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Poudre School District holds first reading of consolidation policy after months of community engagement
Summary
The board received a first reading of draft policies FCB and FCBR on school closure, consolidation and relocation after a year-long committee process and a 7,519-response survey; trustees debated numeric triggers versus case-by-case equity-based review and set a second reading for May 26.
The Poudre School District board on May 12 took the first formal step toward codifying how it would study and potentially recommend school closures, consolidations and relocations, hearing a lengthy update from the comprehensive planning committee and a wide-ranging board discussion.
The comprehensive planning committee co-chairs, Brett Hanson and Dr. Tracy Guile, told trustees the committee’s work so far has focused on front‑loading community engagement and producing a set of criteria to guide any future recommendations. Hanson said the district received 7,519 responses to its public criteria survey and that the top-ranked identification metric from that outreach was building condition and quality. “We had 7,519 responses to the survey,” Hanson said, citing the engagement numbers that the committee used to shape its draft policy.
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