# Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)

Jefferson County School District R-1 (a.k.a. Jefferson County Public Schools or Jeffco Public Schools) is a school district in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The district is headquartered at the Jeffco Public Schools Education Center in an unincorporated area of the county near Golden in the Denver metropolitan area. Jeffco Public Schools serves almost 81,000 students in 160 schools. It is the second-largest school district in Colorado, having been surpassed in 2013 by Denver Public Schools, which has an enrollment of approximately 81,000. The district covers the entirety of Jefferson County, and also includes a section of Broomfield.

## History
### Beginnings

The first school in Jefferson County and the second school in Colorado opened in Golden on January 9, 1860. It stood at around today's 1304 Washington Avenue and was a rented log cabin, with school taught by Thomas Daughterty, with 18 students, financed through tuition and subscription. Its second term was taught by Miss M. F. Manly. When Jefferson County was organized by the Territorial government in 1861, the capability of organizing public schools became reality, and George West became the first superintendent of Jefferson County schools. After a mill levy was created in 1862, the first two school districts, Golden and Vasquez (roughly today's Wheat Ridge/Arvada area), were organized in 1863. That September the first public school in the county opened in Golden.

### Original school districts

Over time, as the population grew and spread across the county, more and more school districts were organized, each with its own elected board to govern them. They were a diverse variety of schools, from the stately brick edifices of urban Golden which operated through the traditional school year, to the rural one-room wooden schoolhouses that operated during the summer months because winter in the mountains made it difficult for students to attend. Some school districts only rented buildings for class; others shared into neighboring counties. The first building constructed as a Jefferson County public school, around the area of 14th and Arapahoe Streets in Golden, was never completed and eventually sold in 1866 to Colorado Territorial Governor Alexander Cummings for $2,700 for use as the Territorial Executive Building. Its replacement, the first completed public school building in Jefferson County, still stands today at 1420 Washington Avenue in Golden. After the completion of its successor at today's 1314 Cheyenne Street in 1873, later known as the South School, Jefferson County's first senior high school, Golden High School, was organized. The first public school graduations in Jefferson County were held in the 1880s.
By 1894 Jefferson County school enrollment was around 1,500 students, with 54 high school students. By 1939 Jeffco had blossomed to 3,883 students with 1,426 high schoolers. In the early 20th century, however, population shifts and other factors began to spur consolidation. The Lorraine School District of Jefferson County merged with the Mandalay School District of Boulder County (Broomfield) in 1917. In 1920 the Montana, Lakeview, Midway and Mt. Carbon districts merged to become Bear Creek District C-1. In 1923 several mountain districts merged into Evergreen District C-2, while in 1945 Washington Heights and Bancroft merged to form School District 52. However, some school districts went by the wayside including South Platte in 1944, Pleasant Park in 1946, and Pine Grove. By 1950 only 39 of the 54 individually organized school districts remained.

