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Flock's Aurora school surveillance

Police installed license plate readers at nine Aurora high schools

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Aurora police put Flock automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) in nine high school parking lots last year, quietly bringing a powerful surveillance tool onto campuses largely filled with minors.Why it matters: ALPRs raise <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="security and privacy concerns" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2026/08/21/flock-cameras-license-plate-reader-backlash" data-vars-content-id="484bbed5-328a-484e-b38b-e568e373b2c9" data-vars-headline="Flock&#x27;s Aurora school surveillance" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/pittsburgh/2026/08/21/flock-cameras-license-plate-reader-backlash" target="_self">security and privacy concerns</a> because they create searchable records, prompting questions about who can access the data and how.

Axios Social Club brings mystery dinners to Littleton

Meet fellow locals over dinner at a restaurant we hand-picked.

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Axios Social Club is bringing readers together for dinner to downtown Littleton on Tuesday, Oct. 6.Why it matters: Your city is full of interesting people you haven&#x27;t met yet. We&#x27;re making it easier to change that.

Arapahoe Community College lands NASA aerospace training hub

ACC will train technicians for the fast-growing aerospace industry.

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Arapahoe Community College isn&#x27;t sending astronauts into space, but it wants its graduates building the bolts, soldering the parts and drawing the plans that get them there.Why it matters: ACC&#x27;s leaning into aerospace as community colleges nationwide face pressures to prove their programs lead to good-paying jobs and four-year degrees.

Career classrooms become hot ticket

Students are lining up for career-focused classes.

About 20 years ago, Megan Trail&#x27;s high school counselor asked why such a promising student was choosing a construction job over a college education.Zoom in: Today, Trail leads three new HVAC classes at Cherry Creek Innovation Campus in Centennial, where enrollment has more than tripled in seven years and the school&#x27;s finishing a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="$100 million expansion" data-vars-click-url="https://ccic.cherrycreekschools.org/ccic-20" data-vars-content-id="697766f8-14e2-4155-9253-ec80f126267e" data-vars-headline="Career classrooms become hot ticket" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://ccic.cherrycreekschools.org/ccic-20" target="_blank">$100 million expansion</a>.

Smoky's buffalo faces greener pastures

The design closely mirrors the Buffalo Sabres logo.

Students returning to Smoky Hill High School next week will see a lot less of one familiar face.Zoom in: Smoky&#x27;s longtime red, white and green &quot;goathead&quot; logo faces long odds after the National Hockey League challenged a design that closely <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="mirrors" data-vars-click-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAHVfNlPQT/" data-vars-content-id="7e52a751-d386-4f5d-88bc-985a61447306" data-vars-headline="Smoky&#x27;s buffalo faces greener pastures" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXAHVfNlPQT/" target="_blank">mirrors</a> the Buffalo Sabres&#x27; mark.

Cherry Creek's nightmare year worsens

The federal investigation is the district's latest challenge.

It&#x27;s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year so far for one of Colorado&#x27;s most prestigious school districts.The big picture: The hits just keep on coming.

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Flock's Aurora school surveillance

Arapahoe Community College lands NASA aerospace training hub

Career classrooms become hot ticket

CMAS scores offer mixed learning outlook

AI tests metro schools' comfort zones