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Residents express opposition to zoning change considerations Housing density an issue BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A large crowd of Englewood residents gathered March 2 for a town hall to discuss concerns they have
regarding a zoning change the city council is considering as part of its CodeNext project. CodeNext is an effort to update Englewood’s development code, called the Unified Development Code. This code details what types of development and property uses are permitted in certain sections, or
zone districts, of the city. One of the ideas the council is considering as part of CodeNext is allowing for two-to-four-unit buildings — also referred to as duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes — to be built on some larger residential lots that exist within the city’s R-1 zone districts, as long as at least one of the
units is more affordable. R-1 zone districts represent areas that have residential one-dwelling units, also known as single-family homes. According to the city’s code of ordinances, there are three types of R-1 zone districts: SEE ZONING, P2
Littleton High School parents reflect on lockdown Communication, strategy discussed BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
through our whole school system,” said Kirk Benson, the STEAM teacher at Cherrelyn. Students attend Benson’s STEAM class as a “special” like music or art. In it, they learn about digital media; computer science; sustainable agriculture and green energy; engineering, manufacturing and design; visual and performing arts and bio-medical sciences.
When Littleton High School ninth grader Osso Siddall heard lockdown alarms begin during his lunch period, he did the safest thing he could think of — he ran. “The lockdown alert sounded, and then everybody was just screaming and confused,” he said. “And then I heard someone, I think it was like a staff member, said something about somebody was in the building… So I got out of there as fast as I could.” Three blocks and a couple hundred rapid heartbeats later, he arrived at his home. His mother, Mary Siddall, knew something was wrong right away when her son opened the door, out of breath.
SEE STEAM EXPO, P15
SEE LOCKDOWN, P6
A bird handler from the environmental education organization HawkQuest teaches a student about Harris’s hawks.
PHOTO BY NINA JOSS
Cherrelyn Elementary School families learn at STEAM Expo BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Kids, fish, catapults, robots and hawks were all present at the first annual STEAM Expo at Cherrelyn Elementary School. The Feb. 23 event welcomed families into the school for hands-on activities to get kids excited about science, technology, engineering, arts and math, as part of Cherrelyn’s goal to reinvigorate STEAM programming at the school.
What is STEAM?
STEAM education is offered at all Englewood Public Schools to all students, from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, according to Cherrelyn’s website. For students in younger grades, STEAM curriculums focus on exploration, investigation and discovery, the website says. “The idea is like everything else in elementary school, just kind of like hands-on exploring, engaging things to get them excited to come
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