To address declining enrollment and combat segregation, Denver Public Schools should consider a number of steps including creating a clear and community-driven process for consolidating under-enrolled schools, according to a committee of community leaders.
The high-powered group has been meeting for months and on Monday voted to forward that recommendation and more than dozen others to the school board for consideration.
Rising housing costs and redevelopment are remaking Denver, causing decreases in the number of school-aged children in some neighborhoods and deepening sharp economic divides between others.
The committee wrestled with a challenge: that integration can be elusive when honoring both the tradition of neighborhood schools and the districtap commitment to giving families a choice of schools.
The recommendations from the Strengthening Neighborhoods Committee are meant to be a starting point, so many of them are short on details.
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