On August 25, 2022 the Jeffco Public Schools staff made a recommendation to the Board of Education (Board) for school closures and consolidations effective for the 2023-24 school year.*
The Board voted on this recommendation on November 10, 2022. View their statement and the official resolution.
CRITERIA USED FOR Elementary SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION RECOMMENDATION
The criteria used to develop the list of schools recommended for consolidation were that on August 15, 2022 the school had:
- An enrollment of less than 220 K-2, K-5, K-6 students OR
- Is utilizing 45% or less of the capacity of its facility AND
- There is an elementary school or schools less than 3.5 miles away that can serve the students from the closing school in the current articulation area*
* Source: EnrollJeffco
- Emory Elementary School → Lasley Elementary School
- (Emory Center Program → Rose Stein Elementary School)
- Peck Elementary School → Secrest Elementary School
- Thomson Elementary School → Swanson Elementary School
- Campbell Elementary School → Fremont Elementary School or Vanderhoof Elementary School or Early Childhood Education Center 2023-24*
- (Campbell Center Program → Vanderhoof Elementary School)
- Campbell Elementary School will become an Early Childhood Learning Center in 2023-24, home to 10 Preschool Classrooms
- Peiffer Elementary School → Kendallvue Elementary School
- Colorow Elementary School → Powderhorn Elementary School
- Green Mountain Elementary School → Foothills Elementary School
- (Green Mountain Center Program → Belmar Elementary School)
- 2024-25 Bergen Meadow Elementary and Preschool K-2 will combine with the Bergen Valley Elementary School to become PK-5
- Molholm Elementary School → Lumberg Elementary School
- Glennon Heights Elementary School → Belmar School of Integrated Arts
- (Glennon Center Program → Hutchinson Elementary School)
- Parr Elementary School → Little Elementary School
- Sheridan Green Elementary School → Ryan Elementary School
- Witt Elementary School → Lukas Elementary School
- New Classical Academy at Vivian Elementary School → Stober Elementary School
- (Vivian Center Program → Maple Grove Elementary School)
- Wilmore-Davis Elementary School → Stevens Elementary School
- Kullerstrand Elementary School → Prospect Valley Elementary School
NOTE: Center programs are listed only if they are different from the receiving school for all students.
*Please note that the recommended joining together of Bergen Meadow Elementary (K-2) and Bergen Valley Elementary (3-5) schools to become a united Bergen Elementary (PK-5), would be effective during the 2024-25 school year.
*There is existing demand for ECE in the area and no current programs at Fremont or Vanderhoof Elementary Schools.