The Poudre School District Board of Education approved a list of school closures and consolidations last week, all of which will take place over the course of the 2027-28 and 2028-29 school years. Some school closures were delayed via amendments, and PSD’s mountain schools were completely removed from the list.
In September, the PSD Comprehensive Planning Committee released its recommendation to close nine schools and consolidate two others, saying the choices were made based on a comprehensive analysis, factoring in enrollment trends, facility utilizations, program capacity and more. The committee also said these changes were necessary due to declining birth rates in the community, a high cost of living and fewer families living in the district.
“We can do more and do it better in fewer schools because we can concentrate our resources and make sure every student has access to everything that they deserve and everything that we as a community believe that they should have,” PSD superintendent Brian Kingsley said during a Sept. 25 press conference…