The Douglas County School District is consolidating six Highlands Ranch elementary schools beginning this upcoming school year, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Education last year.
Acres Green Elementary is among the schools affected. The school sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood, where parents walk their children to class and kids grow up learning alongside their neighbors. For some families, the connection runs even deeper — spanning generations.
Terry Shumpert, whose kids attended Douglas County School District schools, said the consolidation is difficult to accept.
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“From what I hear, it’s just the enrollment is down,” Shumpert said. “Maybe the parents, you know, they get in their mind that maybe private schools are the way, you know, and I’m one that you know I’m a good witness that my kids did excellent in the public schools in Douglas County, and so you know I don’t really believe they need to consolidate.”…