Teachers and staff in Sheridan School District could lose their health insurance starting May 1 as a teachers strike that began three weeks ago in the tiny Denver metro district drags on. The seismic tensions between district and union leaders have prompted Gov. Jared Polis’ office to intervene in hopes of making progress on negotiations.
Members of Polis’ team met in his office Thursday morning with Superintendent Gionni Thompson, school board president Karla Najera, Sheridan Educators Association president Kate Biester and another representative from the Colorado Education Association, according to CEA spokesperson Kailee Stiles.
Polis on Wednesday warned the sides that his office would step in if they did not reach an agreement…