Board reviews Peak to Peak renewal materials; staff, board flag enrollment‑preference and services questions
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Summary
Peak to Peak presented its renewal materials and a set of contract modification requests; board members praised academic outcomes while asking staff to make parity, discipline and Title IX data available and to ensure open‑enrollment preferences align with recent board policy changes.
Boulder Valley School District staff presented the board with Peak to Peak Charter School’s renewal application and a set of proposed contract modifications Tuesday, framing the item for further board consideration and contract negotiation.
The nut graf: district staff recommended renewal but flagged several contract areas for negotiation, including open‑enrollment preference language, multi‑lingual learner (MLL) service arrangements, grant access and proposed cap increases; board members asked staff to analyze discipline, Title IX compliance and how Peak to Peak has increased enrollment of students with disabilities and students qualifying for free/reduced lunch in recent years.
Board members praised Peak to Peak’s academic performance and the progress the charter has made increasing representation of students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students, but several directors asked for additional data: district staff were asked to prepare a clearer accounting of how Peak to Peak’s proposed requests (including a 55‑student cap increase contingent on facility improvements) would affect BVSD enrollment flows and per‑pupil funding; to explain the school’s request for “equal access to grants”; and to provide discipline and Title IX metrics broken down by subgroup.
Board members reiterated previous board directions that contract language should implement the board’s open‑enrollment preference decisions and directed staff to include those policy changes in renewal negotiations. The board also discussed negotiation procedure: contract changes are to be negotiated after the renewal decision; staff noted that unresolved differences would be handled through continued negotiations and eventual board direction to the district negotiating team.
Ending: Staff will return with a recommendation and negotiation plan; the board scheduled formal action on renewal and an executive‑session negotiation briefing in the coming meeting cycle.