DPS board votes unanimously to put armed police back in Denver high schools for rest of year

Denver’s school board voted unanimously Thursday to allow armed police back into the city’s high schools, a decision that comes a day after two administrators were shot at East High School and nearly three years after the board decided to remove officers from buildings. The Board of Education directed Superintendent Alex Marerro to work with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock to “externally fund” two armed police officers and as many as two mental health workers at all high schools for the rest of the academic year. On Wednesday, Marrero said he...