>> reporter: with photojournalist byron reed, brandon rittiman, 9news. >> steve has until monday to file his response in park county court. the county will ask the judge to rule against him. steve tells us he'll represent hoping someone will help them identify the person who set a man on fire earlier this month. investigators aren't offering many details other than the attack happened november 6th near east 58th avenue and washington street. they released these images. the suspect was seen wearing a hooded sweatshirt with a cross fit reebok logo. the victim has serious injuries. anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers. >>> the side effects of this next story include the ability to better understand what's going on with drug prices as we look into why 100 drugs have increased in price in four years, 9wants to know investigator chris vanderveen shows us why it might not be fair to blame only the drug companies for the cost to fill your next prescription. >> frustrating. you can't explain that. >> reporter: pharmaceutical companies boost prices so quickly. >> overnight in so

know time management is difficult and for some students it's next to impossible. 9news journalist byron reed shows us how some districts are trying to have a little flexibility to make it easier for young people to get an education. >> would i fit two lessons in 1 fabian simmons. >> chemistry. >> reporter: but not that long ago choosing wasn't that easy. he was trying to juggle between high school and a part-time job. >> i would have to go to school and not show up for work or go to work and not show up for school. >> reporter: that's one reason why he joined other students in the jefferson county school district at the virtual academy, a campus set up to education and more flexibility. >> part of the structure in the traditional sense, the face to face contact with the teacher and the other portion of instruction comes via digital online for nat. >> still the same. it just is a different way of learning. >> reporter: a different way of learning made possible by state funding and through the i learn collaborative. in an effort to provide teachers with resources to prepare young people for to

a local group created a network to to their kids about the risks. 9news journalist byron reed shows us how it works. >> reporter: at east simpson coffee company in downtown lafayette connecting with people happens almost every day. >> we bring communities together. we bring parents together. >> reporter: together making connections talking about what concerns them as parents and what's best for their kids. >> we're starting to get overloaded with information from everywhere. >> a lot of times you come up where to turn. >> reporter: so parents in the boulder valley school district started the parent engagement network or p.e.n. about 15 years ago in response to young people who needed help. >> drug and alcohol abuse, not doing well in school, pulling away from their families. >> it deals with things that concern all of us as parents. >> reporter: the group teaches parents a different approach when talking to their kids. >> if parents and kids can sit down together an then it provides an environment where there's more opportunity for more talking. >> reporter: learning skills like story