District News

Julie Thompson has been a science teacher in the Boulder Valley School District for an impressive 19 years, with the past 15 at Boulder High School. She not only impacts the community through her teaching, but also by participating in the district’s sustainability efforts, both at her school and by serving on the BVSD Sustainability Advisory Committee. 

Within the last couple of hours, Xcel Energy crews have been making significant progress and power has been restored to many of our schools. 

It is a fluid situation, but as of this hour, power still has not been restored at seven schools.

In the Boulder Valley School District, a different approach to teaching is underway in many classrooms that is reshaping how students learn and teachers teach. These classes are using co-teaching models, a collaboration that nurtures a culture of inclusivity and growth in the classroom. The co-teaching instructional model emphasizes three fundamental pillars: student inclusion, exposure to grade-level content standards for emerging bilinguals, and developing and strengthening skills, abilities, processes and resources among teachers. 

Boulder Valley School District bus drivers and aides play a crucial role in the school district by transporting more than 5,000 students safely each day. Their work entails a split schedule, with routes operating before and after school hours. But what exactly do they do during the hours in between? Here's a glimpse into their day.