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Engineer tells Nebraska Colorado has right to South Platte River flow BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
the old Zerger Elementary. Those schools will close at the end of the current school year. Jeffco Public Schools voted to close 16 schools in November of 2022 due to too many seats for too few students. The decision for which schools to close was also based in part due to proximity to other schools. Relou explained that the board
Colorado’s state water engineer has a message for the Nebraska officials doubling down on their commitment to a $567 million canal across the border: You can build it, but the water may not come. Colorado state engineer Kevin Rein acknowledges a historic compact gives Nebraska the right to build the canal at the South Platte River west of Julesburg. But in a five-page response to Nebraska’s first official evaluation of the plan, tacking closely to the direction set by Colorado’s attorney general, Rein says the actual water Nebraska is counting on may never show up. The Nebraska report by an engineering firm makes multiple assumptions that Colorado disputes, in particular whether the water will be “physically
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Residents that live near Sheridan Green Elementary are calling for the tennis courts to be fixed, and for one of them to turn into a pickleball court. It’s one of the schools on Jefferson County’s closing list. PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI
Reuse ideas sought for schools slated to close schools in the city, and the public Jeffco plans is invited to submit their recomto close three Westminster mendations. Lisa Relou, Chief of Strategy and Communications, presented the elementary schools plan to Westminster City Council BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jefferson County Public Schools and the City of Westminster are evaluating how to repurpose three
at their March 20 study session meeting. The three schools in question are Sheridan Green Elementary, Witt STEM Elementary and Doral Academy, an arts-focused charter school operating on the site of
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