Colorado Public Radio: Dozens of Woodland Park teachers spoke out at a press conference Thursday to ask district officials to restore mental health supports for children, reinstate state-approved social studies standards, and remove a gag order that prevents them from speaking about district matters publicly or risk losing their jobs.

Teachers and staff also sent a letter to district officials alleging that Superintendent Ken Witt and other district leaders are “actively harming students and the community of Woodland Park” through “the current administration’s attack on students’ learning environments.”

“It pains us to write this because we deeply love our students and the community of Woodland Park,” states the letter signed by 81 teachers and staff in the district, who are barred from speaking to the media without prior district approval. “But it has become abundantly clear to us that the direction that Ken Witt and the school board are taking our schools is unsustainable and detrimental to our students and our greater community.”

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