Here are the 10 Denver Public Schools that could close or restructure in 2025

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Public Schools will close seven schools and restructure three others on a grade level at the end of the 2024-2025 school year, the district announced Thursday evening.

DPS Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero presented the list of schools to the Denver Public Schools Board of Education on Thursday. Board members will visit the schools recommended to be closed from Nov. 11 through Nov. 15, and Marrero is scheduled to visit the schools the week of Nov. 18.

A list of family engagement meetings has been scheduled to be posted on Friday online here.

The schools that Marrero recommended be closed are:

• Columbian Elementary
• Castro Elementary
• Schmitt Elementary
• International Academy of Denver at Harrington
• Palmer Elementary
• West Middle School
• Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design

For the grade-level restructures, impacted schools and grade levels recommended are:

• Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy
  • Removal of 1st through 5th grades
  • Becomes 6th through 12th grades only
• Dora Moore ECE-8 School
  • Removal of grades 6th through 8th
  • Bcomes ECE through 5th grade only
• Denver Center for International Studies Baker Middle School
  • Removal of 9th through 12th grades
  • Becomes 6th through 8th grades only

A public comment session is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 18 at the scheduled Board of Education work session. The special public comment session will be limited to people who have not already spoken on the topic in front of the Board or Superintendent during an earlier session.

Additionally, all students in closing schools will be automatically enrolled in a receiving school. The district said that if the consolidation plan involves an enrollment zone rather than a single school, parents will need to identify a preferred school.

"Parents will have the option to utilize the SchoolChoice process in January 2025, and will be given priority to enroll their students into another DPS school," the district said in a release.

The DPS Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the list of schools on Nov. 21. Staff members at all impacted schools will "follow the hiring process that is outlined in their collective bargaining units," the district said.