Decision Makers:
BVSD Board of Education
To the BVSD Board of Education and Superintendent:
We, the undersigned parents, guardians, students, staff, neighbors, and community members of Douglass Elementary, urge the Board to reject the proposed closure of Douglass Elementary ahead of the September 22, 2026 vote.
Since 2022, BVSD has used clear, public criteria, developed by its own Long Range Advisory Committee, to determine which schools warrant closure review. Douglass never met that bar. It was never flagged, never given a community process, and never named in the district's own engagement sessions. It appeared as a closure candidate on August 25, with a Board vote scheduled just four weeks later, while other schools facing similar decisions received years of meetings and dedicated planning support.
This closure would break up a school community that many families specifically chose, disrupt continuity for students in the ICAN program, and eliminate a walkable neighborhood school, all without the process the district promised its own communities.
We're asking the Board to:
- Remove Douglass from the September 22 vote.
- Apply the district's own advisory and community-engagement process to Douglass before any decision is made.
- Publicly share the data behind this recommendation and hold dedicated public forums for Douglass families.
- Give academic merit and demonstrated school success meaningful weight in the decision, and explain how performance, educational quality, leadership, and community strength were weighed in selecting Douglass for closure.
Douglass deserves the same fair process every other school got. Please add your name below.
Read the full case, with sources, at https://savedouglass.com/
31 Comments
Douglass is the heart of this community. There is no replacement for this beloved and thriving school. Our kids don’t deserve the chaos closing this school will bring on them academically and from a mental health perspective. Keep Douglass open!
Our child thrived after moving to Douglass, a neighborhood school that was welcoming and supports children’s social and academic growth. The community of teachers, staff and families is wonderful and so committed to the students.
This process of closing Douglass Elementary feels rushed and unfounded. As a father of 2 Douglass graduates and a current 4th grader. We want the Boulder Valley School District to reconsider the proposal and Vote NO at the upcoming meeting in order to slow the process and allow for additional & needed due diligence and proper phased management of school students and staff. Thank you.
My daughter is a student at Douglass Elementary, and Douglass is like a second home to her. Her teachers are some of the most wonderful caring people I have ever met, and Mr. Wolfer is a one of a kind principal. Closing Douglass would devastating to countless families.
Douglass is a treasure and a gift to the community, do not rob us of it! I am a parent of a current Douglass student and one prospective student.
Douglas should not be closing
With two grandchildren at risk here, I have a dog in the fight—it appears there is a gross lack of transparency of the data, information, and rationale of this decision, and no mention of the success metrics that will be used to measure what is a major upheaval to hundreds of children at Douglas. Additionally, the compressed time frame and absence of including any of the stakeholders in the process doesn’t seem professional or in keeping with the standards set out for the school Board.
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Decision Makers:
BVSD Board of Education
To the BVSD Board of Education and Superintendent:
We, the undersigned parents, guardians, students, staff, neighbors, and community members of Douglass Elementary, urge the Board to reject the proposed closure of Douglass Elementary ahead of the September 22, 2026 vote.
Since 2022, BVSD has used clear, public criteria, developed by its own Long Range Advisory Committee, to determine which schools warrant closure review. Douglass never met that bar. It was never flagged, never given a community process, and never named in the district's own engagement sessions. It appeared as a closure candidate on August 25, with a Board vote scheduled just four weeks later, while other schools facing similar decisions received years of meetings and dedicated planning support.
This closure would break up a school community that many families specifically chose, disrupt continuity for students in the ICAN program, and eliminate a walkable neighborhood school, all without the process the district promised its own communities.
We're asking the Board to:
- Remove Douglass from the September 22 vote.
- Apply the district's own advisory and community-engagement process to Douglass before any decision is made.
- Publicly share the data behind this recommendation and hold dedicated public forums for Douglass families.
- Give academic merit and demonstrated school success meaningful weight in the decision, and explain how performance, educational quality, leadership, and community strength were weighed in selecting Douglass for closure.
Douglass deserves the same fair process every other school got. Please add your name below.
Read the full case, with sources, at https://savedouglass.com/
31 Comments
They are eliminating a really well performing neighborhood school, in exchange of a focus program. They expect the students to transfer to a school which facilities are a hazard with the excuse of increasing their enrollment but Douglass has a better enrollment numbers by far. Douglass has been teaching the neighborhood students for generations and they’re community is amazing. This radical change is benefiting no one, we were completely blindsided by this decision.
Douglass is the heart of this community. There is no replacement for this beloved and thriving school. Our kids don’t deserve the chaos closing this school will bring on them academically and from a mental health perspective. Keep Douglass open!
Our child thrived after moving to Douglass, a neighborhood school that was welcoming and supports children’s social and academic growth. The community of teachers, staff and families is wonderful and so committed to the students.
This process of closing Douglass Elementary feels rushed and unfounded. As a father of 2 Douglass graduates and a current 4th grader. We want the Boulder Valley School District to reconsider the proposal and Vote NO at the upcoming meeting in order to slow the process and allow for additional & needed due diligence and proper phased management of school students and staff. Thank you.
My daughter is a student at Douglass Elementary, and Douglass is like a second home to her. Her teachers are some of the most wonderful caring people I have ever met, and Mr. Wolfer is a one of a kind principal. Closing Douglass would devastating to countless families.
Douglass is a treasure and a gift to the community, do not rob us of it! I am a parent of a current Douglass student and one prospective student.
Douglas should not be closing
With two grandchildren at risk here, I have a dog in the fight—it appears there is a gross lack of transparency of the data, information, and rationale of this decision, and no mention of the success metrics that will be used to measure what is a major upheaval to hundreds of children at Douglas. Additionally, the compressed time frame and absence of including any of the stakeholders in the process doesn’t seem professional or in keeping with the standards set out for the school Board.
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They are eliminating a really well performing neighborhood school, in exchange of a focus program. They expect the students to transfer to a school which facilities are a hazard with the excuse of increasing their enrollment but Douglass has a better enrollment numbers by far. Douglass has been teaching the neighborhood students for generations and they’re community is amazing. This radical change is benefiting no one, we were completely blindsided by this decision.