Amy Bounds

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Amy Bounds

Amy Bounds covers K-12 education for the Daily Camera and Times-Call, plus some early childhood and local government stories. She first joined the Times-Call in 1997 after graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. She's lived in Colorado since she was 12, growing up in Littleton. When not writing, she's a marching band mom, rescue dog mom and unpaid Uber driver for her teen sons.

Jillian Waters hugs her daughter Ensley during student drop-off at Douglass Elementary School near Boulder on Wednesday. (Joel Solis/Staff Photographer)

Boulder Valley School District proposes closing 4 elementary schools

August 26, 2026 at 2:23 p.m.

Boulder Valley is considering closing Boulder's Douglass Elementary, Mesa Elementary and Flatirons Elementary and Broomfield's Birch Elementary in response to declining enrollment, according to a plan presented by school district...

A conceptual rendering of a CoCo-branded train. (Courtesy Colorado Connector)

Front Range train plans on track between Denver, Fort Collins — but voters may face tax question this fall

July 21, 2026 at 11:03 a.m.

The Colorado Connector, a proposed passenger rail service, is on track to start running between Denver and Fort Collins by 2029, based on a draft of a delivery plan released...

A tour guide speaks to Centaurus students about satellites on display during a June 25 tour at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics building in Boulder. The students are headed to Hamburg, Germany, to work with European scientists after being selected in the prestigious Beamline for Schools competition. (Joel Solis/Staff Photographer)

Centaurus students 鈥榩ushing the boundaries of science鈥� as they nab international physics prize

July 7, 2026 at 2:03 p.m.

The 10 students on the Centaurus team, who have dubbed themselves 鈥淭eam Centauri Stars,鈥� will travel in August to a lab in Hamburg, Germany, to carry out their experiment using...

The Boulder Valley School District Education Center, as seen on April 15. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Anti-Defamation League files federal complaint, saying Boulder student faced antisemitic harassment, Nazi salutes

June 19, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

"This should horrify every parent and every educator," ADL Mountain States Regional Director Susan Rona said. "Schools should be places where all students are protected and their heritage is respected,...

Boulder County extends direct cash assistance program

May 31, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

"Sometimes I need it for one one thing, sometimes six things. It does give you a little bit of a buffer. I know where $300 is coming from every month."

Amela Aljkanovic, Susana Rodriguez and John Bellos pose for a portrait near the San Lazaro Park community offices in Boulder County on May 14. Residents are asking the Boulder County commissioners for financial help as they work to raise money to buy the park from a private owner. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Boulder mobile home residents want to buy their park. It will take $42.5 million.

May 27, 2026 at 1:33 p.m.

In their appeal to Boulder County, San Lazaro Mobile Home Park residents detailed the diversity of the community and the importance of preserving affordable housing.

The Boulder Valley School District Education Center on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

School parent group removes now-former ProgressNow leader as treasurer after $70,000 in unapproved withdrawals

April 22, 2026 at 10:09 a.m.

The parent organization at Meadowlark, a K-8 school in Erie, recently removed its treasurer after a financial review found seven unauthorized withdrawals, totaling about $70,000, from its fundraising account.

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research filed an amended complaint on Wednesday in its lawsuit aiming to protect the National Center for Atmospheric Research, claiming that federal agencies have failed to respond to UCAR’s request for public records. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

CU Boulder asks to run NCAR with partner universities if it抖阴ap dismantled

March 20, 2026 at 2:31 p.m.

The University of Colorado Boulder is proposing running the聽National Center for Atmospheric Research with two partner universities if the National Science Foundation goes forward with a restructuring plan.

Businesses on Second Avenue are seen on Feb. 6 in Niwot, where a move is afoot to attempt an incorporation for the community of about 4,100 residents. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Grassroots group seeks to make Niwot Boulder County鈥檚 newest town

February 18, 2026 at 9:58 a.m.

Spurred by a fight with Boulder County over the minimum wage and ongoing concerns about deteriorating neighborhood roads, a grassroots group is seeking to make Niwot the newest town in...

A spark from mowing equipment started a grass fire near Cherryvale Road, southeast of Boulder, on Friday afternoon, Nov. 14, 2025. (Boulder County Sheriff’s Office / Courtesy photo)

Grass fire near Boulder was sparked by mowing equipment

November 14, 2025 at 5:53 p.m.

Crews have contained a grass fire that sparked just southeast of Boulder on Friday afternoon, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

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