#### List of historic school districts

Note: several districts have different identities over time.
* Golden
* Everett/Vasquez/Arvada
* Mt. Vernon/Kittredge
* Bergen/Creswell
* Bear Creek/Mt. Carbon
* Ralston/Fremont
* Upper Ralston/Leyden
* Vasquez/Wheat Ridge
* Mt. Vernon/Bradford Junction/Conifer
* Guy Hill
* Platte/Spruce Park & Sprucedale
* Ralston
* Mountain/Rockland
* Clear Creek/Maple Grove
* Platte Canyon/Deer Creek
* Bear Creek/Montana
* Turkey Creek/Brownville/Medlen
* Pine & Estabrook
* Pleasant Park
* Fairmount
* Lakewood/Edgewater
* Mt. Morrison
* Lothrop
* South Platte
* Lorraine & Mandalay
* Turkey Creek/Hodgson
* Coal Creek Canyon/Columbine
* Pine Grove
* Belcher Hill
* Buffalo Creek/Evergreen
* Soda Creek
* Fruitdale
* Jefferson City/Plainview
* Kassler
* Urmston
* Lamb
* Lakeview
* Parmelee Gulch
* Semper
* Buffalo Creek
* Bancroft
* Idledale
* Wagner
* Prospect Valley
* Midway
* Sampson
* Lakewood - Stober Elementary
* Daniels
* Denver View
* Washington Heights
* Mountair
* Washington Heights & Bancroft
* C-1 - Bear Creek Consolidated
* C-2 - Evergreen Consolidated
In 1950, the 39 school districts in Jefferson County were consolidated and reorganized into a single district, Jefferson County R-1 Schools. It was so named as the Reorganized School District 1, and ushered in a modern age in a county where some still sent to school in the original one-room rural schoolhouses. Through the course of time several landmark school buildings had been built across Jefferson County, including Golden's North, South, Central and High schools; the stone Morrison school; and Lakewood's 3-school campus. With renewed energy a new generation would be built, and state-of-the-art schools sprouted across Jefferson County as old schools were phased out. By 1999 Jefferson County had an enrollment of 88,793 students.
Today the next wave of school buildings is being created, as Jefferson County schools move forward into the 21st century. However, a good collection of schools from throughout Jeffco's educational history remain. They serve many uses from private homes to museums, and several are designated Jefferson County, Colorado and National Historic Register landmarks.
Through Jeffco schools' history, there have been several fatal events which have not been forgotten. In 1887 the original Lamb School, which had just been built the year before, burned down and had to be replaced. (The rebuilt school was later destroyed by the Lower North Fork Fire in 2012.) In 1905 Golden's South School, including Golden High School, was saved from explosion by janitor Oscar Nolin when its overheating boiler was minutes away from claiming possibly over 100 lives. In 1916 the original Fruitdale School burned as its students marched to safety. In 1919 an attempt to burn down the South School was made by a parent who was frantic to keep the school from reopening in the wake of the Great Flu Epidemic, but the fire smothered itself out. In 1938 the recently built Buffalo Creek School burned while school was in session from an overheated furnace, and teacher Wilma Barnes successfully got all 15 students to safety. On April 7, 1982, Scott Darwin Michael was shot and killed by classmate Jason Rocha at Deer Creek Middle School. In 1999, two students killed 12 students and a teacher in the Columbine High School massacre.
On February 23, 2010, eighth-graders Reagan Webber and Matt Thieu were shot and wounded at Deer Creek Middle School. The incident ended when math teacher David Benke tackled the perpetrator, Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood, who was armed with a .30-06 Winchester Model 70.
In September 2014, students and teachers in schools around the district protested the conservative ideology of the school board, which had proposed reviewing the APUSH curriculum set by the College Board, to focus history education on citizenship and patriotism, while condemning civil disobedience and strike actions. The conservative members of the board were recalled and replaced in November 2015, on a 64-36 public vote.

## Environmental consideration

Many Jefferson County schools make use of constructed wetlands for managing stormwater and contributing to the health of local watersheds. The wetland project at Oberon Middle School has been lauded by the National Resources Defense Council for setting "an example for local governments seeking new ways to manage stormwater on municipal grounds with some value added.

## Literary mentions

Oberon Middle School is the setting for the novel Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters.

## Facilities

The school district headquarters, which has a Golden postal address, is in an unincorporated area completely surrounded by, but not in, Lakewood.
In the 1990 U.S. Census, the facility was defined as being in the Applewood census-designated place. In the 2000 U.S. Census, the facility was in West Pleasant View, another CDP in the county. In the 2010 U.S. Census and the 2020 U.S. Census, the Jeffco headquarters plot was not defined as being in any CDP.

## Schools

As of January 2025, there are 160 active schools in Jeffco Public Schools, as identified by the Colorado Department of Education.

