Psd board - jessica zamora

PSD Board of Education - Jessica Zamora

Role: President | District: G | Term: 2023–2027

2026-05-15

• Graduation ceremonies: Board-overseen graduation ceremonies scheduled May 18–21, 2026 at the PHS Auditorium and Lincoln Center Performance Hall.
  
• No teacher layoffs: In March 2026, PSD announced it was able to place all teachers on continuing contracts for 2026–27, avoiding the reduction-in-force the board had authorized in February. The board had unanimously approved the RIF option in February due to a projected $8–17M budget shortfall driven by declining enrollment.
  
• PSD Celebrates: The annual awards ceremony took place May 4, 2026 at the Lincoln Center.
  
• Schools closed May 6: All PSD schools were closed due to heavy wet snowfall and hazardous road conditions.
  
• Comprehensive Planning Committee: The district's Comprehensive Planning Committee is bringing recommended criteria (not decisions) to the full Board in May 2026 to guide future enrollment and facility planning in a transparent, fact-based process.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District weighs options regarding enrollment, budget shortfalls — Rocky Mountain Collegian
- Poudre School District avoids laying off veteran teachers for 2026-27
- Update from the PSD Comprehensive Planning Committee

2026-05-17

• Charter school authority restored: On April 9, the Colorado Board of Education voted 5-4 along party lines to restore PSD's exclusive charter school authority (which had been revoked in a prior dispute). Zamora stated: "Our community has the greatest access to us as their local elected body, and therefore they look to us for their educational options."
  
• 2026-27 school calendar: The board approved August 19, 2026 as the first day of school for the upcoming year.
  
• May 28 board meeting: The Comprehensive Planning Committee will present recommended criteria — not decisions — for future enrollment and facility planning at the May 28 board meeting. Public feedback questionnaire closes May 19 — community members can still submit input before then.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District regains exclusive charter authority — AOL/Coloradoan
- 2026-27 School Calendar Approved — psdschools.org
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- Update from the PSD Comprehensive Planning Committee — psdschools.org

2026-05-30

• Comprehensive Planning Committee criteria adopted (May 12): At the May 12 board meeting, committee co-chairs Traci Gile and Brett Hansen presented recommended criteria for evaluating future school closures, consolidations, and relocations. The criteria include building capacity, facility condition, current and projected enrollment, walkability, transportation availability and commute length, proximity of consolidated schools, continuity of services (IEPs, multilingual learners, underserved students), and maximization of program offerings, electives, and extracurriculars. Notably, the criteria contain no specific thresholds or weighted percentages by design — the committee wanted flexibility. The board discussed but did not vote on specific school closures; those recommendations are not expected until October/November 2026.
  
• School year ended May 27: PSD's 2025-26 school year concluded. Graduation ceremonies were held May 18–21. The 2026-27 school year begins August 19.
  
• Tobey Bassoff joins as Asst. Superintendent Area C (July 1): As of July 1, Bassoff will serve as Assistant Superintendent for Area C, adding to the district's leadership team.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District committee settles on school closure criteria — AOL
- PSD announces 2026 graduation ceremony schedule — psdschools.org
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org

2026-05-18

• Graduation week begins: PSD's Class of 2026 commencement ceremonies begin today. Tonight: IB Convocation at 6:00 p.m. at PHS Auditorium. Ceremonies continue through May 23, covering all comprehensive high schools, alternative programs, and specialized academies. No tickets required; PSDTV will livestream all ceremonies.
  
• Public questionnaire closes tomorrow: The community feedback questionnaire on the Comprehensive Planning Committee's enrollment and facility planning recommendations closes May 19. The committee will present its criteria (not final decisions) to the full Board at the May 28 meeting.
  

Sources:
- PSD announces 2026 graduation ceremony schedule — psdschools.org
- Poudre School District Graduation Schedule Set For Class Of 2026 — North Forty News

2026-05-21

• School closure criteria vote approaching: At its May 12 meeting, the PSD Board reviewed and discussed the Comprehensive Planning Committee's recommended criteria for school closures, consolidations, and relocations. Criteria include building capacity, facility condition, and current/projected enrollment. The board is scheduled to vote on these policy recommendations at its May 26 meeting — one step before decisions about specific schools are made.
  
• New assistant superintendent: Tobey Bassoff was selected as PSD's Assistant Superintendent for Area C, effective July 1, 2026.
  
• Graduations complete: PSD's Class of 2026 graduation ceremonies wrapped up through May 22 at PHS Auditorium, Lincoln Center Performance Hall, and CSU Moby Arena.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District committee settles on school closure criteria — AOL/Coloradoan
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org

2026-05-26

• School closure criteria vote (tonight): The full board voted today on the Comprehensive Planning Committee's recommended policy framework for school closures, consolidations, and relocations. The criteria being voted on include: building capacity, facility condition, current/projected enrollment, walkability, transportation access and commute length, program breadth and extracurriculars, proximity of consolidated schools, and continuity of services. This is a vote on criteria only — not yet on specific schools. Any actual closure or consolidation would not take effect before 2027–28. Results not yet indexed publicly at time of this update.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District committee settles on school closure criteria — AOL/Coloradoan
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org

2026-05-27

• Last day of school: Today is the last day of the 2025–26 school year for most PSD students. The board approved August 19, 2026 as the first day of the 2026–27 school year. The closure criteria vote results from May 26 have not yet been published publicly.
  

Sources:
- 2026-27 School Calendar — psdschools.org

2026-05-29

• School closure criteria vote outcome still unconfirmed: The results of the May 26 board vote on the Comprehensive Planning Committee's policy framework for school closures, consolidations, and relocations have not yet been publicly indexed. A second board meeting was held May 28. Any specific school recommendations from the committee are expected in Oct/Nov 2026; actual closures would not occur before the 2027–28 school year.
  
• District enters summer: The 2025–26 school year has ended; the next school year begins August 19, 2026. The June 1 RIF final notification deadline for teaching staff is approaching, though earlier in the year PSD announced it had placed all teachers on continuing contracts and avoided layoffs.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- PSD Schools closed Wednesday, May 6, 2026 — psdschools.org

2026-05-31

• May 26 vote outcome — FCB and FCB-R policies appear adopted: Based on available sources, the Board of Education appears to have voted at the May 26 regular meeting to adopt District Policies FCB and FCB-R, formally establishing the criteria and process for evaluating possible school consolidations or closures. The criteria — including building capacity, facility condition, current/projected enrollment, walkability, transportation, program breadth, and continuity of services for IEP students and multilingual learners — were developed over several months by the Comprehensive Planning Committee. This was a vote on the framework only, not on specific schools. The committee is expected to bring specific school recommendations to the board in Oct/Nov 2026; no closures or consolidations would take effect before 2027–28.
  
• 2025–26 school year concluded: The final day of school was May 27. All teachers were placed on continuing contracts for 2026–27; the June 1 RIF final notification deadline is essentially moot given the earlier no-layoff outcome.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District committee settles on school closure criteria — AOL/Coloradoan
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org

2026-06-05

• CPC action team applications close today: Applications for parents/caregivers and staff to serve on the Comprehensive Planning Committee's four action teams closed June 5. These teams will apply the FCB/FCB-R criteria to evaluate school buildings through October, then deliver specific school closure/consolidation recommendations to the board by October 20, 2026.
  
