A Maine pole vaulter cleared the bar to win the state title. Waiting below was Donald Trump.

This year, three of our Charter Champions are graduating high school and heading into the next phase of their lives. To celebrate, we're catching up with each of them to discover what their training has provided, and what's next for both life and leadership.

The New York Times
The Supreme Court appeared open on Wednesday to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school, which would teach a curriculum infused by Catholic doctrine.

American School
Crown Pointe Academy, a charter school in Westminster, Colorado, is scheduled to break ground next week on a new pre-K through second grade facility.

KRDO
At the Pueblo School District 60 board meeting on Monday night, the board voted 3-2 against releasing the K-12 academy to get charter status through the Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI).

The Denver Post
Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s $44 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year on Monday — placing an emphasis on what the final budget protected, not the $1.2 billion in cuts needed to close a gap facing the state.