No school for students Thursday, March 20: Statewide Day of Action

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There will be no school for BVSD students on Thursday, March 20 due to a staff shortage.

Although students will not be present, this remains a workday for all school and district employees. Those absent must use available personal leave. 

Over 600 staff absences have been reported districtwide, which will prevent us from keeping our schools open and operating in a safe and meaningful manner. We know this presents significant hardship for our families, our goal was to share this in advance so families can make necessary arrangements. 

Thursday, March 20th is the No More Education Cuts statewide Day of Action led by the Colorado Education Association. 

The public education funding crisis will present real impacts to our school district. With our governor’s proposed student count averaging change (moving from a five-year average of student enrollment to a single-year count) our school district will experience a loss of funding for next year by nearly $5 million.

These continued cuts to public education will indeed result in fewer resources, less programming options and reductions in staffing.

We support the fight for the fully-funded schools that our staff and students deserve. Our board of education and I will continue to advocate at the legislative level and will share updates at our regular public meetings.

Please note that all schools will be open as usual on Friday, March 21.