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.

School Resource Officer Stacey Collis, of ...

Sheriff wants to store AR-15 rifles at Lyons, Niwot schools to reduce response times in active shooter situations

April 27, 2018 at 11:55 a.m.

It takes as long as 15 minutes for police to reach schools in an emergency. Boulder County's Sheriff wants school-resource officers to have immediate access to long guns in an...

Students use the airphone at the entrance of the school that are part of the security enhancements at Silver Creek High School in Longmont in February 2017.

Boulder Valley school board discusses installing security cameras

April 18, 2018 at 6:30 a.m.

The Boulder Valley school board is moving closer to installing interior security cameras at its high schools, with members generally agreeing to a new policy at a Tuesday work session.

The Conoco station at 4700 Baseline Road, where Boulder police say a woman seriously injured a man while stealing his SUV on Sunday.

Man dragged through Boulder gas station parking lot by woman stealing his SUV

April 9, 2018 at 7:41 a.m.

A man left the keys in the ignition of his Nissan Xterra Sunday morning and then was seriously injured when he tried to stop a woman from stealing the vehicle.

Jessica Romero, sister of Rita Gutierrez-Garcia, ...

Family holds vigil for missing Longmont woman

March 26, 2018 at 10:25 a.m.

Family and friends of Rita Gutierrez-Garcia held a prayer vigil Sunday afternoon in Longmont's Thompson Park.

Fairview High students, including from left to right Charlie Kolbrener, Haley Schusterman, Diana Edelman, Emma Boelts, Kiki Garthwaite, and Tay Lotte protest new state tests outside the school building in 2014.

Boulder Valley School District urges parents to opt students in for standardized tests

March 19, 2018 at 11:54 a.m.

Unlike in previous years, the Boulder Valley School District is聽actively encouraging parents聽to have their kids take statewide tests.

Boulder police officers are seen near a Subway restaurant off Gun Park Drive in Gunbarrel, where three schools were placed on lockdown Tuesday after a man who had showed up at Cafe Blue with a power washer to clean the shop was mistaken for a possible shooter with an AR-15.

Florida school shooting creating heightened anxiety in Boulder County schools

March 4, 2018 at 11:47 a.m.

On Tuesday morning, Cafe Blue in Gunbarrel brought in a cleaning crew to power wash the restaurant's kitchen hoods.

Cindy Stevenson was to retire in June but left early because of a tense relationship with the conservative majority on the school board.

Secure school design a better option than arming teachers, Boulder schools boss says

February 23, 2018 at 8:27 a.m.

While the latest school shooting is reigniting the debate over arming teachers, the interim superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District doesn't see more guns in schools as a solution.

A volunteer pours snack packs into a bin at the Sister Carmen Community Center Food Bank in Lafayette in June 2017. Sister Carmen Community Center has served as one point of referral for school officials seeking to keep truant students out of court.

Boulder County’s new approach to truancy replaces court with review team, focuses on support

February 19, 2018 at 7:29 a.m.

Since she started working with truant students as a Boulder Valley School District attendance advocate 12 years ago, Christina Suarez wanted to see the court mirror the district's approach of...

Dairreckk Phelps, 17, a senior at Longmont High School, uses a vape while sitting with friends Tuesday morning in Loomiller Park.

Boulder County schools, health department worry about spike in e-cigarette use

January 23, 2018 at 10:36 p.m.

Fairview High School nurse Liz Blackwell said the number of students caught vaping on school grounds or at school events is on the rise, while she heard one Boulder Valley...

4 candidates for Jared Polis’ congressional seat debate at Boulder forum

January 8, 2018 at 9:13 a.m.

Climate change, the country's divisiveness and bringing Boulder County's progressive policies to the national level dominated the discussion at a well-attended Sunday forum for Colorado's 2nd Congressional District candidates.

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Sheriff wants to store AR-15 rifles at Lyons, Niwot schools to reduce response times in active shooter situations

Boulder Valley school board discusses installing security cameras

Man dragged through Boulder gas station parking lot by woman stealing his SUV

Family holds vigil for missing Longmont woman

Boulder Valley School District urges parents to opt students in for standardized tests

Florida school shooting creating heightened anxiety in Boulder County schools

Secure school design a better option than arming teachers, Boulder schools boss says

Boulder County’s new approach to truancy replaces court with review team, focuses on support

Boulder County schools, health department worry about spike in e-cigarette use

4 candidates for Jared Polis’ congressional seat debate at Boulder forum