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Je co School Board approves Moore/Pomona school consolidation
BY JANE REUTER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
e Je erson County School Board unanimously approved the consolidation of Westminster’s Moore Middle School and Arvada’s Pomona High School. Moore Middle School will close, and Pomona will become a 6-12 grade facility with the start of the 2024-2025 school year.
Principals of both northern Je erson County schools, located about a mile apart, proposed the plan. ey described it and the changes that will come with the merger as a vision for “a thriving 6-12 secondary experience.”
District leadership praised those who led the e ort during the June 22 board meeting. e consolidation is among several school closures planned districtwide due to declining enrollment. But unlike those districtinitiated proposals, the plan for the Pomona/Moore merger came from leaders at the two schools.
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