Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education Packet Summary — 2026-09-10
Meeting: Board of Education Executive Session & Regular Meeting - Sep 10 2026
The Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education is scheduled to begin with a 4:00 p.m. executive session, followed by the public regular meeting at approximately 5:00 p.m. at the Education Center in Golden. The packet includes proposed actions involving a districtwide security project, the sale of the former Wilmore-Davis Elementary School property, participation in Colorado's interest-free school loan program, Board committee and public-participation policy revisions, personnel actions, and a detailed academic monitoring report.
Key Items on the Agenda
Executive Session on Interim Superintendent Evaluation
The Board is scheduled to consider convening in executive session at approximately 4:05 p.m. for a personnel matter related to the Interim Superintendent's evaluation. The agenda cites C.R.S. § 24-6-402(4)(f)(I) as the authority for the closed session.
$685,000 Card Access System Change Order
The consent agenda includes a proposed $685,000 Change Order #3 with Stone Security LLC, a Bearcom Company, for Phase 2 of the district's Card Access System Replacement Project.
The previously approved contract was $358,786.10, awarded in June 2026. The proposed Phase 2 work would include:
- A door-health evaluation at all card-access doors.
- Upgraded card readers.
- Higher-security credentials for all Jeffco employees.
- Completion of work that had originally been planned for the 2028 Capital Plan.
The packet says budget refinement makes it possible to complete both phases in the same program year, with the goal of improving efficiency, system completeness, and cost savings. Funding would come from the 2026 Capital Program as a one-time capital investment with no ongoing costs, and project completion is scheduled for June 2027.
Proposed Sale of Wilmore-Davis Elementary School
The Board is scheduled to consider a resolution and purchase-and-sale agreement for the former Wilmore-Davis Elementary School property at 7975 W. 41st Avenue in Wheat Ridge.
The district proposes to sell the approximately 7.2-acre site, including buildings and infrastructure, to the City of Wheat Ridge for $2,840,000. The property was among the district properties declared surplus by the Board on February 12, 2026, and the Board studied the proposed purchase-and-sale agreement at its September 2 study session.
Under the proposed transaction:
- Wheat Ridge would acquire the property and divide it into two parcels.
- The city would retain the open-space and athletic-fields portion and develop and maintain it as a public park.
- The school-building parcel would be conveyed by the city to Spectra Centers, which the agreement describes as a Colorado organization operating an approved facility school and holding a day-treatment license.
- Sale proceeds would be deposited in the district's capital reserve fund for capital investments.
- The agreement provides for a $30,000 earnest-money deposit and a 90-day due-diligence period.
- Closing would occur no more than 30 days after the due-diligence period, unless the parties agree otherwise, and is contingent on the land division and Spectra Centers' purchase of the school-building property.
Colorado Interest-Free Loan Program
The consent agenda asks the Board to authorize Jeffco's participation in the Colorado State Treasurer's Interest-Free Loan Program for Colorado School Districts for fiscal year 2026-27.
The program is designed to address temporary General Fund cash-flow deficits caused by the timing difference between district expenditures and property-tax receipts. The proposed resolution authorizes a district note of up to $50 million, although actual borrowing would be limited to qualifying cash-flow needs.
Loans would carry no interest through the maturity date and would have to be repaid by June 25, 2027. If amounts remained unpaid after that date, the unpaid balance would become subject to the program's default provisions and interest.
Policy and Governance Items
GP-07 Committee Structure
The consent agenda includes proposed revisions to GP-07, Committee Structure, following Board review at the September 2 study session.
The proposed policy addresses the structure, membership, responsibilities, and terms of Board committees. Among the changes reflected in the packet are provisions involving the Capital Asset Advisory Committee, Curricular Materials and Resources Review Committee, Finance and Audit Advisory Committee, District Accountability Committee, Licensed Personnel Performance Evaluation Council, and Technology and Data Privacy Advisory Committee.
The revisions also address committee bylaws and provide that committees submit current bylaws to the Board by July 1.
GP-17 Public Participation at Meetings
A separate action item is scheduled for proposed revisions to GP-17, Public Participation at Meetings, also reviewed at the September 2 study session.
The proposed revisions address who may speak during public comment, registration procedures, speaker time limits, meeting conduct, and electronic participation. The draft retains a tiered system for managing large numbers of speakers:
- Individual speakers generally receive 3 minutes.
- If more than 20 individuals register, individual time drops to 2 minutes.
- If more than 30 register, individual time drops to 1 minute.
- Group time is also reduced as registration increases.
The draft also provides a process for electronic public participation when practicable or necessary.
Monitoring Report 1.1
The Board's study session is scheduled to include a 45-minute presentation and discussion of Monitoring Report 1.1, which addresses the Board End stating that every student will demonstrate significant and appropriate academic growth using classroom and standardized summative assessments.
The report covers state assessments, early literacy, ninth-grade course completion, graduation demonstrations, and graduation rates. District staff characterize the compliance status as "On Track" while also identifying areas for continuous improvement.
Among the results presented in the packet:
- In both language arts and math, the percentage of students meeting or exceeding expectations was stable or improved from 2025 to 2026 in 7 of 9 grade levels.
- Jeffco exceeded the state's typical growth benchmark in 5 of 7 measured grade levels for language arts and 7 of 8 for math.