• New leadership appointments for 2026-27: Kathy Sampson named next principal of Lincoln Middle School; Tyler Muniz named next principal of Putnam Elementary; Deon Davis named next principal of Bethke Elementary. Tobey Bassoff joins as Assistant Superintendent for Area C effective July 1.
  
• Next board meetings likely June 9 and June 23 (second and fourth Tuesdays). No agendas posted yet.
  
• Budget adoption deadline June 30: PSD must formally adopt its 2026-27 budget by June 30 (Colorado law). Given the projected $8–17M shortfall from declining enrollment, the budget will be a key item.
  

Sources:
- Board of Education Approves Comprehensive Planning Policies — psdschools.org
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org

2026-06-07

• Board meeting tomorrow (June 9): Regular board meeting on the 2nd Tuesday. Expected items: 2026–27 budget progress (adoption deadline June 30); CPC action team formation update (applications closed June 5). No public agenda posted yet.
  
• Budget clarity improving: The state legislature finalized its budget in May, giving PSD more certainty on its state allocation. The projected shortfall remains in the $8–17M range driven by declining enrollment (~654 fewer students projected for 2026–27). The board must adopt a final budget by June 30.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org

2026-06-09

• Board meeting tonight (5:30 PM, 2407 LaPorte Ave): Regular second-Tuesday meeting. Expected focus: 2026–27 budget progress — the board must formally adopt a final budget by June 30, and today's meeting is one of only two scheduled before that deadline. The projected shortfall of $8–17M (driven by declining enrollment of approximately 654 fewer students for 2026–27, with roughly 85% of PSD's budget tied to staffing) means the budget adoption will likely involve difficult line-item decisions.
  
• CPC action teams now active: Applications for the Comprehensive Planning Committee's four action teams closed June 5. Teams will now work through October applying the board-approved FCB/FCB-R criteria (building capacity, facility condition, enrollment trends, walkability, transportation access, program breadth, and continuity of services for students with IEPs and multilingual learners) to evaluate school buildings. Specific school closure/consolidation recommendations are not expected until October 20, 2026; no changes before the 2027–28 school year.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org
- Board of Education Approves Comprehensive Planning Policies — psdschools.org

2026-06-08

• Board meeting tomorrow (June 9, 5:30 PM): Regular 2nd-Tuesday meeting. The board faces its most consequential near-term decision: adopting the 2026–27 budget before the June 30 statutory deadline with a projected $8–17M shortfall from declining enrollment. The board authorized a Reduction in Force contingency if needed. CPC action teams (formed after applications closed June 5) are now beginning their school building evaluations — they will present specific school recommendations to the board on October 20, 2026.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- Poudre school board approves reduction in force — 9News

2026-06-09

• May 26 school closure policy vote confirmed: The board voted May 26 to adopt District Policies FCB and FCB-R, establishing the formal criteria and process for evaluating future school closures or consolidations. Crucially: no schools will be closed or consolidated in 2026–27. Any approved changes would take effect in 2027–28 at the earliest. CPC action teams are now evaluating school buildings; the Comprehensive Planning Committee will present specific school recommendations to the board on October 20, 2026. (Resolves "unconfirmed" note from May 29 entry.)
  

Sources:
- Board of Education Approves Comprehensive Planning Policies — psdschools.org
- Poudre School District puts school closure, consolidation plans on pause — Denver7

2026-06-10

• June 9 board meeting held: The regular meeting occurred at 5:30 PM at 2407 LaPorte Ave with budget adoption as the primary focus. No specific vote outcomes published publicly as of this morning.
  
• RIF discontinued — but ~250 roles still impacted: Earlier this spring, PSD Chief of Staff Dr. Lauren Hooten confirmed the district discontinued its formal Reduction in Force process after HR, principals, and the RIF committee found placements for all continuing-contract teachers. However, roughly 250 roles will still be affected by budget reductions (reassignments, position eliminations, reduced hours). The human cost of the $8–17M shortfall is real, even without formal layoffs.
  
• Next regular meeting: June 23 — the most likely date for formal budget adoption before the June 30 statutory deadline.
  

Sources:
- PSD discontinues RIF process but ~250 roles still affected — Citizen Portal
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026–27 — psdschools.org

2026-06-16

• Special board meeting today on disability services: The Board of Education is holding two special meetings today, June 16, at the Johannsen Support Services Center (2407 LaPorte Ave). The first (5:30–7:00 PM) is a community engagement session on the district's efforts to support students with disabilities, specifically those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, plus dyslexia support and equity for students served on IEPs, followed by small-group discussions (RSVP closed 5:00 PM June 15). The second (7:15 PM) is a boardroom session livestreamed on YouTube and Comcast/Xfinity channel 10; no public comment period at this meeting.
  
• No June 23 meeting on the official calendar: Contrary to the earlier assumption that the board's next regular meeting (and likely budget-adoption date) would be June 23, the district's published board meeting schedule shows no meeting listed between June 16 and the next 2026-27 date (August 11). It remains unclear from public sources whether the 2026-27 budget was formally adopted at the June 9 meeting or whether a yet-unannounced special meeting will be called before the June 30 statutory deadline. Worth confirming via the board agenda page closer to month-end.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org

2026-06-17

• Budget adoption status unclear — June 30 deadline approaches: The June 16 special meetings addressed disability services, not budget. The next scheduled regular board meeting is August 11 — after the June 30 statutory budget adoption deadline. PSD has not publicly announced a special meeting to adopt the 2026-27 budget. Either the budget was adopted at the June 9 regular meeting (not yet publicly confirmed) or a special meeting will be called. Watch the board agenda page for any special meeting notices before June 30.
  
• Budget watch: The district faces a $8–17M shortfall from declining enrollment (25,013 students in 2025-26, down from 25,526). Despite discontinuing formal RIF procedures, roughly 250 roles are still being affected through reassignments and position eliminations.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org

2026-06-18

• Budget adoption still unconfirmed — 12 days to June 30 deadline: PSD must adopt its 2026–27 budget by June 30 (Colorado statute). The next scheduled regular board meeting is August 11 — after the deadline. Whether the budget was adopted at the June 9 meeting or will require an unannounced special meeting before June 30 remains unclear from public sources. The projected shortfall is $8–17M driven by declining enrollment (~654 fewer students). Despite the formal RIF process being discontinued earlier this spring (all continuing-contract teachers placed), roughly 250 roles will still be affected by reassignments, eliminations, or reduced hours.
  
• CPC action teams underway: The four Comprehensive Planning Committee action teams are now active after applications closed June 5. They will evaluate school buildings through October and deliver specific closure/consolidation recommendations to the board by October 20, 2026. No school closures or consolidations will take effect before 2027–28.
  
• Tobey Bassoff joins as Asst. Superintendent Area C — July 1: Two weeks away.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- Poudre School District warns of steep budget shortfall — Citizen Portal

2026-06-30

• Budget adoption deadline TODAY. Colorado statute requires PSD to adopt its 2026–27 budget by June 30. The district faces an $8–17M shortfall from declining enrollment (~654 fewer students projected, ~25,013 total). Despite discontinuing the formal RIF process (all continuing-contract teachers placed), 181 total positions were not retained — 100+ licensed staff and 70+ classified staff. The next scheduled regular board meeting is August 11 — after today's deadline. Whether the budget was adopted at the June 9 meeting or required a special meeting has not been publicly confirmed. Watch psdschools.org/your-district/board-education/board-meetings-agendas for any special meeting notice or budget adoption confirmation.
  
