hands-on skills in wiring+plumbing and carpentry. Sentinel Colorado
- ➤ Aurora’s Burrell Arts Campus has been nationally recognized with the 2025 New and Emerging School Award from the Arts Schools Network for its early innovative achievements in arts education. The school—launched in 2022 as the district’s first arts-focused campus—will receive the award at an ASN conference in October in Florida. Sentinel Colorado
- ➤ APS educators ratified a union contract that raises eligible teachers’ pay by an average of 5.01% and all district staff pay by 2.7%—the district board will vote on the agreement on June 17 to finalize the changes. The move aims to keep APS among the most competitive districts in the Denver metro amid a national teacher shortage. Sentinel Colorado
- ➤ Denver Public Schools asked a federal court to dismiss lawsuits filed by two former East High deans who were injured in a March shooting when a 17-year-old student shot them before taking his own life. The district said its safety measures—such as morning searches—did not create an immediate threat and cannot be used to hold it legally liable. Denver7
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Gov. Polis signed a law Tuesday that creates a new board under the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to review the backlog of rape kits and improve testing turnaround times. The law sets a 60-day goal for crime labs — and requires law enforcement to notify victims every three months while the CBI will report monthly progress to the General Assembly. Denver7
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