Thank you to the loyal readers and supporters of The Colorado Independent (2013-2020). The Indy has merged with the new nonprofit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) on a new mission to strengthen local news in Colorado. We hope you will join us!

Visit COLab
Home Tags Boulder Valley School District

Tag: Boulder Valley School District

Colorado districts moving quickly toward full-day kindergarten, complicating funding debate

Large Colorado school districts that collectively serve thousands of children in half-day kindergarten programs are preparing to switch to full-day programs this fall, potentially...

To close or evolve? As teen birth rates drop, school programs...

There was just one student in the Boulder Valley School District’s teen parent program last year. She graduated in May, and and the district...

Colorado schools gave out nearly 1,800 suspensions to young students with...

Getting sent home from school became a constant for Ben Wankel’s second-grade son last fall. It started simply enough: The cafeteria was too noisy, his...

How Colorado districts comply with state law speaks volumes about their...

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Eric Gorski on April 29, 2016 At Boulder Valley School District high schools this spring, it was business as...

Milk wars, wherein making school lunches healthy is a job killer!

For years, school lunch advocates have been pushing schools to ditch the chocolate milk. Now the dairy industry is fighting back. In a $500,000 to...

ACLU Plans Meeting to Settle Student Cell Phone Seizures

It is public education's version of warrantless wiretaps. Some Colorado school districts have begun seizing student cell phones and copying instant messages from them...