科罗拉多州普德尔学区董事会5比2表决：2027学年起关闭4所学校、合并2所高中，另2所小学延至2028学年关闭
美国科罗拉多州拉里默县 Fort Collins 消息：普德尔学区（Poudre School District）教育委员会在10月27日召开、延续至10月28日凌晨的会议上，以5比2表决通过综合规划方案：从2027-2028学年起关闭4所学校、合并2所高中，另有2所小学的关闭延至2028-2029学年；原建议关闭的3所山区小学全部保留。
根据学区10月28日公布的董事会行动要点，2027年7月1日起关闭的学校为：比蒂小学（Beattie Elementary）、约翰逊小学（Johnson Elementary）、普特南小学（Putnam Elementary）和布莱文斯初中（Blevins Middle School）。比蒂小学学区内的学生将分流至洛佩斯小学和贝内特小学，约翰逊小学学生分流至奥兰德小学和麦格劳小学，普特南小学学生分流至邓恩小学和塔维利小学，布莱文斯初中学生分流至韦伯初中和林肯初中。
同日起，百年纪念高中（Centennial High School）与普德尔社区学院（Poudre Community Academy）将合并组建一所新学校，新校址将于2027年初确定。培根小学（Bacon Elementary）的学区边界也将从2027年7月1日起调整。
另有两所小学的关闭被推迟：爱尔兰双语小学（Irish Escuela Bilingüe）将于2028-2029学年关闭，学生分流至卡什拉普德雷小学（Cache la Poudre Elementary）和鲍德小学，学区同时将在2026-2027与2027-2028两个学年内制定更统一的双语课程，于2028-2029学年实施；蒂姆纳斯小学（Timnath Elementary）也将于2028-2029学年关闭、学生分流至林顿小学和班福德小学，除非蒂姆纳斯镇在2027年11月前落实资金、全额出资新建一所由学区拥有和运营的小学以取代现有学校。
原建议关闭的3所山区小学——利弗莫尔小学、红羽湖小学和斯托夫草原小学——将继续开放。学区在致家庭的信中说，董事会10月27日的表决共涉及2027-2028学年起关闭或合并6所学校、2028-2029学年起再关闭2所学校；学区感谢在整个过程中表达意见的学生、家庭、教职员工与社区成员。
这一方案源于学区综合规划委员会9月25日公布的建议：当时建议从2027-2028学年起关闭9所学校、合并2所，理由是社区学龄儿童持续减少、学区约有1万个空余学位。委员会由家长、校长、教师、雇员协会代表与社区成员组成；董事会于10月13日正式听取建议，10月6日至19日举行了社区听证会。
学区表示，关闭学校学生的首轮择校申请窗口为2026年11月4日至12月16日，来自关闭学校的学生在择校流程中将获优先考虑；住在新划定学校步行区之外的学生可获得校车服务。
来源：GSM·美国
Colorado's Poudre School District Board Votes 5-2: Four Schools to Close and Two High Schools to Merge From Fall 2027, Two More Elementary Schools Delayed to Fall 2028
FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, Colorado — The Poudre School District Board of Education voted 5-2 at a meeting convened on October 27 and running into the early hours of October 28 to close four schools and merge two high schools beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, while delaying the closure of two more elementary schools to the 2028-2029 school year; the three mountain schools originally recommended for closure will remain open.
Under the board action published by the district on October 28, Beattie Elementary School, Johnson Elementary School, Putnam Elementary School and Blevins Middle School will close effective July 1, 2027. Students within Beattie Elementary's neighborhood boundary will be assigned to Lopez Elementary School and Bennett Elementary School; Johnson Elementary students to Olander Elementary School and McGraw Elementary School; Putnam Elementary students to Dunn Elementary School and Tavelli Elementary School; and Blevins Middle School students to Webber Middle School and Lincoln Middle School.
Also effective July 1, 2027, Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy will consolidate to form a new school, with the future location to be determined in early 2027. A boundary change for Bacon Elementary School will also take effect July 1, 2027.
Two elementary schools will close later: Irish Escuela Bilingüe Elementary School will close in the fall of the 2028-2029 school year, with students assigned to Cache la Poudre Elementary School and Bauder Elementary School, while the district develops a more unified Dual Language program during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years to begin in the 2028-2029 school year. Timnath Elementary School will also close in the fall of the 2028-2029 school year, with students assigned to Linton Elementary School and Bamford Elementary School, unless the Town of Timnath secures funding by November 2027 to fully fund a new elementary school owned and operated by the district to replace it.
All three mountain schools originally recommended for closure — Livermore Elementary, Red Feather Elementary and Stove Prairie Elementary — will remain open. In a letter to families, the district said the October 27 vote closes or consolidates six schools beginning in the fall of the 2027-2028 school year and two more beginning in the fall of the 2028-2029 school year, thanking students, families, staff and community members who shared their perspectives throughout the process.
The plan grew out of a Comprehensive Planning Committee recommendation shared on September 25, which proposed closing nine schools and consolidating two beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, citing a sustained decline in school-aged children and roughly 10,000 empty seats across the district. The committee is made up of parents, principals, teachers, employee association representatives and community members; the board held community listening sessions from October 6 to 19 and received the formal presentation on October 13.
The district said the first-round School Choice window runs November 4 to December 16, 2026, with students from closing schools receiving priority consideration, and that transportation will be available to students living outside the walk zones of their newly assigned schools.
Source: GSM · America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：美国小学资料图（CC0 公共领域，Missvain 摄，Wikimedia Commons），非涉事学校。File photo of a U.S. elementary school (CC0, by Missvain, via Wikimedia Commons); not one of the schools named in this report.
