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BVSD presents proposed attendance boundary changes; parents urge grandfathering for Creekside families
Summary
Staff presented multiple elementary and middle school boundary options to rebalance resident enrollment; dozens of Creekside parents testified against moving current students to Bear Creek, asking the board to allow current families to remain or phase changes for incoming kindergarteners. Board signaled preliminary support for an option that minimizes disruption.
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) board heard a detailed staff presentation on proposed attendance boundary adjustments under policy JC and extensive public testimony from parents whose children could be moved.
Rob Price, the district’s planner, presented updated enrollment projections (including new CDPHE kindergarten data) and pedestrian/transportation analyses. Staff narrowed some spring proposals after finding Area C would shift more students out of Creekside than the school could sustain, and found a Broadway/Table Mesa underpass that reduced walking concerns in another area.
The primary proposed changes discussed included a Gunbarrel area adjustment (reassigning addresses from Crestview to Heatherwood…
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