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Help Save the Old Louisville Middle School Building
Boulder Valley School District recently unveiled a plan to redesign Louisville Middle School, which was originally built in the 1930s and served as Louisville High School. BVSD's plan fails to preserve any of the historically significant portions of the building.
Many Louisville citizens feel that they were left out of the decision making process.
What You can Do
Attend Meetings
There will be a Board of Education/Louisville City Council meeting on
May 7, 2008, from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. at the Louisville Middle School
Auditorium. Here is the agenda.
We encourage you to write letters (see list below).
Please plan to attend and let the School Board know how you feel about
preserving historic LMS. If you would like to speak, please call ahead
to 303-447-5114.
Sign Up
If you'd like to receive email notice about upcoming meetings and events, please contact us.
Sign/Circulate the Petition
A petition is circulating. You can download the petition in pdf, get as many folks as possible to sign it, and drop it by Heather Lewis' house at 712 McKinley Avenue, in Louisville.
Write Letters
Write letters to:
We recommend a review of the following documents to aid you in drafting your comments.
| Document |
File Type |
File Size |
| Louisville Architect Peter Stewart's Letter to BVSD Superintendent Chris King - includes revised design that retains the historic portion of the school and may save the school district 3 to 4 million dollars. |
PDF |
792 KB |
|
A Flawed Process - How the Boulder Valley School District Failed
the Voters of Louisville.
Word version
PDF version
|
PDF |
896 KB |
| Word |
76 KB |
| BVSD Resolution No. 06-22 containing ballot language for 2006 Bond Issue. See section 4. |
PDF |
Unknown |
| Louisville City Council Resolution 12, Series 2008 urging the Boulder Valley School District of Eduction to pursue alternatives for the Louisville Middle School renovation project that accomplish the community's shared goals of historic preservation, outstanding education facilities, and school safety. |
PDF |
104 KB |
| Letter from Colorado State Representative Paul Weissman to BVSD. |
PDF |
24 KB |
| Letter from National Trust for Historic
Preservation to BVSD. |
PDF |
160 KB |
| BVSD Superintendent Chris King's response to Letter from National Trust for Historic
Preservation. This letter should be of concern not only to Louisville, but also to Boulder and Lafayette as it has implications for historic schools in those cities. |
PDF |
96 KB |
| Historic
School adds on in Tucson, AZ - See how an historic school was
preserved while students' needs were met. |
HTML |
Unknown |
| Fair and Open Government:
Lessons for our Children - PLAN Boulder County letter to Boulder
Valley School District Board. |
HTML |
Unknown |
| Petitions signed by Louisville
Citizens, Business Owners, and LMS Alumni. |
PDF |
9.41 MB |
| Communication Audit of
Boulder Valley School District, conducted by the National School
Public Relations Association. |
PDF |
284 KB |
| Dan
Corson's 10/13/2006 letter to the Daily Camera, reflecting district's
failure to provide upkeep to school buildings and listing grants
received by Colorado Schools for historic preservation. You may
be required to logon to the Daily Camera website to view the letter. |
HTML |
Unknown |
| Draft
Design Advisory Team (DAT) Guidelines. Please note: A link to
the official revised DAT guideless is located behind a firewall
and inaccessible, available only
by password. |
Word |
Unknown |
| Educational
Facilities Master Plan |
PDF |
Unknown |
| Notes from LMS Alternatives Design
Meeting, February 6, 2008 |
PDF |
2 MB (approx.) |
| BVSD
Drawing for Preservation of entire Historical portion of LMS
|
PDF |
2 MB (approx.) |
| BVSD
Drawing for Preservation of facade of Historical portion of LMS
|
PDF |
2 MB (approx.) |
| State Historical Fund Projects on
Active Schoolhouses as of January 2008 |
PDF |
68 KB |
| Emails between Louisville
Historic Preservation Commission member Michael Koertje and Susan
Cousins of BVSD |
PDF |
30 KB |
| Design
Advisory Team (DAT) Meeting Minutes |
webpage w/links to PDF file for each meeting (8 in all) |
|
| Notes from Visioning Meeting
including Historic Preservation item, dated February 23, 2007 |
PDF |
68 KB |
| DAT Notes of April 20, 2007 |
PDF |
136 KB |
| Letters of concern
from Louisville Historical Commission, Louisville Historic Presentation
Commission, and member of the public. Includes BVSD responses. |
PDF |
600 KB |
| Email from City Council
member Dave Clabots to BVSD dated February 15, 2007 |
PDF |
264 KB |
| Transcription of Adam
Fels before Louisville City Council on September 4, 2007 |
PDF |
30 KB |
| Notes from September 18, 2007 |
PDF |
316 KB |
| Email from Peter Stewart
with responses from Adam Fels and BVSD staff |
PDF |
228 KB |
| Letter from SlaterPaul Architects
to Dave Compton of BVSD dated October 25, 2007 |
PDF |
88 KB |
| BVSD Education Facilities Master
Plan for LMS |
PDF |
140 KB |
| Emails among BVSD staff regarding
citizens' preservation concerns |
PDF |
124 KB |
| Schematic Design Drawings for LMS by
SlaterPaul Architects, dated July 11, 2007 |
PDF |
17 MB* |
*If you have trouble downloading this document, please contact Annie Hughes at 303-665-1486 and make an appointment to come by and view a hard copy.
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