• CPC action teams underway: The four Comprehensive Planning Committee action teams are actively evaluating school buildings through October, applying the FCB/FCB-R criteria adopted May 26. Specific school closure/consolidation recommendations are due to the board October 20, 2026. No closures take effect before 2027–28.
  
• Tobey Bassoff joins as Asst. Superintendent Area C tomorrow (July 1).
  

Sources:
- An Update on PSD's Budget and Planning for 2026-27 — psdschools.org
- Board Meetings and Agendas — psdschools.org
- Poudre School District Cuts More Than 180 Staffers — K99

2026-07-10

• Budget adoption still unconfirmed — now 10 days past the statutory deadline. No board meeting has been held since the June 16 special sessions; the district's own Diligent meeting portal shows no June 23 meeting and nothing scheduled for July yet either, meaning the board hasn't had a normal 4th-Tuesday session since May 26. No news outlet (Coloradoan, 9News, Denver7, K99, North Forty News, Collegian) has reported a budget-adoption vote since the position-cuts coverage in June. This silence increasingly looks structural rather than a reporting gap — worth a direct records/contact follow-up if it persists.
  
• Comprehensive Planning Committee now in "phase three" (June–October). Action teams and a scenario-development team are actively identifying possible school combinations toward the October 20 recommendation deadline to the board.
  
• 2026-27 compensation increases confirmed settled (~$5.4M, 1.81%/1.62% raises) via employee-association negotiations concluding late May — some 2026-27 budget inputs are locked in even without a public adoption announcement.
  

Sources:
- PSD Board Meetings & Agendas — psdschools.org
- PSD Diligent meeting portal
- Northern Colorado Poudre School District cuts staffing, offering raises — CBS Colorado

2026-08-07

• Aug 11 agenda still not posted on the Diligent portal, four days out — the district's own stated practice is to post about a week ahead. The board hasn't met since June 16 and no public 2026–27 budget adoption vote has been reported since the June 30 statutory deadline.
  
• Staffing cuts confirmed at 181–182 positions for 2026–27: 110 teaching positions non-renewed and 72 classified positions eliminated at the end of 2025–26, against a projected $8–17M funding reduction with ~85% of the budget going to staffing. Compensation still rose $5.4M (1.81% licensed/classified, 1.62% admin/professional).
  
• Closure/consolidation: the Comprehensive Planning Committee is still working toward recommendations to the board as early as October (Oct 20 target). No schools close in 2026–27.
  

To speak at the Aug 11 meeting (5:30 PM): the sign-up form opens when the agenda posts and closes at 5 PM Monday, Aug 10 — a hard deadline, and the agenda hasn't posted yet. Check psdschools.org/board-of-education daily through the weekend. If the form isn't up in time, email the board at boe@psdschools.org or call (970) 490-3609.

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education — psdschools.org
- PSD Diligent meeting portal
- 182 educator positions gone as Poudre School District faces budget crisis — Denver7
- Poudre school board schedules community meetings on school closures — AOL/Coloradoan

2026-08-08

• Aug 11 agenda still not posted — three days out, and still nothing on either the Diligent portal or the district's board page. The board page confirms the meeting is on the 2026–27 calendar (Aug 11, then Aug 25, Sept 8) and restates that agendas post "about a week prior," which has now slipped.
  
• Sign-up window is compressed to Monday. The form only goes live when the agenda posts, and it closes 5 PM Monday, Aug 10. If the agenda lands Monday morning, that's a few hours to register.
  

To speak Aug 11 (5:30 PM): check psdschools.org/board-of-education Sunday and again first thing Monday. If the form isn't live by midday Monday, email boe@psdschools.org or call (970) 490-3609 and ask to be added — written comment to that address is also on the record regardless of the form.

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education — psdschools.org
- PSD Diligent meeting portal

2026-08-09

• Aug 11 agenda still not posted, and the sign-up deadline is tomorrow. Checked both the board page and the Diligent portal today — the portal's "Today's / Upcoming / Recent Meetings" panels return no posted agenda for Aug 11. Two days out from the first board meeting since June 16.
  
• The sign-up form closes at 5 PM tomorrow, Monday Aug 10, and only goes live when the agenda posts. If the agenda drops Monday morning that's a few hours; if it doesn't post by then, the online path is gone.
  

Do this Monday morning: check psdschools.org/board-of-education. If no form by midday, email boe@psdschools.org or call (970) 490-3609 and ask to be added to community comment. Written comment to that address goes on the record regardless. Meeting is 5:30 PM Tuesday at the Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave.

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education — psdschools.org
- PSD Diligent meeting portal

2026-08-10

• The sign-up deadline passes at 5 PM today and the agenda never posted. Checked the board page and the Diligent portal again this morning — the portal's meeting panels still return nothing for Aug 11. The form only goes live with the agenda, so the online speaker path for tomorrow's meeting is effectively closed. Meeting is still on: 5:30 PM Tuesday Aug 11, Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave.
  
• A board seat has been vacant since July 1. Conor Duffy resigned from District F effective July 1, 2026. PSD announced the vacancy July 20 and closed applications at 4:30 PM Aug 3. Zamora and the five other remaining directors will interview applicants before appointing a replacement, who serves through the November 2027 election. No appointment reported yet, and Aug 11 is the board's first meeting since the window closed. See PSD Board - Conor Duffy.
  
• Board has not met since June 16. Still unresolved in public: the 2026–27 budget (statutory adoption deadline was June 30, no adoption vote reported), the 181–182 cut positions, and the Oct 20 closure/consolidation recommendations. School starts Aug 19. The board is doing all of this six members deep.
  

Options today: email boe@psdschools.org or call (970) 490-3609 and ask to be added to community comment for Aug 11 — the form is gone but the board can still add speakers. Written comment to boe@psdschools.org goes on the record with no deadline; send it today so it's in front of them before the meeting.

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education — psdschools.org
- PSD Diligent meeting portal
- PSD Board of Education Seeking Qualified Applicants to Fill Vacant Seat — psdschools.org

2026-08-11

• Meeting is tonight and the agenda still has not posted. The board's 5:30 PM business meeting at 2407 Laporte Ave is the first since June 16. Checked the Diligent portal and PSD district news again this morning: the Aug 11 entry exists as "Business Meeting" with no agenda, no packet, and no speaker sign-up form. PSD's own portal states the sign-up form goes live only "when meeting information is posted," so the online path never opened at all — not just missed the 5 PM Aug 10 cutoff.
  
• Still unresolved going into tonight: the District F appointment (applications closed Aug 3, interviews planned, no outcome reported), 2026–27 budget adoption (statutory deadline was June 30, no public adoption vote reported), 181–182 cut positions, and the Oct 20 closure/consolidation recommendations. Six-member board.
  
• District news page shows nothing since July 27 — last posts were the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey results and a school-fees/fee-waiver notice; the vacancy announcement was July 20.
  
• How to get comment in front of them today: email boe@psdschools.org (written comment goes on the record, no deadline) or call (970) 490-3609 and ask to be added to community comment — the board can add speakers at the meeting. Meeting streams on PSD Video on Demand.
  

