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Two articles today in the Daily Camera about the Louisville Middle School demolition.

"Council to make last-ditch effort to preserve school facade", by John Aguilar

"The council agreed Tuesday evening to request a meeting with the Boulder Valley School District board and to draw up a resolution calling for the preservation of the school front.

Nearly two dozen residents showed up at the meeting, the vast majority of whom were in favor of preserving the historic portion of the middle school."

"BVSD does not maintain older buildings", by Dan Corson 

"In follow-up to Historic Boulder's recent guest opinion, one of the more telling comments during the February 12 meeting with school district officials and Casey Middle School architects was that the district wants a new building because it does not want to have to maintain it. This lack of a major maintenance fund or program is key to understanding why the district's buildings continue to deteriorate resulting in unnecessary taxpayer expense for major rehabilitation, or, as the district would prefer, demolition and new construction."

BVSDWatch.org has been talking to numerous people who feel BVSD is making the wrong decision in tearing down the facade of Louisville Middle School. We hope to see more effort from BVSD in finding a solution. How would Boulder citizens feel if the Louisville City Council owned Boulder High and decided it needed to tear it down and create a 21st century building? We bet that idea would not go over very well.... BVSD, please gain some perspective and empathy and listen to your constituents.  This issue is not going to go away anytime soon.