School enrollment and city-school coordination

they've have really looked at not just being able to to be more efficient at evacuating students

how are we looking at those evacuation patterns and ensuring that our messaging is um supporting the message that the school district wants

The goal here would be to drive more enrollments in emergency alerts.

But our Boulder Valley School District did pass a resilient school plan.

it's not council's role to weigh in on the school district school closure decisions

I agree that a pause, that a decline is happening, and they needed to do something.

we've had conversations with the school district that were uh early on focused on just what's the process that they're going to go through

But in a survey, um, BBSD put out, 64% of respondents said they didn't want kids to be separated and split up into different schools.

I am asking this council to formally request BVSD to delay their September 22nd vote for just one year.

And how they are aware of and might already be working to address some of these issues.

direct officials from BBSD who can help us understand more of what's happening and how the school district

Oh, a hearing. I saw the word hearing and I saw the word BVSD.

Proposal: Public Hearing on Human Relations Concerns Within the Boulder Valley School District Community

have the time to finally engage with the school district, which schedule did not work for them to weigh in to the DDA

I think instead we um did not reach out to all of our partners in a timely way, specifically the county, um the school district

both of which depend on that growth and were not consulted in the development of this proposed DDA until about a month ago

The Boulder Valley To the Boulder Valley School District, you have one chance to get this right.

Last week the Anti-Defamation League filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaint against the Boulder Valley School District

me of the Boulder Valley School District parents who continue, um, to struggle to ensure that their students are meeting

we should decide on what the framing is. Like, is our framing discrimination in BVSD?

the parents are not getting communication from BVSD.

Hey, BVSD, we're recommending that like you take a look at this.

yet the population has declined by 2,500 people, and we have lost over 5,000 BVSD students

One is a Boulder County representative, one is a Boulder Valley School District representative

we will have represent uh representatives from the county and school district

And through our current work to respond to pressures of declining enrollment, we are trying to create schools that are sustainable, resilient, and

And in five years with 1,700 less kids, you know, the idea that that almost every school in our district gets impacted

And without action, access to programs really becomes increasingly uneven across Boulder Valley School District.

They are part of our joint use agreement with the school district.

I remember it's, like, several people from BVSD, Boulder High in particular, who provided input.

Importantly, the board now includes representation from other taxing entities, like the county and the school district.

we could potentially do a study along those lines um with some cooperation on data

the partnership between the city, the school district, and Flat Irons Habitat for Humanity makes it possible.

we're often in conversations with the school district um as it relates to housing

it's a great partnership between the City of Boulder, Boulder Valley School District, and Habitat for Humanity.

Our kids are going to BVSD, you know, which is helping to, you know. ameliorate the issues that they're having right now with falling enrollment.

just to mention here that it is this great partnership between the City, the Boulder Valley School District, and Habitat

the school district participated in that, but also we know the rec centers are pretty limited in their ability

It's out of just great opportunity that South can serve as reunification for both Southern Hills and Fairview.

Can you talk to us about how you're consulting with the school district in this process, and where they're being engaged?

we know that from the data from the Boulder Valley School District about approximate yields by housing type

School enrollment is leaving. We need to shore that up.

They do not offer pools. they're not in a position to be offering pools while they're focused on declining enrollment

How um the Fair View High School athletic um leaders are being integrated in this conversation.

prioritizing use for swim lessons, use of our pool space, but also meeting the needs of the school district as well

trying to work with the school district too to maybe push out some public service assembly type thing about the harms

they are um we have kind of that joint communication where they are able to share the information an information sharing agreement

I've talked to Boulder High School's principal and assistant principal about this as well.

sort of work with school districts to make sure that they're not violating federal

local jurisdictions still get input into the process with school district

And so, part of that is BVSD, and part of that is Citi.

Now, we know that Transportation Mobility is already collaborating with the Boulder Police Department and BVSD

the city's not in charge of EBSD, they're their own

we worked with Growing Up Boulder and Parks and Recreation and Boulder Valley School District

curious if there's also partnership opportunities with Boulder Valley School District on some of the outdoor schools

Boulder Valley School District's agreement is also unique in that their cost share amount is to be negotiated between the city and the district.

we'll continue to meet with the Boulder Community Aquatics Coalition, with the school district, with CU

some of the desires of the school district would be to not have any people of the public in any shared spaces with people for the kids

the BVSD folks are saying, we need highly competitive elements and features to be able to, you know, bring in Seating

are we thinking about coordinating earlier to um align the taxing strategy across the different entities

We have a monthly meeting with the BVSD maintenance folks, so we will definitely be reaching out to the schools

The best example is the IGA with Augusta Valley School District.

BVSD does have its own, like, sustainability plan with some of those goals specified in it.

We've also been engaging with the University of Colorado, the Boulder Valley School District, and the federal labs.

