{"id":888,"date":"2017-11-15T13:56:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/?p=888"},"modified":"2017-11-16T13:01:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T20:01:45","slug":"october-coach-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/colorado\/2017\/11\/15\/october-coach-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October Coach of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our October Coach of the Month is . . . Coach Kira (a.k.a. Coach K)!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coach K is a fourth-year program coordinator at Maxwell Elementary School in Denver who\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fully embraces the mission and values of Playworks. 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