The defense shields were lowered with no schools yet in the crosshairs, allowing community members to have meaningful conversation with the Poudre School District Board of Education about the process of consolidating and closing schools.
The result, a handful of attendees said after an April 2 session at Rocky Mountain High School, was a feeling that the district was interested in a more holistic approach to a process that was stopped two years ago amid student walkouts, protests outside school board meetings and widespread community opposition.
The session, one of six scheduled in the month of April — one apiece at each of the district’s comprehensive high schools — was designed for the Board of Education to gather feedback from the community before a scheduled vote in May on the criteria that will be used to determine which schools will be consolidated or closed to address its declining student enrollment…