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BVSD board approves revised school attendance-area plan after months of public comment
Summary
After hours of testimony from residents and board debate, the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education voted down one grandfathering option and approved an alternative attendance-area plan (the board recorded a subsequent roll-call approval). Public speakers raised travel distance, community cohesion and bus concerns.
The Boulder Valley School District Board of Education voted on proposed changes to school attendance boundaries at its Sept. 23 regular meeting after months of study and public input. The board first voted on a motion to adopt Option A, which would have allowed a limited set of students to remain at their current schools; that motion failed on a 4–2 roll call. The board then approved a subsequent motion—moving forward with an alternative implementation plan that a majority of board members had described as Option B during discussion. The roll call on the adopted motion showed a majority in favor and the chair declared the motion passed.
Public commentators urged the board to preserve neighborhood cohesion and limit travel distances for affected families. Jackie Vineyard, a Boulder native and Crestview-area parent, said Orchard Creek would be rezoned to schools farther away under the proposal and called the…
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