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  • Twin Peaks Charter tests in-person learning

    Lucy Haggard|Sep 2, 2020

    As much of St. Vrain Valley School District starts an unprecedented academic year by tuning into video calls, Twin Peaks Charter Academy is one of two schools in the district opting to take a different route. The tuition-free charter school is starting with multiple forms of in-person learning, seeking to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 while also trying to keep students on track. A post on the Twin Peaks website on Aug. 19 explains how the school will modulate between in-person and online learning. Elementary students started the year with...

  • Families, teachers navigate 'weird' first week of SVVSD online learning

    Lucy Haggard|Aug 26, 2020

    Tens of thousands of students returned to school in St. Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD) last week for what will undoubtedly be an unprecedented academic year. First graders through high school seniors started school on Aug. 18, with kindergarteners following suit on Aug. 20. Instead of first day high-fives and fist bumps, students greeted their classmates and teachers through a computer screen. SVVSD has a handful of learning modes for this year. The majority of students are following the...

  • Students seek way forward for co-curriculars as school starts online

    Lucy Haggard|Aug 19, 2020

    Students at Niwot High School returned to school on Tuesday, Aug. 18, albeit through virtual means. And while the academic situation remains uncertain, with potential to add in-person classes at some point, many activities are operating with even less clarity. Both the St. Vrain Valley School District and the Boulder Valley School District are starting the academic year with 100 percent virtual instruction. Some sports such as tennis and golf are allowed, but with extra precautions. Many...

  • Teachers, families brace for unprecedented school year during pandemic

    Lucy Haggard|Aug 12, 2020

    As both Boulder Valley School District and St. Vrain Valley School District announced after a summer of sparse communication that they would begin the school year online, teachers and families alike are scrambling to adjust for what's to come. The update comes as COVID-19 cases continue to fluctuate in the county; as of the Aug. 4 announcement, cases had been steadily rising for almost a month. But as of this article's publication, there has been a decline for multiple consecutive days....

  • Study launched to improve Diagonal commute

    Lucy Haggard|Aug 5, 2020

    The State Highway 119 First and Final Mile Study, facilitated through transportation non-profit Commuting Solutions, is seeking input on how to make multimodal transportation more accessible to commuters along the Diagonal Highway. The study seeks to complement a Regional Transportation District study, finished in 2019, that considered Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a way to improve commuter traffic along SH 119 (https://www.rtd-denver.com/projects/state-highway-119-brt-study). RTD found that with projected increases in traffic along the highway,...