Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
At the Dec. 4 meeting the District 49 board approved the meeting agenda and action items 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (Falcon High choir), 7.4 (policy JICDE revisions) and 7.6 (policy and procedure review); item 7.5 (policy JICDA provisions) failed on a roll-call vote.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Administrators introduced new course proposals including dance, music composition and advanced guitar at Vista Ridge; Sand Creek proposed expanded 'partners' classes for inclusive education, a medical assistant capstone and several electives. Board gave consensus to move the proposals forward for formal approval at a future meeting.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
At the Dec. 4 meeting Kayla Maldonado announced that the Falcon Education Foundation awarded over $20,000 in mini-grants funding 29 projects across District 49, highlighted examples and invited winners to be recognized.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
The board adopted a resolution to strengthen District 49 schools' Purple Star Award applications; the resolution will be updated and made available for schools that choose to apply to the Colorado Department of Education.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Superintendent Peter Holt told the board the district faces flat revenue, rising personnel and health-insurance costs and proposed program consolidation, targeted reductions and a January resolution declaring fiscal exigency to begin staff notice timelines; administration also plans to explore a future mill-levy override.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Board discussed whether to require electronic sign-up, purchase Raptor scanners (estimated $750 each), permit limited in-person sign-in, or provide staff assistance; concerns about privacy, bottlenecks and consistency led the board to request legal counsel input and to move the item to a later meeting for more work.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Unaudited preliminary first-quarter figures show salaries and benefits near the expected 25% through-year benchmark (average 24.92%), state grant revenue higher than budgeted, and some expense categories (purchase services) running above typical levels; staff flagged amended-budget items and possible cuts.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Board worked through line-by-line revisions to policy JICDE (bullying prevention), agreeing to rename the policy to align with state guidance, add parental notification/invitation language, move procedural items to an administrative regulation, and to seek administrative/legal drafting for a final version while debating when and how restorative practices should be referenced.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Board moved forward two Falcon High School JROTC elective course proposals — an archery leadership class and a flight-simulator LDR course — noting both are intended to be limited to JROTC students under the Space Force MOU and to grow cadet enrollment.
Colorado / School Districts / El Paso County Colorado School District 49
Board reached consensus to hold a special organizational meeting on Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. to administer oaths and elect officers; members discussed roll-call vs. secret-ballot officer elections and asked that no unvetted executive items be added to that agenda.