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PLEASE make the time to attend this very impor tant event!

Meet the School Board Candidates
Tues day, October 10, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Platte Canyon High School - Canyon Ro om

This year we will have a school board election for the firs t time in over eight years. Six candidates will be running for three open s eats. Mail in-ballots will be sent out on October 15th and the Platte Canyo n Chamber of Commerce will host a meet the School Board candidates event on Tuesday, October 10th, from 6:00PM to 7:30PM in the Canyon Room. The Canyo n Room is located in the center of the High School and Middle School buildi ngs at 57093 US Highway 285, Bailey, CO 80421.

Like any commun ity, our schools are a reflection of our community demographics and values. Because our community is relatively well educated and affluent compared to the state average, our school district in turn almost always performs bett er than the state average. We have many dedicated and capable teachers and have some pockets of true excellence, like our 7th grade English Language p rogram. We also have some financial and performance challenges. Some of the se challenges have gone unaddressed for many years and have now come to the point where they must be addressed. Addressing these challenges will fall to the new board.

Here is a list of some the more pressing and interrelated issues facing a new school board:

1 Since peakin g at 1,575 K12 students in 1997, district enrollment has been in steady dec line and now stands at about 855.

2 Last year about half of ou r graduating 8th graders chose Conifer High School over Platte Canyon High. Why are they leaving and what can we do differently to keep them in the di strict?

3 According to the Colorado Department of Education (C DE), last year 210 school age children living in our district attended scho ols in another district. This costs the district over $1-million in annual state funding.

4 According to the CDE our teacher turnover rat e has been trending up and in the Fall of 2016 was 29%, one of the highest turnover rates in the state. This year's reported rate will be even higher. What can be done to both attract and retain the kind of teachers our child ren deserve?

5 According to the CDE our annual median teacher pay is nearly $12K below Jefferson County. How can we adjust our spending p riorities to make our pay scale more competitive?

6 Based on o bjective third party measures (SAT & ACT test results), year after year , half of our High School graduates leave our doors unprepared for college, trade school, or the workforce. To be fair this is a public education prob lem, but the solution will be local. What can be done to keep so many of ou r children from falling behind and leaving our doors unprepared?

A wise man once said we get the government we collectively deserve. Some times we get something less than ideal because we don’t take the time to vo te. So trite as it sounds, please take the time to learn about our candidat es and vote. Our children deserve the best education we can manage to give them.

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