Kiowa County Public Library District

The purpose of this position paper is to further clarify the DVOMB's position, and its intent and language in The Standards for Treatment with Court Ordered Domestic Violence Offenders, 2002 (The Standards) regarding these evaluations (Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2).

"It can happen in the best of families--even the Fergusons. When Lynn and Robert first meet, she's bright, fresh-faced twenty-year old; he's handsome, a bit older, a charming young executive on the fast track. From the start they fall deeply in love, thrilled by the discovery of their mutual desire. But as early as their honeymoon the gold begins to tarnish, when Robert's anger erupts into a physical assault, one for which Lynn blames herself. To...

Colorado school districts annually report the number of incidents and disciplinary actions taken for certain types of student behavior to the Colorado Department of Education in accordance with the Safe School Act enacted in 2000. Due to the passage of House Bill 12-1345 in 2012, which eliminated mandatory expulsions for certain behaviors related to assaults, weapons, robbery, and drugs, this report will highlight the changes in disciplined incidents...

"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...