In 1998, city officials entered into intergovermental agreements with Boulder Valley and Adams 12 school districts promising that the City Council would not pursue the creation of a single school district. It didn't start out that way, says former Broomfield City Councilman Larry Cooper, who formed Citizens for Local Government, a group that campaigned at the state Legislature to gain support for the Broomfield city-county referendum. I know how complicated it is being in six school districts. It's a real issue, and it's going to be an ongoing issue, but we didn't have a choice in the matter. That doesn't mean something shouldn't be done, he says.
Parents can get the ball rolling on the school district issue.
The parents know each other and work together. All the kids know each other. But we're divided by that. The people of Broomfield will have to decide if we should unify the school district. The Daily Camera.