Regional Opportunities for Thriving Schools Phase I
On August 25, 2022 the Jeffco Public Schools staff made a recommendation to the Board of Education (Board) for school closures and consolidations effective for the 2023-24 school year.*
The Board voted on this recommendation on November 10, 2022. View their statement and the official resolution.
Criteria Used For Phase I Elementary School Consolidation Recommendation
The criteria used to develop the list of schools recommended for consolidation were that on August 15, 2022 the school had:
- An enrollment of less than 220 K-2, K-5, K-6 students OR
- Is utilizing 45% or less of the capacity of its facility AND
- There is an elementary school or schools less than 3.5 miles away that can serve the students from the closing school in the current articulation area*
* Source: EnrollJeffco
- Emory Elementary School → Lasley Elementary School
- (Emory Center Program → Rose Stein Elementary School)
- Peck Elementary School → Secrest Elementary School
- Thomson Elementary School → Swanson Elementary School
- Campbell Elementary School → Fremont Elementary School or Vanderhoof Elementary School or Early Childhood Education Center 2023-24*
- (Campbell Center Program → Vanderhoof Elementary School)
- Campbell Elementary School will become an Early Childhood Learning Center in 2023-24, home to 10 Preschool Classrooms
- Peiffer Elementary School → Kendallvue Elementary School
- Colorow Elementary School → Powderhorn Elementary School
- Green Mountain Elementary School → Foothills Elementary School
- (Green Mountain Center Program → Belmar Elementary School)
- 2024-25 Bergen Meadow Elementary and Preschool K-2 will combine with the Bergen Valley Elementary School to become PK-5
- Molholm Elementary School → Lumberg Elementary School
- Glennon Heights Elementary School → Belmar School of Integrated Arts
- (Glennon Center Program → Hutchinson Elementary School)
- Parr Elementary School → Little Elementary School
- Sheridan Green Elementary School → Ryan Elementary School
- Witt Elementary School → Lukas Elementary School
- New Classical Academy at Vivian Elementary School → Stober Elementary School
- (Vivian Center Program → Maple Grove Elementary School)
- Wilmore-Davis Elementary School → Stevens Elementary School
- Kullerstrand Elementary School → Prospect Valley Elementary School
NOTE: Center programs are listed only if they are different from the receiving school for all students.
*Please note that the recommended joining together of Bergen Meadow Elementary (K-2) and Bergen Valley Elementary (3-5) schools to become a united Bergen Elementary (PK-5), would be effective during the 2024-25 school year.
*There is existing demand for ECE in the area and no current programs at Fremont or Vanderhoof Elementary Schools.