Parents who are suing Boulder Valley over its school closure plans have filed a motion of contempt in Boulder County District Court, claiming the school district’s BVSD is the Place to Be Showcase violated the judge’s orders.
The lawsuit, filed Sept. 30, follows the Boulder Valley school board’s 5-2, Sept. 22 vote to close Boulder’s Douglass, Flatirons and Mesa elementary schools and Broomfield’s Birch Elementary in response to continued enrollment declines. The changes are slated to go into effect in fall 2027.
Parents Evan Harvie, Katharine Rosenthal and Theresa Schultz — who are represented by lawyer Eric Maxfield — also filed an emergency motion for a preliminary injunction. The parents represent the three Boulder schools marked for closure…