- Grades 1–3 showed an 11-percentage-point increase in reading performance from fall 2025 to spring 2026.
- Fewer than one-third of students with an IEP and fewer than one-quarter of multilingual learners were in the High or High Average performance levels on the early-reading measure cited in the report.
The report identifies persistent opportunity gaps for students experiencing poverty, students served by an IEP, and multilingual learners as areas requiring continued attention.
Graduation and Postsecondary Readiness
The monitoring report also presents several measures of preparation for graduation and postsecondary opportunities.
For the 2024-25 school year:
- 82% of Jeffco ninth-grade students passed all four core courses with no failures, compared with 78% statewide.
- 86% passed more than four core courses, compared with 81% statewide.
- The report identifies earning ninth-grade math credit as an area for focused improvement.
For incoming 12th graders in 2026, 65% had already met both the reading/writing/communicating and math graduation demonstrations. The report says 66% had met the reading/writing/communicating requirement through SAT scores and 54% had met the math requirement through SAT scores.
Jeffco's most recent four-year graduation rate in the packet is 86.7% for 2025, compared with 85.0% statewide. The district reports that its on-time graduation rate exceeded state results for the eighth consecutive year and that graduation rates improved across several student groups, including multilingual learners, students with IEPs, economically disadvantaged students, and students of color.
Instructional Priorities
The monitoring report describes district priorities for 2026-27 that include:
- Establishing consistent routines, welcoming practices, and high expectations at the start of the school year.
- Using student assessment and assignment data to plan instruction.
- Promoting purposeful classroom discourse and student ownership of learning.
- Maintaining instructional time through meaningful end-of-year demonstrations of learning.
- Prioritizing attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism.
- Supporting student transitions into middle and high school.
The packet also describes the six-week Jeffco READS @ Home summer program. Among 350 participants, the district reports that 65% advanced at least one achievement level in Lexia, with students completing 19,225 lesson units. The program also included a 20-student K–3 Spanish literacy pilot using Avanza and expanded Lexia PowerUp access to 27 sixth-grade students.
Personnel and Board Appointments
Employee Appointments, Hires and Departures
The consent agenda includes approval of personnel activity covering May 28 through August 26, 2026. The packet reports:
- 64 administrative positions offered
- 277 licensed positions offered
- 247 classified positions offered
- 44 administrative resignations/terminations
- 157 licensed resignations/terminations
- 252 classified resignations/terminations
Staff states that the appointments and hires fall within approved 2026-27 budget assumptions and that positions becoming vacant will be refilled only as considered necessary to maintain current operations within those assumptions.
Financial Advisory Committee
The Board is scheduled to consider appointing Cheryl Secorski to the Financial Advisory Committee. The packet says her application was received after the March-May 2026 application period closed and that staff and FAC members recommend the appointment.
Golden Urban Renewal Authority
The consent agenda also proposes appointing Director Peter Gibbins to the school-district position on the Golden Urban Renewal Authority Board. The packet explains that state law requires one GURA director to be an elected member of a school board whose district levies a mill within the authority's boundaries, and Jeffco is the sole school district meeting that condition.
Other Consent Agenda Items
The Board is also scheduled to consider:
- Minutes from the June 1, June 5, August 20, August 21, and September 2, 2026 Board meetings.
- Acceptance of Monitoring Report 2.3, concerning the Board End that district employees will use formal and informal student data to drive decision-making.
- The personnel actions and committee appointment described above.
- The Wilmore-Davis property resolution and agreement.
- Participation in the Colorado Interest-Free Loan Program.
- The GP-07 policy revisions.
Proclamations and Recognitions
The agenda schedules Board action on five proclamations:
- National Arts in Education Week, September 13–19, 2026.
- Alopecia Awareness Month, September 2026.
- International Literacy Day, September 8.
- National Attendance Awareness Month, September 2026.
- National Suicide Prevention Awareness Week, September 6–12, 2026.
The meeting also includes scheduled recognitions of Chief Legal Counsel Julie Tolleson and Dwight Jones of Ed Partners.
Public Participation and Meeting Access
Public comment is scheduled for approximately 5:20 p.m., with an estimated duration of 60 minutes. The packet states that public comment is available to district residents, Jeffco employees, and parents or guardians of students enrolled in district schools; nonresidents may participate with prior permission from the superintendent or Board.
The regular meeting is scheduled for the Board Room at the Education Center, 1829 Denver West Drive, Building 27, Golden, Colorado, with streaming available. The packet states that Spanish interpretation is provided live through Google Meet and that accommodations and translation services may be requested through the Board office at least 48 hours before the meeting.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items carry longer-term financial, facilities, governance, or academic implications:
- Whether the Board approves accelerating $685,000 of Phase 2 card-access security work that had previously been planned for the 2028 Capital Plan.
- Whether the Board authorizes the $2.84 million Wilmore-Davis property sale, setting in motion the proposed public-park and facility-school reuse of the former school site.
- Whether the district receives authority to access as much as $50 million through Colorado's interest-free cash-flow loan program during fiscal year 2026-27.
- How Board members respond to Monitoring Report 1.1, particularly the combination of districtwide academic and graduation gains with continuing performance gaps for several student groups.
- What changes the Board adopts to GP-07 and GP-17, which govern Board committees and public participation.
Official public-body source used for this packet: Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education meeting materials.
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