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education portal — Diligent
- PSD Meeting Information — Diligent
- PSD District News

2026-08-12

• The Aug 11 meeting happened; nothing about it has been published. No agenda, packet, or minutes on the Diligent portal, no post on PSD district news (still topping out at July 27), and no press coverage from any outlet. So: District F appointment unknown, budget adoption unknown. The portal renders its meeting list via JavaScript and can't be read by a fetcher — the only reliable checks are the meeting video and a direct ask.
  
• To find out: the recording posts to PSD Video on Demand; minutes go to the Diligent portal, historically weeks later. Direct: boe@psdschools.org / (970) 490-3609.
  
• Next meeting Aug 25, 5:30 PM, Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave. Agendas are supposed to post a week ahead — ~Aug 18 — and the speaker sign-up form runs from agenda posting until 5 PM Mon Aug 24. Given two straight meetings with no agenda posted, worth checking Aug 18–19 rather than assuming.
  
• School year starts within the week: Aug 18 transition day for 6th and 9th graders, Aug 19 all students.
  

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education portal — Diligent
- PSD Board of Education — meeting dates and comment sign-up
- PSD District News

2026-08-14

• District F is filled. The Meet the Board roster now shows Dr. Ozlem Gurkan, District F, term 2026–2027 — board back to seven. No announcement accompanied it; email still "TBD." See PSD Board - Ozlem Gurkan.
  
• Aug 11 meeting still unpublished otherwise. No agenda, packet, or minutes on the Diligent portal three days on. 2026–27 budget adoption remains unconfirmed.
  
• Back-to-school update posted Aug 13:
  
  • First day Wed Aug 19; 6th and 9th grade transition day Tue Aug 18. Bell schedules vary by school.
    
  • New heat protocol — PSD may call early dismissal or closure when the CDC Heat & Health Tracker shows major/extreme risk, NWS HeatRisk hits Red (3) or Magenta (4), forecast highs reach 95°F+, or three consecutive days at 90°F+. Notice 12–24 hours ahead when possible.
    
  • New district-wide student fee framework — standardized fee structure for optional activities (athletics, field trips) with maximum limits and published pricing.
    
  • Free and reduced lunch registration must be renewed annually even though Colorado meals are free. Enrolling unlocks waived school fees, P-EBT, utility discounts, and rec center access.
    
  • New ParentVUE / StudentVUE apps launched July 16 (iOS and Android).
    
  • District website rebuilt — navigation and URLs have changed.
    
• Next meeting Aug 25, 5:30 PM, 2407 Laporte Ave. Agenda due ~Aug 18 (a week ahead); speaker sign-up closes 5 PM Mon Aug 24. Agendas have failed to post on schedule two meetings running.
  

Sources:
- Important PSD Updates for Back-to-School — psdschools.org (Aug 13, 2026)
- Meet the Board — psdschools.org
- Board of Education — meeting dates and comment sign-up

2026-08-20

• Heat early release today, Aug 20 — announced Aug 19, second day of school. Two hours early at all elementaries except the mountain schools, all middle schools, all early childhood programs, Centennial HS, Polaris, and Poudre Community Academy. Normal start times; breakfast and lunch as usual. Buses run two hours early to regular stops. Afternoon field trips, afternoon Early Childhood sessions, and after-school activities canceled. AlphaBEST care only at Bacon, Beattie, O'Dea, and Bamford, limited space. First use of the new heat protocol adopted for 2026–27.
  
• Aug 25 board meeting agenda still not posted — third meeting running that the ~week-ahead posting has slipped. Speaker sign-up form posts with the agenda; sign-up closes 5 PM Mon Aug 24. Meeting is 5:30–10:30 PM, 2407 Laporte Ave.
  
• Aug 11 meeting materials still absent from the Diligent portal. 2026–27 budget adoption and Gurkan's District F appointment both remain unconfirmed in any published record. See PSD Board - Ozlem Gurkan.
  

Sources:
- Heat-related early release for most PSD schools on Thursday, Aug. 20 — psdschools.org (Aug 19, 2026)
- Some Northern Colorado schools to release early Thursday due to hot weather — CBS Colorado
- Board of Education Meeting Agendas & Minutes — psdschools.org
- Board meeting materials portal — Diligent

2026-08-21

• Second straight heat early release (Fri Aug 21): Most PSD schools dismissed two hours early again today, announced Aug 20. Normal start times; breakfast and lunch served as usual. This is the second consecutive day and the second-ever use of the heat protocol adopted for 2026–27 — days three and four of the school year.
  
• Aug 25 board meeting — time change. Dinner session 5:00 PM at the Pikes Peak conference room, Information Technology Center, 2413 Laporte Ave; regular business meeting 6:00 PM at Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave. Note this is a change from the usual 5:30 PM start previously listed. In person (limited seating), or live on YouTube / Comcast-Xfinity channel 10.
  
• Agenda still not posted as of today, four days out — the district's own policy is one week prior. The Diligent portal's meeting lists fail to load. Speaker sign-up posts with the agenda.
  
• Lopez Elementary (Aug 18): The school's fourth-grade class won a statewide Outstanding Youth Group philanthropy award.
  
• Records gap persists: Aug 11 meeting materials are still absent — ten days on. The 2026–27 budget adoption and Ozlem Gurkan's District F appointment remain unconfirmed in any published record.
  

Sources:
- Heat-related early release for most PSD schools on Friday, Aug. 21 — PSD District News
- Board of Education Meeting Agendas and Minutes
- PSD Board Diligent portal

2026-08-22

• Aug 25 speaker sign-up is live, and it closes Monday. The form for the Aug 25 meeting is posted: surveymonkey.com/r/PSDBOEAug25. It closes at 5:00 PM the day before the meeting — Monday, Aug 24, not the day of. Board allots 30–45 minutes total to public comment, roughly three minutes per speaker.
  
• Meeting logistics confirmed: dinner session 5:00 PM, Pikes Peak conference room, IT Center, 2413 Laporte Ave. Regular business meeting 6:00 PM, Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave.
  
• Agenda item list still not readable. The notice and sign-up form posted, but the Diligent portal loads its meeting lists and document library through JavaScript and returns nothing to a fetcher. So: no agenda items, no action items, no budget item confirmed for Aug 25.
  
• Records gap now eleven days. Aug 11 materials remain unpublished. 2026–27 budget adoption and Ozlem Gurkan's District F appointment are still unconfirmed in any published record — see PSD Board - Ozlem Gurkan.
  
• No new district news since the Aug 20 heat-release announcement. Heat releases ran Aug 20 and Aug 21; nothing announced for the coming week.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — PSD
- Aug 25 speaker sign-up form
- PSD Board Diligent portal
- PSD District News

2026-08-24

Sign-Up Closes Today for a Meeting With No Published Agenda

Public comment sign-up for tomorrow's board meeting closes today at 5:00 PM. The agenda has still not been posted. The district's own stated practice is a week's notice; that window passed Aug 18.

The Diligent portal's posted minutes still stop at June 16, 2026 — thirteen days now since the Aug 11 meeting with no materials of any kind. 2026–27 budget adoption and Dr. Ozlem Gurkan's District F appointment both remain unconfirmed in any published record, nearly two months past the June 30 statutory budget deadline.

