Colorado School Closures

Neighborhood Public School Closures/Consolidations

• Boulder
  • 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
  • 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
  • Douglas County consolidates six Highlands Ranch elementary schools
  • Douglas County School District in Colorado votes in favor of consolidation of three Highlands Ranch schools | CBS News
  • School district seeks input on branding of consolidated schools in Highlands Ranch | Highlands Ranch Herald
• Durango
  • Durango school board sounds alarm that other schools may need to be consolidated
  • Sunnyside parent, teachers oppose proposed school merger |Durango Herald
• Poudre
  • 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
  • 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
  • 5 Westminster schools face closure. Parents get first look in Jan. | The Westminster Window
  • Westminster Public Schools to close 3 schools as enrollment falls
• St. Vrain
  • St. Vrain Valley plans to close Longmont’s Sanborn Elementary | Times-Call

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