Vote No on the current Resilient Schools proposal

No school is safe

This isn't just about the schools on today's closure list.

The current proposal is one stage of a much larger restructuring of BVSD. Decisions about additional schools, programs, boundaries, and feeder patterns remain unresolved. That means every BVSD community has a stake in getting the process right now.

Watch: why the current proposal affects all of us.

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33 district-run elementary and K-8 schools. 16 are in this proposal.

The district has said that further consolidations, middle schools, boundaries and programs are still to be decided. A school that isn't marked below hasn't been ruled out. It just hasn't come up yet.

Proposed to close Merged, moved, reconfigured, or receiving students Not in this proposal

Alicia Sanchez Aspen Creek K-8 Bear Creek Birch BCSIS Coal Creek Columbine Community Montessori Creekside Crest View Douglass Eisenhower Eldorado PK-8 Emerald Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer Fireside Flatirons Foothill Gold Hill Heatherwood High Peaks Jamestown Kohl Lafayette Louisville Meadowlark PK-8 Mesa Monarch PK-8 Nederland Ryan Superior University Hill Whittier International

Status as presented to the Board on Aug 25, 2026: four closures, two relocations, two K-8 reconfigurations, and the schools receiving those students. Dual-language programs and middle school boundaries were left for a later decision.

Two reasons to vote no

The plan isn't finished, and the long-term picture just changed.

01

The plan isn't finished

The Board should see the whole picture before closing schools.

The districtwide capacity plan is incomplete
Additional capacity decisions remain unresolved, including future school consolidations, middle schools, boundaries, programs, and feeder patterns.
Some students could be disrupted more than once
Families moved under this proposal may face another major change when subsequent decisions are made.
The promised benefits aren't guaranteed
BVSD has pointed to more sustainable class sizes, stronger staffing, and greater programming opportunities, but families have not been given concrete commitments about what students will actually experience.
Receiving schools need real plans
Facilities. Transportation. Childcare. Staffing. Programming. SAC capacity. Traffic and arrival. These questions should be answered before, not after, consolidation is approved.
Staff and communities matter
Students shouldn't unnecessarily lose trusted teachers, paraeducators, peers, programs, and support systems along with their school building.
Equity must be considered throughout
Repeated transitions, transportation changes, program changes, and loss of established support systems will not affect every student equally. The cumulative impacts on students and families should be understood before decisions are made.

02

Boulder just changed the long-term picture

BVSD is planning for decline. Boulder is planning for substantially more housing.

Boulder has just adopted a new long-term Comprehensive Plan that could significantly increase the amount of housing the city can accommodate.

That doesn't mean enrollment will suddenly increase. But it does mean we should make sure BVSD's assumptions about the next 10 to 20 years still make sense before permanently eliminating school capacity.

Boulder is planning for more housing
The new Comprehensive Plan creates substantially greater potential housing capacity than the plan it replaces.
More housing changes the assumptions
More homes don't automatically mean more BVSD students. But housing availability and affordability are among the factors affecting enrollment. BVSD should model multiple scenarios based on Boulder's newly adopted plans.
Use the newest information
The City's long-range planning and BVSD's long-range planning should not happen in isolation.
Don't give up capacity we may need again
Enrollment changes. Demographics change. Housing policy changes. Closing a school is easy compared with trying to recreate public school capacity in Boulder decades from now.

Hear from our communities

What's at stake isn't just a building.

Schools are communities of students, educators, families, neighbors, programs, traditions, and relationships. The schools most directly affected by the current proposal have created resources explaining what the proposal means for their communities.

Boulder · Proposed to close

Flatirons Elementary

Slated to close after the 2026–27 school year, with its attendance area split between Foothill and Whittier.

Visit saveflatirons.org → Boulder · Proposed to close

Douglass Elementary

Slated to close, with its attendance area divided among Coal Creek, Eisenhower and Heatherwood, and High Peaks moving into the building.

Visit savedouglass.com → Boulder · Proposed to close

Mesa Elementary

Slated to close and merge into Bear Creek Elementary at the Bear Creek site, with its AIM and RISE programs moving there too.

Visit savemesaelementary.org →

Different schools may have different concerns and preferred solutions. Better Plan BVSD does not replace those individual advocacy efforts. We are united around one shared request: don't make irreversible decisions until the broader plan is complete.

This isn't about stopping change

It's about getting the plan right.

We recognize BVSD has a real enrollment challenge. We support making difficult decisions when they are necessary to create stronger, more sustainable schools. But decisions being made today will shape BVSD for decades. Before making them, BVSD should:

Complete the districtwide plan
Incorporate Boulder's new long-term growth strategy
Protect students from repeated disruption
Define the educational improvements consolidation will deliver
Ensure receiving schools have the resources they need
Understand and address inequitable impacts
Preserve flexibility for an uncertain future

Join the coalition

Ask the BVSD Board to vote no.

Individuals

I support asking the BVSD Board to vote NO on the current Resilient Schools proposal and return with a comprehensive plan before making irreversible school-closure decisions.

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Businesses & organizations

Our business or organization supports the call for BVSD to complete its long-term plan and fully evaluate current information before making irreversible school-closure decisions.

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Our coalition

Families. Educators. Neighbors. Businesses. Community organizations.

Participating school communities

Flatirons Elementary Douglass Elementary Mesa Elementary Your school next

Thousands of Boulder Valley families are already organizing, school by school.

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The ask is simple

Vote No. Finish the Plan. Get It Right.

We can address declining enrollment without rushing irreversible decisions. Let's build a plan that works for all BVSD students, today and for the Boulder Valley we're planning for tomorrow.

Join the coalition Show up on Sept 8

Vote NO on the current Resilient Schools proposal.

This isn't just about the schools on today's closure list.

33 district-run elementary and K-8 schools. 16 are in this proposal.

The plan isn't finished, and the long-term picture just changed.

The plan isn't finished

The districtwide capacity plan is incomplete

Some students could be disrupted more than once

The promised benefits aren't guaranteed

Receiving schools need real plans

Staff and communities matter

Equity must be considered throughout

Boulder just changed the long-term picture

Boulder is planning for more housing

More housing changes the assumptions

Use the newest information

Don't give up capacity we may need again