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Students press BVSD for no‑idling policy; Fairview parent warns proposed 7‑period day would harm IB programming
Summary
Students and parents used the Feb. 11 BVSD board meeting public-comment period to urge the district to adopt a no‑idling policy and to raise concerns that a move from an eight‑ to seven‑period day at Fairview High School would harm the IB program.
Students and parents used the Feb. 11 public-comment period at the Boulder Valley School District board meeting to press two distinct requests: a districtwide no‑idling policy and more information about a possible shift from an eight‑period to seven‑period day at Fairview High School.
A group of Lewisville Elementary students urged the board to adopt and enforce a no‑idling policy for car pick‑up and drop‑off. "If you leave your car on for more than 10 seconds and you are not moving, then you are idling," student Mimi Stoddard told the board. Students asked for a policy backed by signs, reminders at pickup, incentives for compliance and a warning/fine system for repeat offenders. Several student…
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