Innovation status surprise points to Aurora school’s continuing upheaval

AURORA | The future of a turnaround plan for a troubled Aurora elementary school is in limbo after school officials discovered they forgot to comply with a state application deadline — critical to improving the school.
Three years after being granted innovation status by the board, Tollgate Elementary School leaders and parents presented to the board Tuesday to petition for three more years as a “school of innovation,” a status that gives certain Colorado schools more leeway in