Colorado is racing to save the schools that serve children whose home districts can’t or won’t meet their intense needs.

The school board tasked Superintendent Alex Marrero with drafting a plan a day after a student shot two East High School deans in March. 

AIAD's founders hoped lessons taught through an Indigenous lens would be transformational in a school district where just 50 percent of Native American students graduated on time last year.

Last school year, five times as many weapons — 200 total — were found at schools, including 13 guns and 28 fake guns.

Superintendent Alex Marrero announced new goals for the district, which focus on equity, teacher pay and a more diverse workforce.

The Denver school board voted 5-2 Thursday to pay board members, as allowed under a new state law passed six months ago.

In Colorado, school board members serve as volunteers, and have not been allowed to be compensated for their time. But a law passed in April changed that.

Younger children and white students are much more likely to regularly tune into real-time video lessons.