### Elementary schools

* Adams Elementary School
* Bear Creek K-8 School
* Belmar School of Integrated Arts
* Bergen Elementary School
* Blue Heron Elementary School
* Bradford K-8 School
* Columbine Hills Elementary School
* Coronado Elementary School
* Deane Elementary School
* Dennison Elementary School
* Devinny Elementary School
* Dutch Creek Elementary School
* Edgewater Elementary School
* Eiber Elementary School
* Elk Creek Elementary School
* Fairmount Elementary School
* Fletcher Miller School
* Foothills Elementary School
* Foster Dual Language PK-8 School
* Fremont Elementary School
* Governor's Ranch Elementary School
* Green Gables Elementary School
* Hackberry Hill Elementary School
* Hutchinson Elementary School
* Kendallvue Elementary School
* Kendrick Lakes Elementary School
* Kyffin Elementary School
* Lasley Elementary School
* Lawrence Elementary School
* Leawood Elementary School
* Little Elementary School
* Lukas Elementary School
* Lumberg Elementary School
* Maple Grove Elementary School
* Marshdale Elementary School
* Meiklejohn Elementary School
* Mitchell Elementary School
* Mortensen Elementary School
* Mount Carbon Elementary School
* Normandy Elementary School
* Parmalee Elementary School
* Patterson International School
* Peak Expeditionary School at Pennington
* Powderhorn Elementary School
* Prospect Valley Elementary School
* Ralston Elementary School
* Red Rocks Elementary School
* Rooney Ranch Elementary School
* Rose Stein International Elementary School
* Ryan Elementary School
* Secrest Elementary School
* Semper Elementary School
* Shaffer Elementary School
* Shelton Elementary School
* Sierra Elementary School
* Slater Elementary School
* South Lakewood Elementary School
* Stevens Elementary School
* Stober Elementary School
* Stony Creek Elementary School
* Stott Elementary School
* Swanson Elementary School
* Three Creeks K-8 School
* Ute Meadows Elementary School
* Van Arsdale Elementary School
* Vanderhoof Elementary School
* Warder Elementary School
* Weber Elementary School
* Welchester Elementary School
* West Jefferson Elementary School
* West Woods Elementary School
* Westgate Elementary School
* Westridge Elementary School
* Wilmot Elementary School

### Middle/Junior high schools

* Bear Creek K-8 School
* Bell Middle School
* Carmody Middle School
* Creighton Middle School
* Deer Creek Middle School
* Drake Middle School
* Dunstan Middle School
* Evergreen Middle School
* Everitt Middle School
* Falcon Bluffs Middle School
* Ken Caryl Middle School
* Mandalay Middle School
* North Arvada Middle School
* Oberon Middle School
* Pomona Junior/Senior High School
* Summit Ridge Middle School
* Wayne Carle Middle School
* West Jefferson Middle School

### Senior high schools

| School | City | Year Opened |
| Alameda International Junior/Senior High School | Lakewood | 1960 |
| Arvada High School | Arvada | 1900 |
| Arvada West High School | Arvada | 1960 |
| Bear Creek High School | Lakewood | 1920 |
| Chatfield High School | Littleton | 1985 |
| Columbine High School | Littleton | 1973 |
| Conifer High School | Conifer | 1996 |
| Dakota Ridge High School | Littleton | 1996 |
| Evergreen High School | Evergreen | 1954 |
| Golden High School | Golden | 1873 |
| Green Mountain High School | Lakewood | 1973 |
| Jefferson High School | Edgewater | 1955 |
| Lakewood High School | Lakewood | 1928 |
| Pomona Junior/Senior High School | Arvada | 1973 |
| Ralston Valley High School | Arvada | 2000 |
| Standley Lake High School | Westminster | 1988 |
| Wheat Ridge High School | Wheat Ridge | 1886 |

### Option schools

* Brady Exploration School
* D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School
* Dennison Elementary School
* Jeffco Virtual Academy
* Jefferson County Open School
* Long View High School
* The Manning School
* McLain Community High School
* Warren Tech

### Special schools and programs

* Fletcher Miller School
* Mt. Evans Outdoor Education Laboratory School
* Mount View Youth Services Center
* Sobesky Academy
* Windy Peak Outdoor Education Laboratory School

### Charter schools

* Addenbrooke Classical Academy
* Addenbrooke Classical Grammar School
* Collegiate Academy
* Compass Montessori Golden
* Compass Montessori Wheat Ridge
* Doral Academy of Colorado
* Excel Academy Charter School
* Free Horizon Montessori School
* Jefferson Academy
* Lincoln Academy
* Montessori Peaks Charter Academy
* Mountain Phoenix Community School
* New America School
* Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen
* Rocky Mountain Deaf School
* Coal Creek Canyon K-8 School
* Two Roads Charter School
* Woodrow Wilson Academy

