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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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Lots of neighbors and community members pitched in last Sunday to help clean up the park around Mapleton School. Many hands and many tools made for quick progress, just a couple of hours! Thanks to everyone who participated in the event, and a special thanks to Kelly Wyatt who put the event together! Here are a few photos:  Great Turnout! 
Mapleton Alumni 
Pulling the Weeds  The best part! |
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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Our own Louise Benson has a guest opinion in Tuesday's Daily Camera about how the trend towards school consolidation has backfired from its original theory of saving money and creating a better education for our kids. We know this is a trend BVSD subscribes to, however BVSDWatch agrees with Louise that small is better (plenty of stats to support that idea too). Click here to read the full article. Article intro: "When small Boulder schools closed in 2003, many in Broomfield approved, thinking, "Finally some east-west equity," and some of the savings would come our way. Others here yawned, thinking, "That's not us." Our schools had been bursting at the seams for years, and had older textbooks. Our son's elementary school had 700 children, and his fifth-grade class had 33 kids with a beleaguered teacher who gave little homework. Our aging subdivision had district-owned land for an elementary school that never got built; we got a K-8 after Broomfield threatened to form its own district with the new city and county. This K-8 school was five miles away by bus. So for middle school, we open-enrolled in a charter school promising small classes and rigorous academics, and some neighborhood kids enrolled to the existing middle school and rode their bikes. Alas, our charter school adventure turned out poorly, and along the way I became a school activist and learned a tremendous amount about educational ills and reform, both locally and nationally. I began to see that small neighborhood schools with small classes, adequate resources and good teachers were the real answer to achievement and safety."
Click here to read the complete article. |
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Wednesday, 16 April 2008 |
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This Friday PLAN Boulder County is having a public meeting (in a panel format) and we encourage people interested in hearing about the process moving forward with Washington School to attend. Jim Leach will be there as well as other interested parties. This is not an event to complain about the process, but to listen and participate in a civil discussion. -- Please join PLAN-Boulder County this Friday, April 18th for our Friday Noon Meeting. Topic: “Whither Washington School: Where it has been, where it is now, and where it is going.” Panel: Allyn Feinberg, Community Elder Mary Young, Washington School Neighborhood Jim Leach, Wonderland Hill Development Corp. Charlie Zucker, Senior Urban Designer, City of Boulder LOCATION: Boulder Public Library – MAIN BRANCH Creekside Room When: Noon to 1:30 p.m. This is a brown-bag event. |
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
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BVSDWatch-Broomfield Meeting
WHAT: Broomfield arm of BVSDWatch will meet to discuss Broomfield issues in BVSD. Bring your concerns and kudos!
WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 7-8:30pm. Free, refreshments provided.
WHERE: Mamie Dowd Eisenhower Library, 3 Community Center Drive, Broomfield. Eisenhower Room on 2nd floor.
MORE INFO: Louise Benson,
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Help us make BVSD better! |
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Sunday, 13 April 2008 |
Very good guest opinion in today's Daily Camera by Steve Pomerance.
Steve's thoughts on BVSD reflect those of BVSDWatch.org, and we encourage everyone to pay closer attention to BVSD and attend BVSD board meetings or send emails expressing your opinions.
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
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The Louisville City Council recently adopted a resolution to urge the BVSD Board of Education to save the historic structure of the Louisville Middle School.
Although the resolution carries no legal weight, it adds strength to the voice of the Louisville community at large to ask BVSD to reconsider their current stand. The draft resolution is available at this link.
Additional language was added during the City Council meeting. There are also brief stories about the meeting and resolution in the Boulder Daily Camera and the Louisville Times links below:
www.dailycamera.com www.coloradohometownnews.com
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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The level of debate on the use of CSAP testing is continuing to rise. On Monday March 17th, the debate continued on Colorado Public Radio's "Colorado Matters" at 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM. For an overview of the panelists, and to listen to the program, check out the link below:
http://www.kcfr.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=330
For further information, check out these links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cop-AGO9h_E
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_8353627
http://www.fortcollinsnow.com/article/20080311/GUEST/106173654
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080310/NEWS/10353730
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=3327
Get informed! Get involved!
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