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Amy Bounds

Amy Bounds covers K-12 education for the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call

Even as New Vista High School's long awaited new building continues to take shape near Broadway in Boulder, smaller construction projects are happening at 12 other Boulder Valley schools this summer.

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BVSD summer bond projects include 12 school upgrades

July 19, 2024 at 7:34 p.m.

Even as New Vista High School's long awaited new building continues to take shape near Broadway in Boulder, smaller construction projects are happening at 12 other Boulder Valley schools this...

The Boulder Valley School District this week announced it would cut daily substitute teacher pay by $25 for the upcoming school year, after previously saying subs would earn less as part of an overall $5 million budget reduction.

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BVSD cutting substitute teacher pay for upcoming school year

July 18, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

The Boulder Valley School District this week announced it would cut daily substitute teacher pay by $25 for the upcoming school year, after previously saying subs would earn less as...

Incoming Lyons Middle School seventh grader Avery Gibson is spending the week meeting "really cool" socially assistive robots and learning to code one.

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Longmont students learn about robots, coding, AI with help from Northrop Grumman

July 18, 2024 at 4:45 p.m.

Incoming Lyons Middle School seventh grader Avery Gibson is spending the week meeting "really cool" socially assistive robots and learning to code one.

About 50 middle and high school students are spending the week learning ways that technology and music intersect at St. Vrain Valley's Innovation Center.

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Students combine tech, music in SVVSD camp

July 13, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.

About 50 middle and high school students are spending the week learning ways that technology and music intersect at St. Vrain Valley's Innovation Center.

A Boulder Prep class spent the week at Longmont’s TinkerMill learning to make pottery by hand and on a wheel, molding clay into gnomes and other tiny creatures for fairy houses and forming bowls and cups on the wheel.

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Boulder Prep students taking experiential summer classes

July 13, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

A Boulder Prep class spent the week at Longmont’s TinkerMill learning to make pottery by hand and on a wheel, molding clay into gnomes and other tiny creatures for fairy...

St. Vrain Valley is celebrating the recent award of federal money to Colorado as the state develops a quantum technology hub, with the school district serving as a leader in the effort to build a quantum workforce pipeline.

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St. Vrain Valley School District celebrates quantum hub funding

July 8, 2024 at 4:48 p.m.

St. Vrain Valley is celebrating the recent award of federal money to Colorado as the state develops a quantum technology hub, with the school district serving as a leader in...

Erie, and the nearby Carbon Valley region of Frederick, Firestone and Dacono, have grown rapidly in the last
four years, while the rest of the region in Boulder County and western Weld County has stayed the same or shrunk slightly, according to recently released population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Growing, going or gone: More people move in to the east, according to census data

July 9, 2024 at 3:22 p.m.

Erie, and the nearby Carbon Valley region of Frederick, Firestone and Dacono, have grown rapidly in the last four years, while the rest of the region in Boulder County and...

The St. Vrain Valley school board took another step this week toward asking voters to approve a $739.8 million capital construction bond issue.

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SVVSD takes step to place capital construction measure on ballot

June 27, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

The St. Vrain Valley school board took another step this week toward asking voters to approve a $739.8 million capital construction bond issue.

Juliana Cruth was intrigued by the cool projects she saw in the welding shop while taking a veterinary science class at St. Vrain Valley's Career Elevation and Technology Center.

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SVVSD students test skills at national competitions

June 26, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.

Juliana Cruth was intrigued by the cool projects she saw in the welding shop while taking a veterinary science class at St. Vrain Valley's Career Elevation and Technology Center.

Boulder Valley is in its second year using a full-day, four-week summer school model for elementary and middle school students. Students are attending four days a week in June at four elementary school and two middle school sites.

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BVSD Summer Summit preps students for coming school year

June 21, 2024 at 8:03 p.m.

Boulder Valley is in its second year using a full-day, four-week summer school model for elementary and middle school students. Students are attending four days a week in June at...

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