Schools

A group of 20 parents, students and other concerned community members on Wednesday evening rallied outside the St. Vrain Valley School District Educational Services Center to protest SVVSD’s recent decision to begin the school year in an online-only format. 

Parents everywhere have a lot of questions about the upcoming school year. We are trying to answer as many of them for you as possible.

Danielle Holmes felt herself teetering toward emotional collapse while trying to attend classes at Front Range Community in Longmont and raise her special-needs teenage daughter. “I was on decline,” said 39-year-old Holmes.

The Elevations Foundation recently announced it has awarded scholarships to five St. Vrain Valley School District graduates.

Students will attend online and in-person this semester.

Area charter schools are planning to offer fully in-person learning as well as hybrid at-school and online approaches to start the school year.

The district on Tuesday announced that it will start the year fully online in response to a rising number of coronavirus cases across the country as well as because of logistical problems posed by state health department guidance.

For all sports, the new plan for the 2020-21 school year, outlined by the Colorado High School Athletics Association, calls for four abridged seasons instead of the usual three.

"Parents and other guardians need to talk with their children about why they need to wear a mask, using age-appropriate terms."

The annual run, which raises money for grants to teachers looking to innovate and support students with special needs, is going virtual in response to the coronavirus. The deadline to register is noon Wednesday.