A nearby stage in the cafeteria is set with tables because there aren't enough seats at lunchtime. Adams isn't alone in asking voters for help. The state's fastest-growing school district is projected to add 2,550 more students every year for the next five years. I wouldn't have the space for more classrooms. Also on the ballot are Brighton, Mapleton and Strasburg school districts in Adams County and Sheridan school district in Arapahoe County, all asking voters to help them meet a variety of needs.
Opposition appears to be slim.
Only in Northglenn-Thornton did an opponent file written arguments against a proposed school measure. We spend our money on administrators and not on teachers. Phil Fox, who tracks school tax questions for the Colorado Association of School Executives, said this year's batch involves high amounts but sets no record. It just tells you where the high growth is in the state. Nowhere is that more evident than in Douglas County, a 35,000-student district expected to reach 48,000 kids by 2005.