Boulder Valley School district owns 10 acres up by twin lakes, and Jefferson County has been selling off a lot of their old schools

Are there any school districts in the State that are interested in building housing on there?

I think it's likely that the city would be found preempted from applying its land use regulations to schools and BVSD is asserting that we are preempted

I would have some concern about doing something with the school district which has a separate governmental body

But other non-bsd other non-bbsd, I see, I see that's a distinction.

These, these sets of codes, do they regulate how schools are built?

It's a wish that I wish we could apply to Bvsd, and it doesn't apply to Bvsd.

of course, we're talking to the school district, and that is one of the intergovernmental entities

developing curriculum for the school district is a little trickier

formalize the Boulder Valley School District's Park and walk program

interested after our meeting with BBSD last night about how we're thinking about giving money to the school district

There is a meeting that's taking place right now between City Council and the Boulder Valley School district.

that involvement with both the university and the school district is not just with the decision makers, it's with the students

And you go talk to Boulder Valley schools.

Where does the bulk of your property tax go schools. Boulder Valley schools.

You might find opposition on this use of schools, and in particular. you know, school school revenue to invest in a downtown

Bvsd, meanwhile, is looking to close schools. Where have all the families gone?

he's got a very, I think, uh, interesting focus with middle-income housing as it really pertains to our school enrollment challenges.

another one is around Community preparedness efforts with Boulder Valley School District there was some intensive work with the district

collaborating with the Boulder Valley School district to formalize a park and walk zone around elementary schools.

I can't speak for Bvsd. We are planning. We are attempting to connect with them on on this.

parents that the rules around in the Npps around schools are not flexible enough for their needs

We do have Bvsd the school district support, so they will be helping us with some outreach as well

the open enrollment policy would be a Bbsd has really

There's no mou to open those up for weekend use. They're open the school district

collaborate with Boulder Valley School District to formalize park and walk zones around schools

and this includes the Boulder Valley School district

to collaborate with the Boulder Valley School district to formalize park and walk zones around elementary schools

because the other key piece here is the enrollment in schools if we aren't bringing families in here to boost up enrollment

have some more discussions with people from the school district about, you know

checking in on who's reaching out to officials with the school district

she's not aware of any work in the school district that is addressing human trafficking

do we connect at all with the school district about it or about any potential impacts

Let's say that we want to to be able to live here so that we can fill up our schools.

We're meeting with the district this coming Friday to to work on the details of this.

Similarly we have a couple of meetings coming up with the Boulder Valley School district to talk about how they want to engage their stakeholders.

who might reach out to the school district, or, you know, some other key partners

we were interested, maybe, in working with the schools, the school district

bvsd student population is declining schools more schools are likely to be closed

maybe there's the Boulder Valley School district has a internship program where somebody can get credit for coming in

We've also updated the joint use agreement with the school district

we have policy direction from the Colorado State. Revised Statutes on having a joint use agreement with the school district.

a goal to increase the number of children people with children because of the bbsd enrollment changes

Boulder Valley School district would might be a good candidate, I mean, who are the biggest employers in Boulder after the city.

that the school board, the school district school district owns, and there was a huge nimby

They have so much land and they have the declining enrollment.

When there's usership agreement in place between the city and Bvsd, specifically for sharing these facilities.

We've seen a lot of families moving out and enrollment in schools has been going down.

But schools are something that we talk about in this community. We're losing school enrollment at our schools.

There are about 350 kids in Bbsd because they register in the school districts through Mckinney. Vento.

I mean they have more skin in the game than anybody, and the whole notion of being able to house teachers

that's a concern for every community in the county. It's concerned to the school districts that are looking at planning enrollment.

it might make sense to try and also have the school district um or see involved with this

what does School enrollment look like in those various neighborhoods that sort of thing

recognize some of those uh entities such as the school district that do have have U Citywide impacts

I do think the best 1st step would be a background on existing city Bvsd relationship, and how how things work

my interest is that we get Grab and Bvsd in a room to brainstorm and create a vision that really is bigger than prioritizing individual

So to me the right conversation isn't necessarily Bvsd and Vpr collaboration. It's project prioritization and funding.

I also think about schools so this is probably down the road but bvsd

if you think of our joint use agreement with Bvsd. The beginning clarifies that by working together

we're actually not looking at the school district too by the way. I think are gonna become a very active partner

We're also working with the Boulder Valley School district. We'll continue to to expand our marketing efforts.

feasible way to achieve that data. And so we can come back to you to see if that's feasible in the scope of that engagement

we're actually working on the Memo U Mou with Bvsd right now. It would. I mean reaching them in the schools would be the most

Generally send a referral to Bvsd, so they can comment on the application.

one of our goals as a council is to increase School enrollment and I think that if that is something

if we're trying to increase our school enrollment how do we get families

based on the number of children in Boulder County who are registered as native Americans