## Former schools

| School | City | Year Opened | Year Closed | Additional Information |
| Alameda Junior High School | Lakewood | | 1987 | current Gold Crown Foundation Fieldhouse |
| Allendale Elementary School | Arvada | 1964 | 2021 | |
| Arvada K-8 School | Arvada | 2010 | 2024 | building was Arvada High School (1953 - 1971), then Arvada Junior High (1971 - ), K-8 restructure followed 2010 closure of Russell Elementary |
| Belmont Junior High School | Lakewood | 1955 | 1979 | |
| Bergen Meadow Elementary School | Evergreen | 1970 | 2024 | consolidated into Bergen Elementary School |
| Campbell Elementary School | Arvada | 1964 | 2023 | converted to preschool |
| Center for Discovery Learning Charter School | Lakewood | 1994 | 2005 | founded as Community-Involved Charter School, 1994 |
| Colorow Elementary School | Littleton | 1977 | 2023 | |
| Columbia Heights Elementary School | Wheat Ridge | 1925 | 1978 | current Wheat Ridge Library and Senior Resource Center |
| Daniels Elementary | Lakewood | | 1978 | |
| Edgewater High School | Edgewater | | 1955 | merged into Jefferson High School |
| Emory Elementary School | Lakewood | 2015 | 2023 | previously O'Connell Middle School; Rose Stein Elementary School students during building renovation (2015-2018) |
| Fitzmorris Elementary School | Arvada | 1960 | 2022 | |
| Fruitdale School | Wheat Ridge | 1927 | 1978 | current Fruitdale School Lofts |
| Glennon Heights Elementary School | Lakewood | 1957 | 2023 | |
| Golden Junior High School | Golden | 1956 | 1988 | was Golden High School (1924 - 1956); current American Mountaineering Center |
| Green Mountain Elementary School | Lakewood | 1962 | 2023 | |
| Earle Johnson Elementary School | Golden | 1960 | 1994 | current Connections Learning Center |
| East Arvada Junior High School | Arvada | | 1984 | demolished 1986 |
| Irwin Elementary School | Lakewood | | 1989 | |
| Juchem Elementary School | Broomfield | 1955 | 1989 | current Jefferson Academy elementary campus |
| Kullerstrand Elementary School | Wheat Ridge | 1961 | 2023 | |
| Lakewood Junior High School | Lakewood | | c. 1970s | current Jeffco Open School |
| Martensen Elementary School | Wheat Ridge | 1954 | 2011 | current Frank DeAngelis Community Safety Center |
| Molholm Elementary School | Lakewood | 1955 | 2023 | |
| Moore Middle School | Westminster | 1980 | 2024 | merged into Pomona High School |
| Mountain Open High School | Evergreen | 1975 | 1989 | merged into Jefferson County Open School; site now occupied by Evergreen Library |
| Mountair High School | Lakewood | | 1955 | merged into Jefferson High School |
| North Lakewood Elementary School | Lakewood | 1947 | 1978 | property sold by district |
| O'Connell Middle School | Lakewood | | 2015 | merged into Alameda International Junior/Senior High School, subsequently Emory Elementary (2015-2023) |
| Open Living School | Edgewater | 1971 | 1978 | merged into Tanglewood School |
| Open Living School | Evergreen | 1971 | 1978 | merged into Tanglewood School |
| Parr Elementary School | Arvada | 1969 | 2023 | |
| Peck Elementary School | Arvada | 1966 | 2023 | |
| Peiffer Elementary School | Littleton | 1973 | 2023 | |
| Pleasant View Elementary School | Golden | 1950 | 2017 | |
| Russell Elementary School | Arvada | 1955 | 2010 | current Arvada Head Start campus |
| Sheridan Green Elementary School | Westminster | 1988 | 2023 | property reverted to city ownership |
| Sun Valley Elementary School | Lakewood | 1971 | 1979 | property sold by district |
| Tanglewood School | Golden | 1970 | 1989 | merged into Jefferson County Open School |
| Thomson Elementary School | Arvada | 1973 | 2023 | |
| Vivian Elementary School | Lakewood | 1954 | 2023 | |
| Washington Heights School | Lakewood | 1898 | 1968 | current Washington Heights Arts Center, city of Lakewood |
| West Lakewood Elementary School | Lakewood | 1958 | 1978 | current Dennison Elementary School |
| Wheat Ridge 5-8 School | Wheat Ridge | 1924 | 2015 | merged into Jefferson Junior/Senior High School; current Stevens Elementary School |
| Wilmore-Davis Elementary School | Wheat Ridge | 1955 | 2023 | |
| Witt Elementary School | Westminster | 1980 | 2023 | |
| Zerger Elementary School | Westminster | 1977 | 2011 | |

