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title: The pressing question at Denver's final forum:
description: NEWS:How will Susana Cordova tackle inequity?
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# [The pressing question at Denver's final forum:](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/the-pressing-question-at-denvers-final-forum)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 12/12/18

The challenges that Susana Cordova will face if she’s hired next week as superintendent of the Denver school district were laid bare at a public forum Tuesday night.

Standing in a high school cafeteria with a microphone in her hand, the deputy superintendent and [sole finalist for the top job](https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/11/29/susana-cordova-denver-superintendent-finalist/) faced tough questions about why struggling schools [have high numbers of inexperienced teachers](https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/10/16/colorado-inexperienced-teachers-propublica-miseducation/), whether she would commit to removing all police officers from schools, and what she would do about what one student called the “charter-ization” of Denver Public Schools — that is, the district’s practice of replacing low-performing district-run schools, sometimes with charter schools.

 

[Read the full article here.](https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/12/12/the-pressing-question-at-denvers-final-forum-how-will-susana-cordova-tackle-inequity/)

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