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By Melanie Asmar/Chalkbeat

In another move away from the practices put in place during the peak of education reform in Denver Public Schools, the school district will end a unique arrangement in which two middle schools with extra autonomy were overseen by an executive principal.

Grant Beacon and Kepner Beacon middle schools will join a network of other district-run middle schools next year and be overseen by an administrator who works for the district’s central office, according to a letter district officials sent to families Monday.

The two schools’ arrangement began in 2016 when former DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg tasked Grant Beacon Principal Alex Magaña with running a second

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