## Demographics

As of January 2025, with an enrollment count of 75,495 for the 2024-2025 school year:
* American Indian 0.4%
* Asian 2.7%
* Black 1.2%
* Hispanic 26%
* White 64%
* Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.13%
* Multiple races 5%

## Superintendents

The position of Superintendent of Schools was an elected position from 1861 to 1967, following the abolition of the position as an elected position by voters in 1966. Since 1967, the district superintendent has been appointed by the school board.
* 1862 George West
* 1862 Edward L. Berthoud
* 1863–1865 Ephraim Fellows
* 1865–1867 Jonas M. Johnson
* 1867–1868 Thomas T. Potter
* 1868–1875 Marcellus C. Kirby
* 1875–1879 Rev. Robert L. Stewart
* 1979–1884 Thomas Lloyd Bellam
* 1884–1888 William G. Smith
* 1888–1894 James S. Eagleton
* 1894–1898 John W. Arasmith
* 1898–1902 Clyde O. Secrest
* 1902–1905 Ida L. Crawford
* 1905–1909 Myrtle Songer
* 1909–1913 Elizabeth Hemberger
* 1913–1919 Berness Bunger
* 1919–1923 Myrtle Songer
* 1923–1925 Evangaline B. Cummings
* 1925–1929 Birdie Easley Shannon
* 1929–1933 Miriam Brown Martensen
* 1933–1941 Naomi Kullerstrand Olson
* 1941–1945 Marguerite R. Juchem
* 1945–1949 Sara H. Morris
* 1949–1959 Miriam Brown Martensen
* 1959–1963 Pauline F. Schroeder
* 1963–1965 George E. Hook
* 1965–1967 Louise "Peg" Johnstone
* 1967–1971 W. Del Walker
* 1971–1977 Alton "Skip" Cowan
* 1977–1981 Arthur Ohanian
* 1981–1991 John Peper
* 1991–1997 Lewis Finch
* 1997–2002 Jane Hammond
* 2002–2014 Cindy Stevenson
* 2014–2017 Dan McMinimee
* 2017 (Mar–Jun) Terry Elliott (interim)
* 2017– 2020 Jason Glass
* 2020–2021 Kristopher Schuh (interim)
* 2021– Tracy Dorland

