AURORA | Say it any way you want, the love for this new local school is already strong, parents and educators say.
Aurora Public Schools’ first dual-language magnet school opened up last month, and teachers say they’re excited to provide rigorous bilingual education to families across Aurora.
The Escuela Bilingüe Betty Benavidez, or the Betty Benavidez Bilingual School in English, was named after the first Latina elected to the Colorado Legislature in 1971. The school’s namesake sponsored the “Bilingual Bicultural Act” that became the structural underpinning for much of Colorado’s bilingual and multicultural education. Benavidez died in 2013…