PSD announces program, facility changes for 2024-25

Declining enrollment is an issue in school districts across the nation, especially in Colorado, where housing costs are rising and birth rates are falling. In order to adjust to changes in our population, Poudre School District plans to make some consolidations and moves starting in 2024-25.

Visit the PSD website to read more about changes coming next year.>>

A teacher speaks with a student in a wide-brimmed hat while standing in a school garden.

Poudre Global Academy teachers and students worked together to create a garden at the school.

PGA students grow connections, skills through school garden club

Since its launch in 2021, the garden at Poudre Global Academy has expanded threefold and helped students cultivate their knowledge of planting, harvesting, and cooking with the food they grow. Students and families can take home fresh produce from the garden, and the school's Garden Club plans to feed even more of their community in the future. Learn more about the Garden Club and their work on the PSD website.>>

A McKinstry employee wearing a bright yellow vest takes readings with a device atop a school.

A McKinstry employee takes readings in PSD this spring.

Third party studies A/C, solar, other improvements for multiple PSD buildings

PSD has been working with an outside facilities design, building optimization, and maintenance firm, McKinstry, since last school year to analyze the efficiency of our 73 facilities. McKinstry's work includes a solar feasibility study, air conditioning feasibility study, facility condition assessment study and a retro-commissioning study.

Learn more about the first two studies completed by McKinstry and their scope of work in this article.>>

Register now to meet with PSD leadership

Join the superintendent of Poudre School District and members of the Board of Education for a community engagement session from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Fort Collins High School, 3400 Lambkin Way, in Fort Collins. The focus of this session will be district long-range planning.

Space is limited to the first 20 people who register for the session using this link.>>

The Board of Education and superintendent plan to hold additional community engagement sessions this fall. Meeting dates will be announced as they are scheduled.

Weigh in on future school calendars

Poudre School District's Calendar Committee (composed of staff and parents/guardians) is seeking input on future calendars through an eight-question survey. PSD strives to create calendars that take into account the interests of our many students, families, and staff. The survey is open until Oct. 16. Learn more about the survey on the PSD website and visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/PSDCalendarSurvey2023 to take the survey.>>

Valuing student connections

Feeling a sense of belonging at school is vital to a student's well-being. Poudre School District students in grades 4-12 are invited to fill out the PSD Student Connections Check-in form between Oct. 16 and Nov. 17 to share their feelings about support and connection at school. Parents and guardians can preview the form for elementary school students at this link and preview the middle and high school student form at this link.>>

Two middle school girls outdoors smile for the camera.

A class of middle school band students play their instruments in front of a teacher alongside the river.

A middle school boy kneels by the river bank.

Cache La Poudre Middle School students enjoy the stretch of river near their school during River Week.

Creativity flows during CLPM River Week

Each fall, Cache La Poudre Middle School students spend a week exploring the river from which their school draws its name. Teachers find unique ways to connect the subject they teach with the river behind the school, from writing poems and stories about the river in language classes to studying macroinvertebrates in science class to playing instruments along the riverbanks for music class. This year's River Week took place Sept. 25-29.