This continuation screens Brad Miller and Miller Farmer Carlson against the D11 major-investigation question. The strongest D11-relevant finding is not a direct personal tie between Miller and a current D11 board member. It is a set of legal, charter, and coalition mechanisms that intersect with D11: the ERBOCES / CLLC / Orton Academy litigation against D11, D11's later direct Orton application and charter-contract records, the CHSAA sports-policy letter and later D49 / Sullivan plaintiff coalition, reported Miller or firm ties to multiple Colorado Springs-area charter schools, and indirect private-school-adjacent evidence through Tagg, Parents Challenge, and Ruehl's reported Christian-school statement.
The source set does not support saying Brad Miller represents D11, controls D11 board members, or has a direct current formal relationship with a D11 board member. It does support treating Miller / Miller Farmer as a material expanded actor because the firm appears in litigation and reported charter networks that directly touch D11's charter and sports-policy environment.
The strongest official D11-specific Miller Farmer tie is the Colorado Supreme Court's 2024-05-20 ERBOCES v. Colorado Springs School District 11 opinion and the related oral-argument docket. The docket lists Bryce Carlson of Miller Farmer Carlson Law LLC as counsel for petitioners Education reEnvisioned BOCES and Colorado Literacy and Learning Center. The opinion says CLLC agreed to operate Orton Academy through June 30, 2025; ERBOCES and CLLC operated Orton inside D11 boundaries without D11 permission; D11 objected and sought declaratory relief; and the Court held that a BOCES may not locate a school inside a nonmember district without that district's consent.
This is a direct litigation / legal-counsel relationship for the firm and a direct D11 charter-governance boundary issue. It is only moderate as a Brad-personal tie because the retained court materials identify the firm and Bryce Carlson, not Brad Miller personally.
The D11-side follow-up now closes a major source gap: D11 board materials preserve Orton's application, DAC review, presentation, conditional approval, and final charter contract C2024-0069. The contract runs from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029 and includes waiver and annual performance review material. The current D11 charter-page capture later lists Orton Academy as a Fall 2026 opening on the Trailblazer campus, but implementation / campus reconciliation remains unresolved.
The newly retained redacted email directly shows Brad Miller sharing a CHSAA Title IX letter with Academy District 20 board member Lauren Yanez and saying it had also gone to other D20 directors and board members from multiple districts and charter schools. The retained letter template directly supports the demand for CHSAA to restrict girls' sports participation based on sex assigned at birth, but it contains a placeholder for signers rather than a signer list.
Retained reporting says D11 contributed four signatories to the CHSAA letter and says Miller did not represent D11 but that Amy Attwood, described as his long-time associate, handled public affairs for D11 as a lobbyist and had worked with Miller and ERBOCES clients. The Brad Miller primary-source cluster separately records that the current federal docket later listed D11 among remaining plaintiffs in the D49 / Sullivan litigation, while the filed May 2025 complaint lists First & Fourteenth rather than Miller Farmer Carlson as counsel of record.
The D11-side follow-up makes the later D11 litigation lane stronger but not Miller-personal. The July 22, 2025 amended complaint adds D11 as a plaintiff; D11's Nov. 19, 2025 special-board minutes record executive-session legal advice on a Colorado Civil Rights Division / CHSAA litigation update; and D11's Dec. 3, 2025 minutes approve a CHSAA settlement agreement 7-0. The safest Miller relationship type remains reported legal-strategy / coalition adjacency, with a direct Miller circulation email and direct court / board limits. The source set does not identify which D11 officials signed the letter, does not prove that Miller communicated directly with D11 actors, and does not make Miller D11 counsel.
The retained D11 charter-page capture lists D11 charter schools including James Irwin Elementary School - Howard Campus, Colorado Military Academy, and Orton Academy. Existing Brad Miller summaries and retained reporting place Miller or his firm around a wider Colorado Springs-area charter network that includes James Irwin Charter Schools, New Summit Charter Academy, The Classical Academy, Colorado Springs Charter Academy, Monument Academy, Colorado Military Academy, and other charter schools.
