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Reuse ideas sought for schools slated to close
Je co plans to close three Westminster elementary schools
BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Je erson County Public Schools and the City of Westminster are evaluating how to repurpose three schools in the city, and the public is invited to submit their recommendations. e three schools in question are Sheridan Green Elementary, Witt STEM Elementary and Doral Academy, an arts-focused charter school operating on the site of the old Zerger Elementary. ose schools will close at the end of the current school year.


Lisa Relou, Chief of Strategy and Communications, presented the plan to Westminster City Council at their March 20 study session meeting.

Je co Public Schools voted to close 16 schools in November of 2022 due to too many seats for too few students. e decision for which schools to close was also based in part due to proximity to other schools.
Relou explained that the board e Nebraska report by an engineering rm makes multiple assumptions that Colorado disputes, in particular whether the water will be “physically
Colorado’s state water engineer has a message for the Nebraska o cials doubling down on their commitment to a $567 million canal across the border: You can build it, but the water may not come.
Colorado state engineer Kevin Rein acknowledges a historic compact gives Nebraska the right to build the canal at the South Platte River west of Julesburg. But in a ve-page response to Nebraska’s rst o cial evaluation of the plan, tacking closely to the direction set by Colorado’s attorney general, Rein says the actual water Nebraska is counting on may never show up.