Are you a school, even if you don’t think you are? That’s a question that a north Boulder homeschool program that operates out of a private residence is grappling with.
Complaints from earlier this year appear to have put Sage Programs – the homeschool program in question – on pause. Sage Programs is considered a school under Boulder’s municipal code, but the property is currently zoned as a residential estate, which means only single-family detached homes can be built there.
Private schools are allowed within a residential zone district through a use review, a process that “takes about 90 days and is subject to the planning board,” according to Brad Mueller, director of development and planning services for the city…