All Poudre School District schools other than its three mountain elementaries have full power and will operate on their normal schedules Dec. 18, district spokesman John Cope told the Coloradoan in an early morning email.
Schools in Timnath had been closed Dec. 17 because of a preemptive power shutdown by Xcel Energy over concerns about high winds damaging equipment and potentially sparking wildfires. The district’s schools in Laporte and its two elementary schools in Wellington lost power later in the day because of wind damage to Xcel Energy equipment providing power to their buildings, Cope said in a series of emails.
The three mountain elementary schools — Livermore, Red Feather and Stove Prairie — will be closed Dec. 18 because of transportation concerns related to strong winds, Principal Tom Schachet wrote in an early morning email to families and staff that was shared with the Coloradoan…