District news through Aug 23 is heat-related early releases on four consecutive school days (Aug 20, 21, 24) and the Lopez Elementary philanthropy award. No board coverage anywhere.

Unresolved figure discrepancy on the staffing cuts. This log has carried 110 licensed non-renewed / 72 classified eliminated (182 total). A Coloradoan-sourced account gives 115 licensed probationary teachers / 138 classified positions. Both attach to the same $8–17M shortfall. Not reconciled — treat the total as uncertain until a district document settles it.

• Sign up: surveymonkey.com/r/PSDBOEAug25 — closes 5:00 PM today
  
• Meeting: Tue Aug 25, dinner session 5:00 PM (Pikes Peak room, IT Center, 2413 Laporte Ave); business meeting 6:00 PM (Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave)
  
• Questions: boe@psdschools.org, (970) 490-3609
  

Sources:
- PSD Board of Education
- PSD district news
- Board meeting agendas portal

2026-08-25

2026 Assessment Results — PSD Beat the State in Every Subject and Every Grade

Released Aug 24, the fifth consecutive year.

• CMAS: PSD students exceeded state averages by 12 to 25 percentage points in English language arts, math, science, and social studies — every grade tested.
  
• PSAT/SAT: met college and career readiness benchmarks at rates 15 to 19 points above the state.
  
• 11th grade science: half of PSD students met or exceeded expectations, double the state rate of 25%.
  
• Steady gains in elementary and middle school reading, writing, and math; science improved in every tested grade. Elementary growth was strongest, with English learners and other student groups above state averages in math progress.
  

Context worth holding alongside it: statewide math scores hit a record high this year, so some of the lift is a rising floor.

The Board Meets Tonight and the Agenda Was Never Published

Aug 25 regular meeting. No agenda has appeared at any point. The district's stated practice is a week's notice; that window passed Aug 18. Public comment sign-up closed 5:00 PM yesterday — anyone who signed up did so without knowing what would be discussed.

Diligent portal minutes still stop at June 16, 2026. Fourteen days since the Aug 11 meeting with no materials posted. The 2026–27 budget adoption and Dr. Ozlem Gurkan's District F appointment remain unconfirmed in any published record, now nearly two months past the June 30 statutory budget deadline.

Meeting time is itself unclear. This file has carried a 5:00 PM dinner session and 6:00 PM business meeting; a separate listing gives 5:30–10:30 PM. Unverifiable without an agenda.

The staffing-cut figures are still unreconciled — 110 licensed / 72 classified here versus a Coloradoan-sourced 115 licensed probationary / 138 classified.

• Meeting: Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave · boe@psdschools.org, (970) 490-3609
  

Sources:
- Every grade. Every subject. PSD students outpace Colorado again on 2026 state assessments — PSD (Aug 24)
- CDE Releases State-Level Results from 2026 CMAS and PSAT/SAT
- Colorado math scores hit record high — Denver Gazette (Aug 19)
- PSD Board of Education

2026-08-26

• Correction — the Aug 25 agenda did exist, and the records gap is smaller than this file said. Prior entries recorded that "no agenda was ever posted" for the Aug 25 meeting and that posted minutes stopped at June 16. Both were wrong, and the cause was tooling: the district's board meetings page links agendas out to the Diligent portal, which renders in JavaScript and returns nothing to a fetcher. The board meetings page itself carries the notice and the link.
  
• Minutes are posted for two special meetings on July 20, 2026 — previously unrecorded here. The gap in the published record is between July 20 and the Aug 11 / Aug 25 meetings, not from June 16 onward.
  
• Aug 25 meeting details confirmed. Dinner session 5:00 PM in the Pikes Peak conference room at the IT Center; regular business meeting 5:30 PM in the Johannsen Support Services Center boardroom, 2407 Laporte Ave. Live streamed on YouTube and Comcast/Xfinity channel 10. This settles the start-time uncertainty carried in prior entries — the 5:30–10:30 PM listing was right, the "6 PM business meeting" figure was not.
  
• Working URL for future runs: psdschools.org/district/board-education/board-meetings-agendas. The path with /your-district/ in it is a 404.
  
• Still unconfirmed: the 2026–27 budget adoption and Ozlem Gurkan's District F appointment remain absent from any published record reachable without the Diligent portal. No outcome coverage of the Aug 25 meeting yet.
  
• 2026-27 meeting calendar: Sept 8, Sept 22, Oct 13, Oct 27 — 20 meetings running through June 15, 2027.
  
• District news Aug 25 was "Welcome back to the 2026-27 school year" — not board business.
  

Sources:
- Board Meetings and Agendas — PSD
- District News — PSD
- PSD Board of Education

2026-08-27

PSD goes public on school closures — recommendation due October, input sessions Sept 14 & 15

The district published "Why is PSD considering closing or consolidating schools?" on Aug 26. This is the first time the Comprehensive Planning Committee work has been framed to the community directly as closures and consolidation rather than "long range planning."

The numbers PSD is making its case on:
- Roughly 10,000 empty seats across the district, distributed unevenly.
- Enrollment projected to fall by about 2,500 students (~10%) by 2031.
- The smallest schools cost about $19,000 per student against about $6,500 at the fullest ones.
- The district spends an extra $8 million a year keeping basic services running at small schools.

Superintendent Brian Kingsley: "There are fewer children in our community because families are having fewer kids, and our region does not have enough affordable housing." And: "Fewer, fuller schools are more vibrant schools."

Timeline:
- No schools have been named. The Comprehensive Planning Committee is still developing the criteria.
- Recommendation expected October 2026.
- Any changes take effect in the 2027–28 school year.

Community input sessions on the enrollment data — both 6:00–7:30 PM:
- Monday, Sept 14 — Fort Collins High School Auditorium, 3400 Lambkin Way
- Tuesday, Sept 15 — Rocky Mountain High School Auditorium, 1300 W. Swallow Rd.

Other ways in: psdschools.org/long-range-planning carries the committee materials. Board comment goes to boardofeducation@psdschools.org; public comment at a board meeting requires signing up in advance through the Diligent portal linked from the board meetings page. Next regular meetings: Sept 8 and Sept 22, 5:30 PM, Johannsen Support Services Center boardroom, 2407 Laporte Ave.

The 2026–27 budget adoption and Ozlem Gurkan's District F appointment are still unconfirmed in any reachable published record. No outcome coverage of the Aug 25 meeting has appeared.

Sources:
- Why is PSD considering closing or consolidating schools? — PSD (Aug 26)
- District News — PSD
- Board Meetings and Agendas — PSD

2026-08-30

The Aug 25 Meeting Finally Has Coverage — and the Closure Case Has Numbers

North Forty News published the outcome piece on Aug 26; it surfaced only now. It closes the gap this log has flagged since Aug 27 about the Aug 25 board meeting.

Kingsley's framing after the meeting:

"Fewer, fuller schools are more vibrant schools."

He warned that delay makes it worse — state funding follows enrollment, so waiting shrinks the revenue available to manage the transition.

The numbers behind the recommendation:

Cause, per the district: fewer school-age children, lower birth rates, and insufficient affordable housing — explicitly not families leaving for charters, private schools, or homeschooling. That attribution matters; it points the argument at housing policy rather than at school quality or competition.

