Nicole Brady is a Denver7 weekday morning anchor.
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero has just weeks to make a tough decision — which schools DPS will close in the next year. The district’s enrollment has been falling since 2019, and leaders expects DPS will lose another 6,000 students — around 8% — by 2028.Marrero is required to make a recommendation on which schools to close and consolidate on Nov. 7. The board of education will vote on the closures on Nov. 21.
He acknowledged that the problem is regional, with schools in the southwest, northwest, central and some parts of the southeast seeing larger declines in enrollment. But the far northeast part of the district is actually seeing a growth in student population, and there are plans to build an additional elementary school there.Jeffco Public Schools and Aurora Public Schools have also both closed schools in recent years.
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