When Boulder Valley School District leaders unveiled a process for possible school closures earlier this year, the conversation centered largely on numbers: enrollment projections, building capacity and financial pressures.
But behind those spreadsheets is a more human reality: teachers wondering whether they will have jobs next year, families bracing for disruption, and neighborhoods that could lose schools that have long served as community anchors.
Across the district, enrollment has been falling for years. Thousands fewer students attend BVSD schools today than a decade ago, and projections show the decline continuing…