About Tony
Tony Curcio was born in Fullerton, California in 1966. His roots are deeply planted in the education arena, and he and his wife share a strong passion for children's advocacy through quality education programs for all kids.
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In 2000, Tony married Jolene Gonsorowski. Their three children, Hazel, Olive and Gabriel, attend schools in the northwest Denver neighborhood, where the family has its home. The couple are committed to sending all of their kids to Denver public schools. |
Hazel completed her first year at Brown International Academy in May 2007, and her two younger siblings attend neighborhood preschool programs.
When Hazel was an infant, Tony began to volunteer for Northwest Parents for Excellent Schools (NWPES), moving on to serve on the advisory board for four years, and chairing the organization twice. In spring 2007 he resigned his position in order to run for school board. During his tenure at NWPES, Tony worked closely with DPS administrators to implement school revitalization efforts at three neighborhood schools: Brown International Academy, Remington Elementary and Skinner Middle School. His experiences helped shape his mantra, "The success of our kids and community hinges on the success of our neighborhood schools."
In addition to his work with NWPES, Tony was a founding member of Explore & Discover, a childcare cooperative for infants and toddlers up to age three. He served on the advisory board for two years and was instrumental to helping shape the ideals and practices of the program.
Tony's dedication to and appreciation for quality education began with his parents, Jerry and Kathy, who had four children before deciding to go back to college for their teaching degrees. They took teaching positions in the Mojave Desert, and two years later moved to teach at a small school in rural northeast Wyoming. Not long afterward, they purchased a small ranch in southeast Montana while continuing to teach at the same rural school. They continued their teaching careers for nearly 20 years.
Tony's father eventually became a principal and then was named superintendent for a small school district in Alaska. Tony's mother currently works as a school psychologist and is the special education director at Ft. Washakie Elementary School on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Tony's sister teaches third, fourth and fifth grade at a rural school in Wyoming. Education plays an equally important role in Jolene's family: her mother taught math for more than 30 years in Minnesota, and her sister teaches high school drama and English in Elko, Nevada.
Tony obtained a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. Upon obtaining his degree, he moved to Denver and began working on large environmental remediation projects throughout Colorado, Utah and Arkansas. A seven-year stint of moving around the country inspired Tony to set down his roots in Denver again in 1998. He currently works as an engineer for Walsh Environmental Group of Boulder.