Timeline. Recommendation to the Board October 2026. Any approved changes take effect in the 2027–28 school year. No individual schools have been named.

The board voted 7-0 in 2024 to keep schools open after organized parent and student opposition to a prior closure plan. This board is being asked to revisit that, and three of its seven members are new since November 2025.

Still unconfirmed: the 2026–27 budget adoption and Gurkan's District F appointment, both absent from any reachable published record.

Sources:
- PSD Says School Closures May Be Needed as Enrollment Declines — North Forty News (Aug 26, 2026)
- Long Range Planning — PSD
- 'Whole community came together': PSD puts school closure, consolidation plans on pause — Denver7 (2024 reversal)
- Poudre school board votes to end plan to close schools — 9News (2024 reversal)

2026-09-01

PSD Formalizes the Two Closure Sessions — and Says the Recommendation Won't Be There

District news release dated Aug 31: "Comprehensive Planning by the Numbers" community engagement sessions.

• Mon Sept 14, 6:00–7:30 PM — Fort Collins High School Auditorium, 3400 Lambkin Way, Fort Collins 80525
  
• Tue Sept 15, 6:00–7:30 PM — Rocky Mountain High School Auditorium, 1300 W. Swallow Rd., Fort Collins 80526
  

Content: enrollment and funding data, how community involvement so far has shaped the process, and direct Q&A with district leadership and the Board of Education. The release states plainly that the comprehensive planning committee's recommendation on which schools may close or consolidate will NOT be shared at these sessions.

That is the operative detail. These are data sessions, not the reveal. The recommendation is still on the October 2026 timeline, with changes effective 2027–28. Anyone attending expecting to hear a school named will not.

Board members are scheduled to be present, which makes these the earliest chance to put a question to Zamora and the board in person before the recommendation lands — earlier than the Sept 8 board meeting, and less formal.

• Board comment: boardofeducation@psdschools.org
  
• Board meetings: Sept 8 and Sept 22, 5:30 PM (5:00 dinner), Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave. Speaking requires advance sign-up through the Diligent portal.
  

Still unconfirmed after another window: the 2026–27 budget adoption and Gurkan's District F appointment. Neither appears in the district news feed, which now runs Aug 24, 25, 26, 28, 31 with nothing on either.

Sources:
- PSD to host "Comprehensive Planning by the Numbers" Community Engagement Sessions — PSD (Aug 31, 2026)
- District News — PSD
- Long Range Planning — PSD

2026-09-05

• Six PSD schools joined the Sept 4 statewide ICE walkout. Students at more than 200 Colorado schools, from Brush to Grand Junction, walked out at noon Friday Sept 4 demanding federal immigration agents stay away from campuses. Six Poudre School District schools participated, including Poudre High School and Fort Collins High School. Organized by the Colorado Youth Coalition — co-founded by Bre Kennedy, a 16-year-old Grandview High School junior — with Kids Know Rights.
  
• PSD's position: neutral. A district spokesperson said PSD was "aware" of the walkouts, which it "neither encourages nor discourages," consistent with how PSD has handled student demonstrations on other topics. No board statement.
  
• Second wave this year. Roughly 2,000 PSD students participated in student-organized anti-ICE walkouts in early February 2026.
  
• Elsewhere in the state, some students also protested Flock surveillance — a thread that connects to Fort Collins' own Flock cancellation and the surveillance policy now being drafted. Nothing indicates the Flock element was present at the PSD schools.
  
• Board meeting Tuesday Sept 8, 5:30 PM (5:00 dinner), Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave. Public comment sign-up closes 5:00 PM Monday Sept 7 — note that is Labor Day. Sign-up opens when the agenda posts, via the Diligent portal.
  
• Still unconfirmed: the 2026–27 budget adoption and Gurkan's District F appointment. Neither has appeared in the district news feed.
  

Sources:
- Colorado students across the state walk out of school to protest ICE crackdown — KUNC
- Colorado high school students participate in statewide walkout — Colorado Newsline
- Colorado-wide student protest against ICE turns violent in Denver — Colorado Sun
- Students at over 100 Colorado schools plan statewide walkout — Westword
- Colorado Students at 100-Plus Schools Plan Statewide Walkout — Hoodline
- PSD Board of Education · Board agenda portal — Diligent

2026-09-14

• Closure/consolidation dates: Comprehensive Planning Committee presents its recommendation at the Tue Oct 13 board meeting; board vote expected Tue Oct 27. Changes take effect 2027–28.
  
• Data sessions: Mon Sept 14, Fort Collins HS, 3400 Lambkin Way; Tue Sept 15, Rocky Mountain HS, 1300 W. Swallow Rd. Both 6–7:30 PM. Board members attend and take questions. Kingsley: "We will not be discussing scenarios at these sessions on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15."
  
• Numbers: 1,170 students lost over 10 years, another 2,500 projected over 5; 10,000 empty seats; $19K per student at the smallest schools vs. $6.5K at the fullest; $8M/yr extra to keep small schools open; 7,000+ survey responses.
  
• Committee: 16 district employees + 9 community members. Full committee meets Sept 14; Scenario Development Team mid-September.
  
• Ziegler asked for the plain-language explainer that became the Aug 26 "Why is PSD considering closing or consolidating schools?" post.
  
• To speak Oct 13 or Oct 27: sign up through the Diligent portal once the agenda posts; closes 5:00 PM the day before.
  

Sources:
- PSD plans public meetings to explain need for school closures — Coloradoan via Yahoo (Sept 10, 2026)
- PSD to host "Comprehensive Planning by the Numbers" sessions — PSD (Aug 31, 2026)
- Comprehensive Long Range Planning Committee — PSD

2026-09-23

• The closure numbers, laid out (CPR, Sept 19). PSD has over 10,000 unfilled seats — roughly a third of total capacity. Nine schools run below 50% capacity; eight more are under two-thirds full. High school seniors outnumber kindergarteners by about 1,000. Statewide, Colorado has lost an average of 5,900 school-aged children a year since 2020. Supt. Brian Kingsley: "We are spreading our resources thin across our 49 schools, which is coming at the expense of our people." No schools are named yet.
  
• Recommendation date confirmed: Oct 13. PSD's own Comprehensive Long-Range Planning Committee page gives Oct 13 for the committee's recommendation to the Board; any approved change takes effect in 2027-28 (nothing closes during 2026-27). Some coverage has circulated an Oct 20 date — that is not a board meeting night (the Board meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays: Oct 13 and Oct 27), so treat Oct 13 as correct.
  
• Committee meetings are closed to the public. Per the district, public input comes through listening sessions, surveys, or community comment at Board of Education meetings — not at committee meetings. Between now and October the committee convenes "action teams" on criteria and impacts.
  
• Sept 22 board meeting: nothing published afterward as of Sept 23.
  
• Eight PSD students named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists (Sept 22).
  

Sources:
- Shrinking enrollment and tough choices on closing schools hits Poudre School District — CPR (Sept 19)
- Comprehensive Long-Range Planning Committee — PSD
- District News — PSD

To weigh in: community comment at a Board of Education meeting, 2407 Laporte Ave — speaker sign-up closes 5:00 PM the day before via the Diligent portal once the agenda posts. Written: boe@psdschools.org. Next meetings: Tue Oct 13 (recommendation lands) and Tue Oct 27 (vote expected), both 5:30 PM.

