As the City of Denver works to help migrants arriving in the city, the school district is struggling to meet the needs of schools taking in the new students. Denver Public Schools tells CBS News Colorado they have received hundreds of new students and are now finding themselves underfunded.
Superintendent Alex Marrero will deliver an update at their board meeting, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday at DPS Headquarters. The meeting is important as schools find themselves underfunded by millions of dollars because students continue to arrive after the October count. Schools are funded based on how many children are enrolled as of that October count.
DPS released new numbers to CBS News Colorado, ahead of the meeting. After reporting in December that it was serving 2200 new-to-country students, DPS says it is now serving nearly 2900 newcomers. So nearly 700 migrant students have enrolled in a single month.