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School responds to students finding mealworms in lunch Play Video
February 7, 2013 9:10 PM
The El Paso County Health Department confirms mealworms or weevils were found inside soup being served to students during lunch inside Harrison High School Wednesday. The school has already sent out letters to parents notifying them about the incident. Now, the investigation begins to find out how this happened.... more » -
Harrison's Ford named to PARADE All-American team
March 31, 2011 11:41 PM
New York, March 31- PARADE announces its annual All-America High School Boys Basketball Team in this Sunday's issue. Xavier Ford, a 6'7" forward from Harrison High in Colorado Springs, has been named to the third team. Ford is committed to Buffalo. Launched in 1957, the PARADE team is the... more » -
Harrison braces for $6 million in cuts
March 21, 2011 6:30 PM
Administrators at Harrison School District 2 are expecting a $6 million cut in state funding for the upcoming school year. That amounts to about 7 percent of their annual budget. Assistant Superintendent of Support Services Kevin Smelker says that district will save roughly a million dollars from the closure... more » -
Harrison School District shows improvement methods
December 13, 2010 2:49 PM
Harrison School District 2 has made national headlines with a bold plan to change public education. Superintendent Mike Miles talked about the progress today. His message: "DONE, Waiting for Superman!" "Waiting for Superman" is a recently released documentary with a powerful message now taking the nation's public education... more » -
Harrison District talks about school improvement
December 10, 2010 6:00 PM
Harrison School District 2 has made national headlines with a bold plan to change public education. Superintendent Mike Miles will talk about the progress on Monday. His message: "DONE, Waiting for Superman!" "Waiting for Superman" is a recently released documentary with a powerful message now taking the nation's... more » -
Drowning victims were high school seniors
September 20, 2010 4:34 PM
Two teenage boys pulled from Prospect Lake Monday afternoon are dead. They drowned in the lake. Harrison School District 2 confirms the victims are Victoreno DeJesus Martinez and Juan Neri Segura. They were seniors at Harrison High School. When divers pulled one of them out of the water, he... more » -
Recall effort underway in Harrison D-2
August 19, 2010 12:53 PM
Colorado Springs residents who are unhappy with the leadership in Harrison School District 2 have launched a recall effort to remove Deborah Hendrix, Linda Pugh, and Richard Rice from the school board. The group is now collecting signatures to get the recall on the ballot. more » -
Concerns over policy changes at Harrison District 2
April 1, 2010 6:57 PM
The Harrison School Board will vote next week to substantially overhaul the way they conduct business. Board President Deborah Hendrix favors the change calling it streamlining. "We're systemically asking everyone in the district to operate more efficiently," Hendrix said. But Vice President Victor Torres opposes the change, saying... more » -
More teachers to receive merit pay in District 2
January 15, 2010 12:08 PM
Even more teachers will be included in the merit pay system once it's implemented at Harrison School District 2 this fall. District spokeswoman Jennifer Sprague has confirmed that all D-2 teachers except for a few exploratory classes such as German, French, auto shop, career and tech ed. will be... more » -
Teachers to be paid on merit in District 2
January 11, 2010 8:29 PM
This fall, Harrison School District Two will become the first public school district in the state to implement a performance based pay structure teachers at all of its schools. The board of education has give the superintendent approval to overhaul the teacher pay structure from one that rewards tenure... more » -
Students are being transferred to another school due to water problems
September 1, 2009 12:46 PM
Students of Stratmoor Hills Elementary will be relocated to Fox Meadow Middle School due to a water outage. Students will return to Stratmoor Hills when water is restored or at 3:10 p.m. for normal dismal. Stratmoor Hills Elementary is part of Harrison District 2 in El Paso County. ... more »
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