September 03, 2026
Denver Public Schools asked for an early win in a First Amendment lawsuit from a former middle school principal, claiming that his interview with local news isn't protected by the First Amendment because his disclosure of juvenile arrest records violated state law and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
December 08, 2025
A Colorado federal judge on Monday denied Denver Public Schools' motion to compel a local news station to hand over unaired interview footage and other unpublished documents provided to the station by a former DPS principal who alleges the district fired him over a TV news interview.
September 05, 2023
A former Colorado school principal says he was fired by Denver Public Schools for publicly criticizing a policy requiring administrators to check some students for weapons, alleging in a federal lawsuit Tuesday that the district later accused him of violating other policies as pretext for his termination.