2026-09-24

• Board voted 5-2 on Sept 22 to formally oppose Proposition 134, the statewide November measure requiring school sports teams be designated male, female, or coed and students assigned by sex at birth. Zamora voted with the majority. The resolution's stated grounds are operational: "significant unfunded implementation responsibilities for local school districts," plus added administrative workload, legal exposure, and compliance costs.
  
  • For: Zamora, Spain, Havelda, Baise, Gurkan. Against: Schoenbauer, Ziegler — both objecting to the Board taking group positions on divisive political questions rather than to the measure itself.
    
  • Spain, Havelda, and Baise argued the measure lands directly on PSD students and warrants a district response.
    
  • PSD declined to say how many transgender athletes compete in its programs, citing student privacy.
    
  • Prop 134 takes effect Jan 1, 2027 if passed. Backed by Protect Kids Colorado; opposed by Families Not Politics (One Colorado, Rocky Mountain Equality, Transgender Law Center, Inside Out Youth Services, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Cobalt). Opponents say it conflicts with the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act and will be challenged in court.
    
• Closure recommendation date confirmed: Oct 13. PSD's Comprehensive Long-Range Planning Committee page states the recommendation goes to the Board October 13, 2026 — this settles the Oct 13 vs. Oct 20 split in outside coverage. Board vote expected Oct 27; any change takes effect 2027-28. The page still lists no specific public input dates: input runs through listening sessions, surveys, or community comment at Board meetings.
  

Sources:
- Poudre school board formally opposes transgender sports measure — Coloradoan (Kelly Lyell), Sept 23
- Colorado Prop 134 would ban the few transgender students who play school sports — Colorado Newsline, Sept 22
- PSD Comprehensive Long-Range Planning Committee

2026-09-26

• The list is out. PSD named the schools at a 5 PM news conference Sept 25 — Zamora appeared alongside Supt. Brian Kingsley and took limited questions. Nine schools recommended for closure, two for consolidation, all effective fall 2027-28. Nothing closes during 2026-27.
  
• Recommended for closure, and where students would go:
  

• Consolidation: Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy merge into a single new school. Bacon Elementary stays open but gets a boundary change.
  
• All three mountain schools — Stove Prairie, Red Feather Lakes, Livermore — are on the list, with students sent down-canyon to Cache la Poudre in Laporte.
  
• Kingsley: "We believe that we can be even better, we can do more, and do it better in fewer schools, because we can concentrate our resources." And to students: "While the school building that you attend may change for next school year, I can assure you that the sense of belonging that you feel in your school will not."
  
• Not final. The Comprehensive Planning Committee formally presents to the Board Tue Oct 13; the Board votes Tue Oct 27. Criteria were the ones the Board approved in May. Basis cited: ~10,000 empty seats districtwide, declining enrollment, cost of living, fewer families moving in.
  
• Staff and family meetings at affected schools begin Mon Sept 28.
  
• Prior round for context: PSD proposed closures in 2023-24 and paused after sustained parent and student pushback, including a Blevins Middle walkout. This is the second attempt.
  

Sources:
- PSD announces recommendation to close nine schools — Denver7 (Sept 25)
- PSD announces recommendation to close 9 schools — KDVR (Sept 25)
- Poudre School District Recommends Nine School Closures — North Forty News
- Live updates: PSD announces closure, consolidation recommendations — Coloradoan
- PSD district home / comprehensive planning

To weigh in — four Board listening sessions, all 6:00–7:30 PM, open to anyone:

Also: community comment at the Oct 13 presentation and the Oct 27 vote, 5:30 PM, Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave — speaker sign-up closes 5:00 PM the day before via the Diligent portal once the agenda posts. Written comment: boe@psdschools.org. District questions: info@psdschools.org, 970-490-3005.

2026-09-27

The underlying document is public. PSD posted the Comprehensive Planning Committee's Executive Summary — a per-school Policy FCB-R compliance packet, one four-page cover sheet per school, with the actual numbers behind each recommendation. Everything below is from that document unless noted.

Correction to the Sept 26 entry: the staff/family meetings starting Mon Sept 28 are NOT open to the general public. The packet states it in every school's section: "The Superintendent holds public meetings to gather input and adapt recommendations as appropriate from staff, families and caregivers. These meetings have been scheduled and are not open to the general public. The Board of Education will hold additional listening sessions in the community before a public vote." Those Sept 28 meetings are for the affected school's own families and staff. The four October listening sessions are the public venue.

The three 80521-area schools, in detail:

Irish Elementary → Bauder + Cache la Poudre
- Utilization 41% (272/669 capacity); building condition in the lower quartile of the district; deferred maintenance $1.9M
- Projected 251 students in 2026-27, declining 25.1% to ~188 by 2030-31 — "less than a two-track school"
- Choice-in and choice-out both ~38% (balanced, unlike Putnam/Blevins)
- 23 students who currently walk become bus-eligible. Ride times get worse: average 14 → 19 min, max 27 → 29 min. Irish is 3.5 drive miles from CLPE, 2.8 from Bauder
- On the Dual Language program: the packet says closing Irish and Putnam rather than merging them was "affirmed as a preferred scenario … to create more diverse and less segregated communities by language, culture, and socioeconomic status." DL continuity is to be handled by "possible integration of students at Harris Elementary *or a future expansion of dual-language programming at a single site"* — note "possible" and "future." No committed plan.
- Students stay in the **Lincoln → Poudre HS feeder

Putnam Elementary → Dunn + Tavelli
- Utilization 30% (174/575) — "less than 1/3 of the building is utilized," among the lowest in the district
- Deferred maintenance $5.0M
- Enrollment 253 in 2021-22 → 174 now → projected 98 by 2030-31 (−38% over five years). "Less than a one-track school (16 students in each class)"
- Choice-out 60% against 33% choice-in — the highest net outflow of the 80521 schools
- 38–39 students who walk become bus-eligible. Ride times get better: average 21 → 11 min
- The ILS program moves to Tavelli; Dunn's CBA program stays
- Boundary split along the Poudre River — the neighborhood north of it goes to Tavelli, south to Dunn
- Irish + Putnam closing together saves ~$1.91M/year in day-to-day operations (student-based budget, administration, custodial, child nutrition, utilities)

Blevins Middle → Lincoln + Webber
- This is the one closing a good building. Blevins' facility condition is in the top quartile of the district (80th percentile districtwide, 89th at level) — deferred maintenance only $1,875,771. It's being closed on enrollment, not condition
- Utilization 31% (365/1,170) — enrollment fell from 543 in 2021-22 to 365 now (−32.8%), projected 179 by 2030-31 (−50.3%)
- Choice-out 54% vs. 15% choice-in
- 170 students who currently walk to Blevins become bus-eligible — the largest walker displacement in the plan. Average ride 16 → 21 min
- Affective Needs program moves to Lincoln MS
- The boundary splits along Prospect Road. West of Taft Hill: north of W. Stuart St → Lincoln; south of W. Stuart and Prospect → Webber
- And the high-school feeder splits with it: grid codes north of Prospect Rd → Poudre HS; south of Prospect Rd → Rocky Mountain HS. Blevins families should check which side of Prospect they're on — it decides the high school, not just the middle school
- Lincoln MS and CLPMS were also on the table. Lincoln had higher current and projected utilization; closing CLPMS "would have required several additional bus routes (7-8 routes), and it was determined to not be feasible for closure for this reason." Blevins lost on transportation math
- Savings: $940,000/year

