Public schools need ‘overhaul,’ Hickenlooper says

BOULDER – Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper told Boulder education and business leaders “We need to totally overhaul our public schools” in a morning breakfast forum Jan. 11 presented by Impact on Education and the Boulder Chamber of Commerce.

As an advocate of finding new ways to fund scholarships and increase the number of high school students attending college, Hickenlooper said he made it a goal to visit every public school in the Denver system, and he has made weekly visits to nearly 130 schools in his three years in office.

The goal in finding ways to help public schools, he…