DPS school closure decision timeline leaves just 2 weeks for talks with families [Video]

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Denver Public Schools’ timeline for deciding on school closures leaves little time for community engagement between when district officials recommend which schools to close or consolidate and when the school board votes on those recommendations.

The timeline was unanimously approved by the school board Thursday night. It calls for DPS to hold a series of six regional community meetings in September and October.

But the list of specific schools the superintendent says should be closed or consolidated won’t be released until Nov. 7, after the community meetings are over. The board is slated to vote on that list of schools just two weeks later on Nov. 21.

District leaders will spend three weeks talking to residents all over the city about declining district enrollment and the broader reasoning behind closing small schools. …