The D11 relevance differs by school:
The D11-side follow-up also hardens one previously reporting-dependent bridge and limits another. Colorado SOS lobbying exports list Amy Attwood / Attwood Public Affairs as D11's active lobbyist-client relationship beginning 2024-02-14. Those exports also list D20, D49, and ERBOCES as active Attwood clients. D11 board materials preserve a Jun. 4, 2025 Attwood Public Affairs end-of-session update and a Feb. 4, 2026 legislative update presented by Amy Attwood.
Xiphos Strategies / Ross Izard is a separate direct SOS lobbying node with ERBOCES and school-choice, private-school, charter, and education-advocacy clients. This pass did not find a direct D11 / Xiphos client row, board-portal record, contract, invoice, or Parents Challenge match in the captured current / five-year SOS client and income files.
Claim limit: Attwood's shared client roster and Xiphos' education-advocacy roster are mechanisms and leads, not proof of coordination, control, sponsorship, or intent.
Direct Brad Miller ties to current D11 board members or D11-area private schools were not found in retained sources. The private-school-adjacent evidence is weaker and should stay separated:
| source node | target node | tie type | time range | mechanism / possible flow | evidence strength | claim limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Farmer Carlson Law LLC | ERBOCES / CLLC / Orton Academy | litigation / legal counsel relationship | 2020-2024 litigation; Orton contract through 2025 per opinion | Legal challenge over BOCES operation of a school inside D11 boundaries without D11 consent; authority / governance flow | direct for firm; moderate for Brad personally | Court records identify Bryce Carlson / firm, not Brad personally |
| D11 | Orton Academy | charter administrative / oversight relationship | 2023-2029 | Application review, conditional approval, final contract C2024-0069, waivers, annual performance review | direct | Does not prove Brad Miller personal involvement or hidden coordination |
| Brad Miller | D20 directors and multiple districts / charter-school board members | advocacy / legal-strategy circulation | 2025-03-31 | Circulation of CHSAA letter; attention / policy pressure flow | direct for email | Does not identify D11 recipients or signers |
| D11 | D49 / Sullivan plaintiff coalition | litigation / policy coalition relationship | 2025-2026 | Sports-policy lawsuit involving districts, BOCES, and charter schools | direct for D11 plaintiff status and settlement approval; moderate for Miller role | Initial complaint counsel was First & Fourteenth; initial D11 board authorization remains missing |
| First & Fourteenth | D11 / Sullivan plaintiffs | litigation / legal counsel relationship | 2025-2026 | Federal complaint counsel and D11 settlement presentation | direct | Does not make Miller Farmer or Brad Miller D11 counsel |
| Brad Miller / Miller Farmer Carlson | New Summit Charter Academy | reported legal counsel relationship | 2021-2022 reported minutes; current evidence not refreshed | Charter legal counsel / governance advice | moderate, reporting-backed in this pass | Direct New Summit minutes should be captured before hardening |
| Michelle Ruehl | New Summit Charter Academy | board service | 2025-2026 | Charter-school governing board role | direct from prior D11 expanded screen | Does not prove Ruehl / Miller contact or D11 policy flow |
| Brad Miller / Miller Farmer Carlson | James Irwin / TCA / Colorado Military Academy / Monument / CSCA | charter client or counsel network | various, mostly reported or Doral-proposal layer | Charter governance / legal counsel network | strong to moderate depending school | Not direct evidence of current D11 board-member ties |
| Amy Attwood | D11 | lobbyist / legislative liaison relationship | 2024-present | SOS client registration, income rows, D11 board updates | direct | D11 contract, scope, procurement, and invoices remain missing |
| Amy Attwood | D11 / D20 / D49 / ERBOCES | shared lobbyist client network | 2024-present for D11; older for others | Legislative advocacy / monitoring mechanism | direct | Shared lobbyist clients do not prove coordination |
| Xiphos / Ross Izard | ERBOCES and school-choice / private-school / charter-adjacent clients | advocacy affiliation / lobbying client network | 2020-2026 | State lobbying client roster and bill-position rows | direct | No direct D11 or Parents Challenge record found in captured SOS files |
| Brad Miller / Tagg | charter and private schools | private-school-adjacent substitute-staffing mechanism | 2018-2024 reporting and D49 conflict layer | Substitute staffing / contractor status | weak to moderate for D11 question | D49-centered; no direct D11 contract found |