It’s the new year! Flex those muscles, local muscles that is. When you learn about an issue and put your voice on the record, it makes a difference. Amendment 13 in its original form would have effectively blocked Douglas County School District from building new schools in Sterling Ranch, and the decision about new schools would have defaulted to the developer. With unhappy residents and a lawsuit from the school district looming, the Sterling Ranch developer came back to re-negotiate Amendment 13 for a much better outcome for Douglas County students and their families. Thank you to Lori Wright for the update.

Read more about amendment 13 here:

Episode 42 and Episode 43Episode 10 on John Adams Academy

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