Jeffco Facilities Plan and Ramifications for Edgewater Area

On April 21, 2016, District staff presented the 2016 Jeffco Schools Facilities Plan to the Jeffco School Board. As stated on the Jeffco Schools website, “The 2016 Jeffco Public Schools Facilities Master Plan aims to maximize utilization of existing facilities, strategize for growth areas, and make investments that support students and teachers with facilities that meet both current and future needs. Our overarching goal is to provide both the best learning environment for our students and the best teaching environment for our staff.”

In the Facilities Plan, the preferred recommendations are the following for Edgewater area schools:

Edgewater Elementary

Jeffco Schools will be holding community meetings to get feedback on the Facilities Plan. The meetings in bold below at Stevens Elementary and Wheat Ridge High will be discussing the issues particular to Edgewater and Wheat Ridge.

• April 23, 9-11 a.m. at Dakota Ridge High School
• April 27, 6-8 p.m. at North Arvada Middle School
• May 4, 8-10 a.m., Conifer High School
• May 4, 5-7 p.m. at Green Mountain High School
• May 31, 6-8 p.m. at Ralston Valley High School
• June 1, 6-8 p.m. at Pomona High School
• June 4, 8-10 a.m. at Stevens Elementary
• June 4, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Arvada West High School
• June 6, 6-8 p.m. at Golden High School
• June 8, 8-10 a.m. at Bear Creek High School
• June 8, 6-8 p.m. at Wheat Ridge High School
• June 9, 6-8 p.m. at Stein at O’Connell

Click here to view the full 2016 Jeffco Schools Facilities Plan. Pages 67-70 focus specifically on the Jefferson Area schools which include Edgewater Elementary, Lumberg Elementary, Jefferson Jr/Sr High and Molholm Elementary.

Click here for more details on Jeffco facilities plan process.

Joel Newton

Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.