And also we strengthen our relationship with the school district.

and stabilizing our our school enrollment at its purest form

And the school district. Yeah, we're not doing anything with that property.

we we know the the number of um uh um students in the bbsd school district um you know who are experiencing homelessness doubled

our keep families House program which is a partnership between um the schools EA and the city um that because there's a high degree of City participation

So this is a partnership between, the city, for, for humanity, in the school district.

combining Boulder Valley schools, the parks adjacent to the schools in the neighborhoods around the schools

And as the data showed today, like we're losing population of middle income. It's being replaced by older people who are wealthy, our schools are losing enrollment.

instead of saying title one schools in the city of Boulder, we say in the Boulder Valley School district

BVSD enrollment has declined as families are leaving the city in search of more family-friendly housing.

In the declining enrollment in bolder schools. What began prior to 2,018 was exasperated by the pandemic.

A drop in school enrollments forcing school districts to consolidate and strategize to close education buildings.

We've been talking about potential Cla collaboration with the school district

That's why they didn't weren't able to work with the second school district or school.

if you look at BVSDs numbers right now, we're looking at closing a lot of elementary schools and soon.

we're in an urgent state of diversity of housing with School enrollment and other things declining

And Cap Ceu's enrollment. this is just outrageous.

Talking about what to do in terms of educating and making a consistent message across Boulder Valley School district.

we look forward to greater coordination with school and City resources as this ballot item moves forward

Quasi-public school district owned. Courts are not being made available to the public as much as they used to be in years past.

did we partner with bbsd at all on any of that yes and we're growing it

staff could incorporate council's feedback from tonight into such a letter and provide that on to the school district

in the interim bvsd has been working to incorporate some of the recommendations that came out of the planning board hearing

the board approved a motion to draft a letter to the bvsd board of education

more to come with the school district, but really excited

this Thursday I'll be meeting with their marketing and communications specialists with the school district

we launched a program in partnership with Saint vain Valley school district and the Boulder Valley School District

that is include the school district. kind of incorporating more of this work themselves.

either the school district waited too long to talk to our staff first

why didn't why didn't the district push the envelope

I'm the executive director of the bond with Boulder Valley School District

But I think with the school district, it's hard because I understand their interest to protect.

The, courts are part of the joint use agreement.

Happened with Centennial in 2022 with the update of the joint use agreement

basically taking products that they're going to produce anyway, and packaging it up and sending it to the Bbsd Board of Directors.

We have a motion direct staff to draft a letter to the Boulder Valley School District Board of Directors

that's fueling declines in the Boulder Valley School enrollments your Adu plan would worsen this

That I would propose is that the school district document, the building prior to its deconstruction

If I didn't say it directly the school district is planning to demolish this building.

The Boulder Valley School district is ruled by State law, and there's an agreement that they will present their plans to the Planning Board for comment.

the school board at some point made it so that the school district is required to initiate all of the third party use of their facilities.

so that one's shared with the school district, but we manage it.

So the way that the school district does some rentals, and so, to be honest, I do not know

and last month we held an event where we also invited several other elementary schools to come. Listen to the Boulder Valley School districts, Youth, Equity Council

Those Boulder Valley School district helped us connect with both parents and students of Manhattan Middle School

at the end of the day our school enrollment is dropping and we are not getting the needed families in those areas

do engage Bvsd students grades, K. Through 5,

to look at school closures, you know, at the same time that we're looking at opening more and eerie

has all sorts of implications for school district, for you know the diversity of our socioeconomic diversity of our city

having a local elementary school and building housing near Columbine, elementary is also desired by the Community and Boulder Valley School district

the Good Neighbor agreement uh was something that the school district decided it couldn't agree to

the intergovernmental agreement between the city of Boulder and the Boulder Valley School District

intergovernmental agreement between the city of Boulder and Boulder Valley School District number re2

city will pay fees right but he was not actually paid as a staff member correct he was not paid by bvsd

bvsds buses to take the students there is no sign of a Good Neighbor policy

we also are working to maximize benefit to our joy. Use agreement with the Boulder Valley school district.

as a Cooperative effort by Boulder Valley School District Thorne ecological Institute and the open space and Mountain Parks Department

but it's also a great opportunity to provide Workforce training for both Boulder Valley School District students

Water and Sewer Utility Services to bbsd on a revocable permit basis and it limited the use of those services to certain uses and Facilities

partner with the with the the the school district, because that's a way in which we can reach

had purchased 100 hotspots that went directly to Bvsd students

They have Channel would school district, so we could just encourage central people channels

Wants to talk to the school district about things that school district should do

I think of the difficulty we have certainly in South Boulder with regards to enrollment in our schools

lastly the Boulder Valley School District responded to the two proposed conditions by planning board and that was forwarded to council

the annexation negotiations have been ongoing with the school districts with the Boulder Valley School District since 2018

I wish they were more involved in policy making for for safe routes through defining everything that we do maybe

the challenges those schools are facing with enrollment and the pressure that housing is putting on those schools

the rationale for not including public schools is that the boulder valley school district is creating its own set of regulations

much higher school enrollment as well, so I thought that was really interesting as well.

the student one card which is a collaboration between Boulder Valley School schools and Boulder Public Libraries

the only real sproat of growth in school enrollment is in East county schools

But yes, the school district can accommodate the new housing and Nice boulder so that's good.

