The school board is expected to discuss the policy, along with another one that would cap elementary school enrollment at 600 pupils, during a public meeting Thursday
As Denver Public Schools prepares to close schools to combat falling enrollment, the district’s Board of Education is considering a policy change to no longer focus solely on the district’s smallest schools.
“As kindergarten enrollment has declined since 2014, a stigma now exists for ‘small schools,’ which can accelerate the school’s enrollment decline,” the latest draft of the policy says. It’s unclear what impact — if any — a change in the consolidation policy could have on the 15 schools DPS has“I would not be appropriate for Denver Public Schools to speculate on hypothetical situations prior to the board deliberating, potentially amending and then formally voting on this proposed policy,” board spokesman Bill Good said.— Fairview Elementary, Denver Discovery and Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy — at the end of the current academic year.
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