2023
Oct. 2023
- As Colorado school boards become more politicized, here are the district elections to watch this fall | CPR
- “In Pueblo 60, four out of five school district seats are up for election and a relatively new network of churches “Forging the Future” is backing what one pastor calls four “biblically minded, strong Christian” candidates. The organization has a campaign finance committee for donations to school board and city council candidates. The organization’s registered filing agent is Quin Friberg, a pastor at the Family Worship Center in Pueblo. The organization’s website says it stands for parental rights, district transparency and calls for “God, Family and Country” to be respected in school.“
- Political and religious influences amplify in some Colorado school board races, as focus shifts away from students | CPR
- “This election cycle, dozens of other school boards — Adams 12, Brighton 27J, Greeley-Evans 6, Pueblo 60, Thompson, Buena Vista, Cañon City, among others — have candidates who say parents don’t have enough control in schools, harbor suspicions about what’s taught, and who’ve made their opinions known about topics like transgender youth in a voter guide sent to Colorado churches to help citizens “vote according to biblical values.”
Nov. 2023
- Truth and Liberty Coalition Targets 30 School Boards, including Buena Vista, for what some call its “Rule the Godless” Initiative | Ark Valley Voice
- In Pueblo 60 they are “Forging the Future” supporting four biblically-minded candidates in a campaign led by the pastor of a local church. The message: parental rights, district transparency and calls for “God, Family and Country” to be respected in school.
- Christian Groups Target Pueblo’s School Board Election But Dems Take Up the Challenge | Colorado Times Recorder
- “The head of Forging the Future, Quin Friberg, said in September on the Truth and Liberty talk show that the group has recruited “a school board individual to run for every seat” on D60. All of them have “a biblical worldview” and are “solid Christians,” he said.“
- As Colorado school boards become more politicized, here are the district elections to watch this fall | CPR
2024
Sept. 2024
- D-60 school board in Pueblo working to navigate new Colorado law requiring staff to address students by their chosen names | KKTV
- “The first reading of a proposed policy the District is planning to adopt to address a new law requiring teachers and school personnel to call students by their chosen name, took place back in August. During the reading, the Equality Alliance was concerned about whether or not transgender students would be protected. President of the School Board Susan Pannunzio had concerns about a student changing their name more frequently than in one school year with no parental consent required and pitched the idea of having some kind of form to keep parents and the school updated.“
- D-60 school board in Pueblo working to navigate new Colorado law requiring staff to address students by their chosen names | KKTV
2025
- Photos: D60 hosts rightsizing community session at Pueblo East High School | The Pueblo Chieftain
Feb. 2025
- Students protest D60 school board’s plan to eliminate STS courses | Citizen Portal
July 2025
Sept. 2025
Nov. 2025
2025 School Board Election Results
- Pueblo D60 welcomes new board members, names Thiebaut board president | Chieftain
- Tommy Farrell and Derion Ibarra are officially the newest members of the Pueblo School District 60 Board of Education.
2026
Jan. 2026
- 3 schools to close, 1 to open after Pueblo D60 plan approval | The Pueblo Chieftain
- Pueblo School District 60’s Board of Education voted 3-2 to approve a “right-serving plan” that would close three neighborhood elementary schools and open a “pre-collegiate” middle school on Jan. 27.
- Bessemer Academy, Beulah Heights Elementary and Bradford Elementary are slated to close and merge into nearby schools as part of the plan. The new middle school is slated to open on the “Hyde Park campus” formerly used by Chavez Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy. These changes are scheduled for the beginning of the next academic year.
- Pueblo District 60 votes to consolidate six elementary schools | KKTV
- Starting next school year, six of D60 elementary schools will become three.Bradford Elementary School will merge with Park View School of Discovery, Bessemer Academy will merge with Columbian Elementary and Beulah Heights will merge with Highland Park.
Feb. 2026
- Pueblo District 60 board approves elementary school consolidations under right-serving plan | Pueblo Star Journal
March 2026
- 3 schools to close, 1 to open after Pueblo D60 plan approval | The Pueblo Chieftain
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