Donna Jack
October 9, 2017/Oct. 10, 2017
John Newkirk will be speaking October 17, 2017
at the High Country Republican Club (HCRC)
Next week, October 17, 2017, the HCRC’s special guest speaker will be John Newkirk. He was secretary of the Jefferson County, Colorado, School Board from 2013 – 2015.
He will be speaking about his September 20, 2017 article that was published in our local newspaper.
Time, cost and location of the HCRC meeting
The breakfast meeting will be at the Lewis Barn, in Evergreen. Cost of breakfast is $10. We begin our meeting at 7:00 a.m., and end around 8:00 a.m., or a little later. John will plan to stay for a few minutes to visit with people.
Location:
The Barn at Evergreen Memorial Park is located at: 26624 N. Turkey Creek Road, Evergreen CO 80439. Call Ron Lewis for information: 303 810-1071
More of John’s articles, and other supporting blogs on this website are
at the end of this blog piece.
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Attached and below is John’s September 20, 2017 article:
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“New Jeffco Superintendent Widening the Great Divide”
by John Newkirk
Author’s note: A number of legislators have contacted me about a suggested curriculum put forth by our new school superintendent — and I was not the only one surprised by its one-sidedness. My resulting Opinion column appeared in the Courier newspapers on 9/20/2017:
Newly-seated Jeffco Public Schools superintendent Jason Glass certainly wasted no time in thrusting our students into the political mosh pit. Continue reading