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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17, 2022
N VOLUME 64 ISSUE 2
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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Bergen Meadow to close, combine with sister school Jeffco school board votes to close 16 schools districtwide BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Sisters Debbie Kampman and Wendy Allan were the first to arrive at the Alternative Gift Fair on Nov. 12, wanting to buy the large PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST baskets from Love with Actions before filling them with other items from the fair.
Hundreds ‘gift twice’ at annual fair Evergreen’s Alternative Gift Fair a great shopping experience BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Sisters Debbie Kampman and Wendy Allan were looking forward to shopping at the Alternative Gift Fair on Nov. 12. In fact, they were the first shoppers in the parking lot at 8:35 a.m., SEE GIFT FAIR, P3
Holiday knickknacks were available at the Ladies Sewing Circle table at the Alternative Gift Fair at Evergreen Lutheran Church.
Sixteen schools in Jefferson County — including Bergen Meadow Elementary School — will be closing. When Bergen Meadow closes after the 2023-24 school year, those students will move into their sister school Bergen Valley Elementary School starting in fall 2024. In the meantime, the district will build an addition to Bergen Valley to accommodate preschool through fifth graders. Parents and teachers at The Bergens generally have been in favor of the consolidation, though parents were concerned about traffic on Sugarbush Drive both during the school day and in case an evacuation is needed. They also wanted to make sure students in all grades feel included in the new larger school. At the Nov. 10 school board meeting attended by about 1,000 people, with more than 900 online, the 16 speakers — none of them from the foothills — implored the board not SEE CLOSURE, P2
INSIDE THIS ISSUE EHS Swim Opinion
4 Sparkle & Shine 5 Veterans backpacks 6 Morrison improvements 9 8 Sheriff’s calls 10 Life 12 Election results 14
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