Elsewhere in the packet, worth knowing:
- Timnath is the only closure driven by the building itself: not ADA compliant, no elevator, no air conditioning, no braille signage, classrooms below the 700 SF modern standard, $6,456,149 deferred maintenance — and that figure "does not account for the added financial needs that will be necessary for ADA upgrades triggered by deferred maintenance construction." Its utilization is actually fine (76–95%). Timnath students face the worst commute change in the plan: average ride 19 → 31 min, max 40 → 50 min. Also: the site holds the Walt Weiss baseball field, donated to PSD by the Colorado Rockies — "This donation would have to be addressed with future use." Timnath also carries two boundary shifts to Bacon (grid 1254 from Bamford; 1313 and 1314 from Werner)
- Beattie was recommended partly on safety: its open-classroom pods have no classroom doors, called "a more at-risk environment to secure in a school lockdown." Beattie + Johnson closing together saves ~$1.89M
- Centennial HS + Poudre Community Academy: no site chosen — "Consolidated School Site(s): TBD." Savings only $255,000. Both are Alternative Education Campuses (≥90% high-risk students by CDE definition); both fall in the 10th percentile or below on facility condition. Combined facility costs $2,956,883

Independent reporting the same weekend (Kelly Lyell, Coloradoan, Sept 26) adds: current enrollments Beattie 231, Irish 251, Johnson 281, Putnam 174, Timnath 424, Blevins 365, the three mountain schools 78 combined, Centennial+PCA 324 combined. The mountain schools cost $27,214 per student in 2025-26 — about $6,500 more than Putnam and $10,000 more than any other school in the district. District-wide, 411 students were lost between 2024-25 and 2025-26, with ~2,500 more projected gone by 2030-31. Displaced students get transportation if they live beyond 1–1.5 miles of the new school and priority in school-choice applications for 2027-28, which open early November (exact date TBD).

Sources:
- Executive Summary — Comprehensive Planning Committee Recommendation (PSD, the source document)
- PSD Comprehensive Planning Committee Recommendation Released (district news, Sept 25)
- Comprehensive Planning Family FAQ
- Enrollment, Comprehensive Planning and Budget FAQ
- Why would Poudre School District close my kids' school? — Kelly Lyell, Coloradoan (Sept 26)
- Committee recommends closure of 9 PSD schools, consolidation of 2 more — Coloradoan (Sept 26)
- PSD proposes closing nine schools in latest consolidation plan — CPR (Sept 26)

Stale-source warning: searches for reaction to this plan return 2023-24 stories at the top — the Blevins student walkout, "parents protest closing of 5 schools," "Poudre school board votes to end plan to close schools," and the Linton Elementary protests are all from the previous round, not this one. Date-check anything about walkouts or reversals.

2026-09-30

First organized pushback is coming from the mountain schools. Two Denver TV stories, Sept 28 and 29:
- Stove Prairie PTO president Sarah Rowan: "We are just going to do everything we can to try and save our schools. I mean this is Colorado history." The school dates to 1896
- Parent Markisha Schmidt (Stove Prairie): closing it "risks removing one of the very few remaining public institutions holding this community together." Her son would get up at 5:30–6:00 AM: a ten-minute drive to the stop, then 45 minutes on the bus down the canyon
- Parent Adam Dutko: "Definitely thinking potentially homeschool. Do we need to move somewhere, which is really tough?"
- Distances to Cache la Poudre Elementary in Laporte: 39 miles from Red Feather Lakes, 15 from Livermore, 14 from Stove Prairie. Maximum bus rides 22–59 minutes, after the family's own drive to the stop
- Projected enrollment across the three schools: 82
- Kingsley: "This is a significant change to our school system and our broader community, and we are not going to pretend otherwise."
- No petition, rally or date announced. Nothing comparable reported yet from Irish, Putnam or Blevins families
- No statement from Zamora or any board member since the Sept 25 news conference. No district news posted since Sept 25. Oct 13 agenda not up yet

Sources:
- Mountain families vow to fight possible school closures in Poudre School District — KDVR (Sept 29)
- Parents fear school closures could drive families from northern Colorado mountain communities — 9NEWS (Sept 28)
- PSD district news

2026-10-01

• Rocky Mountain PBS (Sept 30) on the mountain schools: 78 students across Stove Prairie, Red Feather Lakes and Livermore. Stove Prairie has 21 students plus ~10 preschoolers. PSD enrollment fell 1.4% this year.
  
  • Stove Prairie PTO president Sarah Rowan: "having a child move from one school to another that is less than half a mile away is not nearly as disruptive as what they're proposing for us."
    
  • Parent Jenna Luna says she'd likely move out of state if Stove Prairie closes.
    
  • PSD declined to comment on the parents' concerns. Still no petition or rally.
    
• No district news since Sept 25. The Oct 13 agenda isn't posted.
  

Sources:
- Rural families could bear the brunt of proposed Poudre School District closures — Rocky Mountain PBS (Sept 30)

2026-10-03

• Board added a fifth closure listening session: Tue Oct 6, 6:00–7:30 PM, Livermore Elementary gym, 360 W. County Road 74E, Livermore. It's open to anyone, whatever their school. Commissioner Kefalas is on the county schedule to attend. There are now five sessions, Oct 6–19; the Poudre HS session for Irish, Putnam and Blevins is still Thu Oct 15.
  
• Unchanged: formal presentation Oct 13, vote Oct 27. The Oct 13 agenda isn't posted yet.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District adds meeting on school closures — Coloradoan (Oct 2)
- Commissioners' schedule — Larimer County

2026-10-04

• Backfill, KUNC (Sept 28):
  
  • PSD mental health teams will be at the listening sessions, and affected staff get assistance.
    
  • Parent Alicia Weber supports the closures: "They're running schools at a third to half capacity."
    
  • Red Feather Lakes parent Amanda Brandon says her daughter would be reassigned ~40 miles away, and that the school is also the community's library and emergency-services hub.
    
• Still no district news since Sept 25, and the Oct 13 agenda isn't posted.
  

Sources:
- Poudre School District recommends nine school closures as enrollment declines — KUNC (Sept 28)

2026-10-09

• Oct 13 agenda is posted on the Diligent portal. The closure recommendation is formally presented; vote Oct 27.
  
• Speaker sign-up for Oct 13: SurveyMonkey form, due 5:00 PM Mon Oct 12. 3 minutes each, in person only. Emailed comments aren't read aloud or put in the minutes. Board: boe@psdschools.org.
  
• Dinner session 5:00 PM (Pikes Peak room), regular meeting 5:30 PM, Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave. Streamed on PSD Video on Demand.
  
• Listening sessions continue: Mon Oct 12 Timnath Middle-High · Wed Oct 14 Rocky Mountain HS · Thu Oct 15 Poudre HS · Mon Oct 19 Fort Collins HS. All 6:00–7:30 PM.
  
• Kefalas attends a Livermore community meeting on the closures Sat Oct 10, 1–3 PM.
  

Sources:
- Meeting Agendas & Minutes — PSD
- PSD Diligent portal
- Commissioners' schedule — Larimer County