Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education on Thursday struck down a proposal to close schools after Superintendent Alex Marrero caught several directors off guard by changing the districtR…
, saying that the five schools remaining on the list received the majority of the money the district uses to subsidize the original 10 schools proposed for closure. The schools that remained on the list were also the smallest of the 10.
But that decision also drew pushback, notably from education groups that said the changes were creating further confusion among families andThe schools removed from the list last week were Columbian Elementary, Palmer Elementary, Colfax Elementary, Whittier K-8 and Eagleton Elementary. DPS hasn’t completely ruled out shuttering these schools, with the superintendent saying last week that they are “still under consideration.
The prospect of school closures has loomed over DPS for more than a year. The district is facing declining enrollment, which DPS attributes to falling birthrates andSince 2014, DPS has lost more than 6,400 elementary students and expects enrollment to fall further in the coming years. Schools receive less funding when they have fewer children. Small schools have larger class sizes and fewer electives, such as art. Children from different grades are also merged into a single classroom, according to DPS.But, he told his colleagues on the board, the school closure plan wasn’t the right way to address the problem.
“The problems don’t go away because I vote no today, but we have an opportunity to build trust,” Esserman said.but DPS scrapped that list and formed an advisory committee that recommended closures based on certain criteria.last year that directed district employees to review under-enrolled schools and come up with a consolidation plan.before they had enough information on how DPS decided which schools to close.
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