Neighborhood Public School Closures/Consolidations
- Adams 12
- Boulder
- Boulder Valley parents show up in droves to oppose school closures
- As Boulder Valley School District weighs closures, parents organize to save their schools
- A school consolidation once divided Boulder. Now the district is about to try again. | Boulder Reporting Lab
- Closing schools is not the only answer to BVSD’s declining enrollment (Opinion)
- Denver
- Why school closures are becoming a bigger issue across metro Denver | 9 News
- Denver Public Schools aims to repurpose six school buildings after permanent closures
- Denver superintendent: More school closures could be necessary before moratorium is up
- Denver Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero Discusses Difficult Decisions Behind School Closures
- Six Denver schools could be closed if they don’t improve or maintain their test scores | Chalkbeat
- Under new policy, 6 DPS schools are at risk for closure or replacement if test scores don’t improve
- Douglas
- Durango
- Poudre
- PSD plans public meetings to explain need for school closures
- Northern Colorado mountain communities concerned proposed school closures could mean long commutes
- PSD plans public meetings to explain need for school closures
- PSD sets timeline for release of school closure plans, formal vote
- Why PSD is considering closing as many as 10 schools
- Poudre School District committee settles on school closure criteria
- PSD school closure, consolidation recommendations could come this fall | The Coloradoan
- School consolidations paused in Poudre after community pushes back | 9 News
- Pueblo
- 3 schools to close, 1 to open after Pueblo D60 plan approval | The Pueblo Chieftain
- Next steps for Pueblo D60 school merger plan
- Pueblo District 60 votes to consolidate six elementary schools | KKTV
- Pueblo District 60 board approves elementary school consolidations under right-serving plan
- Second public school closes following Colorado law change aimed at controversial education group
- What schools could merge? Pueblo School District 60 releases rightsizing plan | KRDO
- Summit
- Thursday’s school board meeting will feature planning for consolidation, including future renaming for combined Breckenridge elementary
- Summit School District superintendent to make recommendation on consolidations, future of school facilities this week
- Summit School District works on a masterplan as the district eyes potential school closures, career education enhancements
- Parents upset Summit Cove is on list of possible schools to shut down | Summit County
- Westminster
- St. Vrain
Charter School Closures
- Longtime charter school in Colorado Springs weighs closure
- 31 Colorado charter schools closed in the last decade. Still, school choice demand is peaking.
- Colorado charter school closes just 2 weeks before start of school year
- Longtime Pueblo charter school with financial woes to close after losing state appeal
- Early College of Arvada charter school will close at the end of school year in Colorado
- Denver’s STRIVE Prep charter network to close its Lake middle school
- Denver charter focused on inclusion for students with disabilities to close
- All-girls Denver charter GALS to close its high school due to declining enrollment
Resources
- Choice alone not the answer for Colorado’s education inequities | NOONAN | Colorado Politics
- Closing a School? Don’t Expect to Save Money, a New Study Warns | EdWeek
- Map: See where student enrollment is rising and falling across Colorado | The Colorado Sun
- Schools are closing across rural America. Here’s how a battle over small districts is playing out in one state | The Hechinger Report
- Where School Enrollment Is Declining the Most: What New Research Shows
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