PSD board votes 4-3 to keep Blevins Middle School open

The Poudre School District Board of Education voted 4-3 on Thursday, Nov. 12, to remove Blevins Middle School from its list of school closures.

Blevins will receive up to $250,000 in dedicated funding for the next two school years to use for marketing and staffing needs. An advisory committee of Blevins families and district staff representatives will be formed to collaborate on objectives related to Blevins' enrollment and programming.

The board also voted 7-0 to keep grid code 1254, currently assigned to Bamford Elementary School, within the Bamford boundary for the 2027-28 school year. The code was not reassigned to Bacon Elementary.

All other parts of the resolution approved Oct. 27 remain in effect. Under the resolution, Beattie Elementary School, Johnson Elementary School and Putnam Elementary School will close effective July 1, 2027.

Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy will consolidate to form a new school effective July 1, 2027, under the resolution.

Irish Escuela Bilingüe Elementary School will close effective July 1, 2028. Timnath Elementary School will also close effective July 1, 2028, unless two conditions are met. The Town of Timnath must secure funding to fully fund construction of a new elementary school owned and operated by the Poudre School District before the district's first round of school of choice applications opens, no later than Nov. 5, 2027. An intergovernmental agreement on the parties' respective roles and obligations must also be entered into by Jan. 31, 2027.

The board directed the administration to develop a more unified Dual Language program during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years. The program is to begin during the 2028-2029 school year.