Falcon District 49

What does it take to cancel schools in Colorado Springs?

October 28, 2009 by Carrie

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Well, at least today, all it takes is a forecast of snow. With it only just beginning to snow in northern El Paso county, school has already been canceled in Lewis Palmer District 38 (pink at the top of the map above), Academy District 20 (blue near the top of the map above), and Falcon District 49 (yellow at the top of the map above). It’s fairly often that those schools are delayed or canceled; the north and east parts of the county tend to get more snow, and eastern El Paso county tends to drift a lot.

Still, seems a bit premature to cancel based on the forecast of 6-13 inches when it hasn’t even started snowing! Last year there were several times where a huge storm was predicted and we got nothing (as well as a few times they never saw it coming).

I’m sure the students don’t mind, though!

Information on Colorado Springs area school board elections

October 16, 2009 by Carrie

Chinook Trail Elementary School in the Cordera neighborhood in District 20

Registered voters in Colorado Springs should have received their mail-in ballots by now. They’re due back in the election office by November 3rd, and in addition to the ballot issues everyone’s talking about, there are school board races for a number of districts. (Here’s more information on Ballot Issue 2C.)

Listed below is the contact information to the candidates up for election for each school district. I’ve made every effort to provide as much information as possible, but unfortunately wasn’t able to find information for all of the candidates. Please leave a comment if you know of additional information not listed here.

Here are quick links to access the information for different districts. Click “read more” at the bottom to expand this post. If you’d like to view a school district map or CSAP reports by district and grade level, look here.

Colorado Springs School District 11
Academy School District 20
Falcon School District 49
Harrison School District 2
Calhan School District RJ-1
Hanover School District 28
Lewis-Palmer School District 38
Manitou Springs School District 14
Ellicott School District 22
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8

Back to school for Falcon District 49

August 5, 2009 by Carrie

This week marks the beginning of the school year for Falcon District 49, one of the earliest start dates of Colorado Springs school districts.

Vista Ridge High School Colorado Springs Falcon District 49

Today is the first day of classes for 10th and 11th grade at Vista Ridge High School (9th grade began yesterday). Vista Ridge High School opened to 9th grade in 2007, then to 10th grade in 2008, and this year welcomes 11th grade for the first time. The final level of high school is slated to be open in 2010.

Map to Vista Ridge High School Colorado Springs District 49
Vista Ridge High School is located just off the dead-end of Dublin and Black Forest/Shimmering Creek. At some point in the relatively near future, Black Forest Road will be connected with Woodmen and Dublin will connect with Marksheffel making the school and the neighborhoods surrounding much more accessible.

If you’re intersted in seeing how Vista Ridge High School did on the CSAP compared to other District 49 schools, or to other local school districts like Academy District 20 or Colorado Springs District 11, you can request a PDF with the consolidated reports for all the high schools in any district in Colorado Springs.

You can also search for homes for sale in Colorado Springs by school district.

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