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Jeffco Public Schools". jeffcopublicschools.org. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
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* 1 2 "Enrollment - Jefferson County R-1 (1420)". SchoolView. Colorado Department of Education. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
* ↑ 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: West Pleasant View CDP, CO (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on April 3, 2015.
* ↑ Contact Us Archived December 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Jefferson County Public Schools. Retrieved on April 3, 2011. "1829 Denver West Drive #27 Golden, CO 80401"
* ↑ "Pupil Membership | CDE". www.cde.state.co.us. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
* ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, CO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2022. - Text list
* ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Broomfield County, CO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2022. - Text list
* ↑ The Golden Pioneer Museum 1955 - "Sophie Martin" from A Woman's Life In Golden 1902-1980, Lorraine Wagenbach, ed., 1980.
* ↑ A Chronology of the History of Jefferson County, Colorado Compiled by Jefferson County Archives and Records Management.
* ↑ "Jefferson County". History Colorado.
* ↑ Roeder, Milly (2012). "Farewell to Lamb School" (PDF). Historically Jeffco. Jefferson County Historical Commission.
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* ↑ Lawson, Pamela (2007). "Passing into history: Jack Green dies at 90". High Timber Times.
* ↑ "Deer Creek also site of a shooting in 1982". The Denver Post. February 24, 2010.
* ↑ Pankratz, Howard; Vaughan, Kevin; Bunch, Joey (February 23, 2010). "2 students shot, 1 man arrested at Deer Creek Middle School". Denver Post.
* ↑ "Teacher describes how he stopped shooting". CNN. February 24, 2010.
* ↑ "David Benke And Matt Thieu On TODAY Show (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post Denver. May 5, 2010.
* ↑ "Hundreds of Colorado students protest history curriculum changes that would promote patriotism". Fox News. Associated Press. September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
* ↑ Wallace, Kelly (September 24, 2014). "Denver students accuse school board of censoring U.S. history". CNN.com. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
* ↑ Layton, Lyndsey (November 4, 2015). "Conservative school board members ousted in bitter Colorado battle". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
* ↑ Implementing Pollution Prevention for Municipal Operations - Constructed Wetland Becomes Outdoor Classroom, Natural Resources Defense Council
* ↑ Julie Anne Peters, Hachette Book Group, 2007
* ↑ "Official Zoning District Map of the City of Lakewood" (PDF). p. 4/12. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
* ↑ "Home". Jeffco Public Schools. Retrieved July 24, 2024. 1829 Denver West Drive #27 Golden Colorado 80401
* ↑ "1990 COUNTY BLOCK MAP (RECREATED): JEFFERSON County" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 19. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
* ↑ "About Jeffco". Jefferson County Public Schools. Archived from the original on December 1, 1998. Retrieved July 24, 2024. 1829 Denver West Drive ~ P.O. Box 40001 ~ Golden, Colorado 80401-0001 - linked from here
* ↑ "CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: WEST PLEASANT VIEW CDP" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
* ↑ "JeffcoNet". Jefferson County Public Schools. Archived from the original on May 26, 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2024. 1829 Denver W. Drive Golden, Colorado 80401
* ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: West Pleasant View CDP, CO" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2024. 2010 map: "West Pleasant View Map" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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* ↑ Pleuss, Dennis (August 5, 2010). "Bouncing in the right direction". Colorado Community Media. Retrieved February 25, 2025. Gold Crown . . . has an educational enrichment program out of its $6 million fieldhouse located on the former site of Alameda Junior High School.
* ↑ Robles, Yesenia (April 15, 2021). "Giving families little notice, Jeffco lays out plan to close small elementary school". Chalkbeat. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
* ↑ Robles, Yesenia (October 12, 2023). "Jeffco board votes to close two more schools amid enrollment decline". Chalkbeat Colorado. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
* 1 2 3 Jefferson County School District (March 1998). Asset Management Plan: 1998-2003. ERIC ED436933
* ↑ Meyer, Jeremy (January 14, 2010). "Jeffco closing one school instead of four". Denver Post.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Robles, Yesenia (November 10, 2022). "Jeffco board votes unanimously to close 16 elementary schools". Chalkbeat Colorado. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
* 1 2 3 Knapp, Steven; Lomond, Carole (2010). "Living Legacies of Jeffco's Historic Schools" (PDF). Historically Jeffco. Vol. 23, no. 21.
* 1 2 3 Saum, Jean (March 9, 1978). "School housing plan effective immediately". Westminster Journal Sentinel. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
* ↑ "Fruitdale School". City of Wheat Ridge. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
* ↑ Bryson, Donna (May 6, 2019). "A school designed by Denver's most famous architect has been turned into housing". Denverite.
* 1 2 Jeffco Public Schools 2011-12 Budget Reductions - FAQ School Closures
* ↑ "Martensen Elementary School Holds Open House Before It Closes". CBS Denver. May 14, 2011.
* ↑ Garcia, Peyton (April 24, 2017). "Martensen Elementary becomes first-responder training facility". Denver Post.
* ↑ Martin, Sara (June 23, 2023). "Jeffco's Moore Middle School, Pomona High School to merge into 6-12". Chalkbeat Colorado. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
* 1 2 Smith, Steve. "Future of Tanglewood site up for R-1 debate". Golden Transcript. Tanglewood School was combined with the Jefferson County Open High School in 1989. Students from those two schools now attend classes at the former Lakewood Junior High School facility near 10th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard.
* ↑ "Sale of school building spurs passion for neighborhood". Colorado Community Media. June 20, 2017.
* 1 2 Garcia, Nic (October 2, 2015). "Changes embraced at Jeffco schools that serve low-income students". Chalkbeat Colorado.
* ↑ Klemaier, Josie (March 7, 2017). "Preparing for closure, Pleasant View Elementary in Jeffco looks ahead". Denver Post.
* ↑ Meyer, Jeremy P. (June 1, 2010). "Jeffco's Russell Elementary packs up classrooms as school shuts doors". Denver Post.
* ↑ "City transfers site for school to district". Westminster Sentinel. July 26, 1979.
* ↑ "Washington Heights History". City of Lakewood. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
* ↑ Fortier, Shanna (March 28, 2017). "Lease agreement approved for Zerger building in Westminster". Westminster Window. Zerger Elementary School closed in 2012 following budget cuts.
* ↑ Frazier, Ronda (September 25, 2023). "List of Jefferson County Superintendents of Schools". Jefferson County, Colorado. Retrieved February 6, 2025.