Amid ongoing enrollment decline, the Denver school board is considering capping the size of elementary schools at 600 students and requiring the superintendent to “analyze and adjust” school attendance boundaries at least every four years.
The proposed policy would also direct the superintendent to avoid creating attendance boundaries “that socioeconomically segregate schools” by creating inequities in funding, resources, programs, electives, or parent fundraising.
And it would direct the superintendent to ensure students can safely walk to school. Given the shortage of bus drivers, the proposed policy says schools should be close enough to students “to minimize the need for district-provided transportation.”
