With a pivotal school board vote just days away, the mayor of Timnath is asking Poudre School District for something he believes could change the future of the town’s elementary school: one more year.
Timnath Elementary School is one of nine schools recommended for closure as the district confronts declining enrollment and underused buildings. The broader proposal is estimated to save the district about $8 million a year.
But Mayor Robert Axmacher argues Timnath elementary presents a very different problem: The school isn’t struggling to fill classrooms…