The school district is that they would be able to accommodate this population with the existing schools

we do have ongoing coordination meetings with between transportation mobility staff and the boulder valley school district staff

we have um you know regular coordination with bbsd transportation operations staff

the school district does have a safe routes to school coordinator with which and who with whom we coordinate on the applications

this is feeding back into schools and enrollment. I look at my neighborhood in particular it's a it's a big issue

they're part of that agency administrator BR all of the folks to go to this

getting our TD, and the school district, and things in in the same room

all the other school district presentation on school enrollment

thinking about those schools and how high open enrollment good.

what are the open enrollment schools and and how might they be affected

we have been working with older valley school district officials, we had a an onsite meeting

I saw that the school district and habitat. Both had involvement in that

I do not have the enrollment pieces, because I think that's definitely been skewed by the pandemic

I think, school enrollment my understanding is it's. Still declining.

i realize that a lot of that falls on the school district but whatever the city can do to provide access to funds

Open enrollment has a significant. impact. On on travel behavior.

The school districts, which is trying to figure out how do I bust kids less because they're living closer to the schools that they attend.

osmp bvsd is a really important one for us as well and we're updating our joint use agreement

I was just wondering if the school district had taken action on that as well and if so

do you know if the um the school district Boulder Valley school district has um passed antibullying resolution similar to this

a tracking field that could be shared with parks and recreation city and bvsd

we hope to have uh maybe at some school sites in boulder working with bvsd also working with city staff

Council was was asked by the school district um I think two months ago to support a position of regulating uh High potency T THC marijuana products

thank you for organizing this event and inviting me to participate

we do work with Boulder Valley School District um and it has been successful

if Boulder Valley School District decides they do not uh need any sro's the police department would move

I think ultimately I'd like if the school district wants um SRO they should pay for them

I have to believe that the School District budget is is in much disarray as ours is

I had the conversation with the school district we made the decision to compromise with them

rather than reducing all of the school resource officers instead we would keep two of them and we'll be working with the school district

the school district does not actually pay for those officers it's completely paid for by the taxpayers of the city of Boulder

I've also I understand that the the school board is undergoing a kind of a multi-month process about the future of SRO um within the school district

for each hundred students that don't enroll you lose a million dollars so are there efforts to be made to ensure that our funding stays

could have a detrimental um impact on our budget conversely if somehow um that there are more students who who find their way to boulder valley schools

enrollment is a big factor for us uh just so the public knows and understands for every 100 students who either show up or don't show up

and enrollments are fairly normal um they're not completely aligned in one thing we've seen in particular is a drop in international enrollments

it started primarily through the school district as the

we've been working closely with the boulder valley school district who's actively working with households with students for

we have an administrators group that includes all of our towns all of our municipalities our University both of our school districts

the school district is going to go ahead and fund the libraries as it always has through 2020

you know again it just uses school district to say you know can will they work with us towards developing some project

I just use the school district as an example is what can we do to collaborate with employers

THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM

WE WOULD DO AN RFP TO HAVE A CONSULTANT WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT OR

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED ONE MORE HURDLE TO GET COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THIS ISSUE

of Education for the same vein Valley or Boulder Valley School District's or their superintendents none of the County Commissioners and on and on I want you now to imagine

when the state permits open enrollment increases not only the cost per capita of educating the kid

Boulder Valley School District Career and Technical Education is very interested in not only Co developing curriculum

WITH BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW VISION ZERO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT

I often work with the parents of students within the school districts so giving them financial education

I work with a lot of schools in the community Boulder Valley School District and also st. brain Valley School District

we'll be working with Boulder Valley School District to determine if they would similarly be interested in increasing their funding

Family Resource Schools is a wonderful program that we operate in collaboration with Boulder Valley School District

TO OPEN ENROLLMENT MY BROTHER AND I WOULD WRITE IN AN OUT OF BOULDER

LONG STANDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOULDER COUNTY FOR THE FAMILY RESOURCE SCHOOLS PROGRAM

WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON BOULDER HOUSING PARTNERS

they have three different school districts that are nearby and so they said you know yes we're interested

staff from multiple departments at the city the county the state the school district see you and and community

we have requested from the school district to have access to their parking lot and we have heard back from them

as we plan with the various schools that's a key component

Monday November 16th was the the last day of in-person learning for Boulder Valley School District