John Youngquist
At-Large
Voters need to know John Youngquist has spent his life involved in Denver Public Schools – as a teacher, a principal, and a parent. Youngquist has over twenty years of experience working in the Denver Public Schools and he is the only candidate for the at-large district with experience teaching students and working in public schools. Youngquist is endorsed by more than 50 Denver school leaders and teachers because he will be a leading advocate for raising teacher pay, increasing school funding, and ensuring teachers are valued and supported at work. Youngquist will make school safety his top priority by investing in mental health resources, improving security, and keeping guns out of our schools.
Voters are most concerned about school safety, followed by education funding and teacher pay issues. Voters want an all-of-the-above approach to address school safety, including placing SROs in schools, expanding mental health resources, and reforming gun laws.
Kimberlee Sia
District 1
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Voters need to know Kimberlee Sia is a mom of two DPS students and she has been an education leader for 25 years: she has been a teacher, a principal, and a teacher’s union leader. Kimberlee Sia will support teachers with higher wages and reduce class sizes, and she will increase school safety by investing in mental health, resource officers, and keeping guns out of our schools.
Voters need to know Scott Baldermann is part of the problem with the Denver School Board. Baldermann put our students and teachers in harm’s way by removing resource officers from all schools in Denver and weakening the district’s ability to address violent student behavior. Since then, Denver students have experienced multiple school shootings. Scott Baldermann’s policies have made schools less safe.
Marlene De La Rosa
District 5
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Voters need to know that Marlene De La Rosa is a dedicated parent of two DPS graduates and supported her kids and their classmates in elementary school through high school. De La Rosa will champion teachers by boosting salaries, reducing class sizes, and securing more school funding. She'll work to make our schools safer by expanding mental health services, improving school security, and pushing for measures to prevent violence and gun-related incidents in schools. And she will close the equity gap so that every Denver student - no matter their ethnicity, zip code, or family income - has access to the best teachers and a quality education.
Charmaine Lindsay has disregarded public input and transparency during her time on the school board. Lindsay participated in a backroom meeting where Board members plotted to cover-up their record on safety issues. A judge later ruled that Lindsay and other board members violated state transparency laws by blocking the public from observing their secret meeting (https://www.denverpost.com/2023/07/25/dps-video-secret-meeting-school-board-east-high/)