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Back to EpisodesThe DPS Board’s Half-Decade of Drama, Meet Your Soulmate, and Will a Chatbot Replace Denver's 311 Operators?
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Denver Public Schools board member DJ Torres resigned last week, his reasoning being “too much of my time and energy have been consumed by internal conflict.” But this is just the latest issue for a leadership entity seemingly plagued with drama over the last half-decade, including recent allegations against Torres himself that he has missed too many crucial meetings. Politics correspondent Adrian Felix joins host Bree Davies to lay out this latest round of infighting and what it means for kids and teachers in the system. Plus, they talk about the chatbot who could be answering your 311 calls and the photobooth promising to help you find your soulmate.
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