In the wake of the shootings, the school board voted to bring armed police officers back into high schools through the end of the school year - a decision that will be revisited in the safety plan. The Denver Public School District in the middle of drafting a safety plan after multiple shootings inside and outside schools, including the city’s largest, East High. This is a pivotal time for Denver Public Schools, Spearman said. The only other person who has entered the race is incumbent School Board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson, who announced his candidacy last year.

“And they’re going to remove the politics and political grandstanding from a school board process.” “We need leaders on that board who are going to be pragmatic and they are going to listen,” Spearman said. The focus has become too centered around politics and personality, he said, and not enough on academic achievement. Spearman cites conflicts on the board, mid-meeting Twitter storms and a lack of respect as part of what needs to be fixed about current DPS leadership. I think we need, particularly in this race, a school board representative who can start and stop every conversation with students and student performance and really ensure our students are getting everything they need.” “We’ve stopped talking about academic excellence for our kids. “We have stopped talking about great schools,” Spearman said. He wants to shift the conversation about education away from politics and toward excellence. On the campaign trail for mayor, Spearman heard that education was among the public’s top concerns, following affordability, homelessness and safety. After he withdrew from the mayor’s race, Spearman and the company parted ways. He oversaw Tattered Cover during rapid expansion. He has worked various corporate jobs, including stints at Bain and Company, the fast-casual chain B.Good and the co-working company Knotel, after receiving a robust Ivy League education with a bachelor’s from Columbia University, a business degree from Harvard University, and a law degree from Yale. Spearman has served on board of the Denver Public Schools Foundation, the Colorado Education Initiative and the East Angels Friends and Alumni Foundation. His mother was with the district for 37 years, as a teacher, a principal and an assistant superintendent. He attended Montclair Elementary School, Smiley Middle School and East High School.

Spearman is a product of Denver Public Schools. The announcement came weeks after Spearman withdrew from the Denver mayor’s race to endorse former Metro Chamber of Commerce head Kelly Brough. On Monday morning, former Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman entered the 2023 Denver School Board race for an at-large seat.

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