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Alex Marrero, right, the new superintendent of Denver Public Schools, greets students for the first day of in-class learning since the start of the pandemic at Garden Place Elementary School on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in north Denver. (AP Photo, David Zalubowski)
By Conrad Swanson | cswanson@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2021 at 2:12 p.m. | UPDATED: August 23, 2021 at 2:14 p.m.

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Conrad Swanson | Denver City Hall Reporter

Conrad Swanson covers Denver politics on The Denver Post’s political team. An Iowa native, he joined the paper in November 2019 after stints at the Colorado Springs Gazette, Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas) and Sioux City Journal (Iowa). He graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a focus in economics. He is a member of the Investigative Reporters and Editors organization and was awarded a 2019 fellowship for the National Press Foundation’s Spotlight on Statehouse and Local Reporting Program. He also won awards for sustained coverage in Colorado and political and investigative coverage in Kansas.