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Message from the Superintendent - Transportation Redesign

Douglas County School District recently redesigned bus transportation routes for the 2009-10 school year due to budget reductions. As you prepare your students for the coming school year, please familiarize yourself with the changes. 4-track bus route maps for 2009-10 school year are now available (click here for access). Bus routes for conventional and modified calendars will be available July 15.

Please direct any questions to the transportation scheduler assigned to your area:
Castle Rock area: 303.387.0412; Highlands Ranch area: 303.387-6156; and Parker area: 303.387.0585.

Switchboard and Wilcox Building During the summer break, the switchboard at Douglas County School District's Central Administration Office will close at 4:30 p.m. from Thursday, June 25 through Thursday, July 2. Additionally, the Central Administration Office (620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock) will be closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. Have a safe holiday!

Changes in effect for Nutrition Services

Families, please be aware of changes that have started to occur in Nutrition Services regarding the school lunch program. Items of note include the fee changes, the department moving to paperless lunch menus, a new online payment plan, and a fee for returned checks. For more information, click on this link and look for the Summer 2009 Newsletter. Please direct questions to Marj Dyce at marj.dyce@dcsdk12.org or call 303.387.0320.

DCSD preschool program has openings for 2009-2010
For the 2009-2010 school year, there are openings in the preschool program for 3 and 4 year olds at the following locations:

Saddle Ranch Elementary
Coyote Creek Elementary
Bear Canyon Elementary
ThunderRidge High School
Cherokee Trail Elementary
Prairie Crossing Elementary
Legend High School

For more information call 303.387.0801 or visit click on Early Childhood Education to the left on this website.

DAC call for members

DCSD is seeking your voice. Please consider volunteering on the District Advisory Committee (DAC). There are currently vacancies in the Highlands Ranch Region. The purpose of the DAC is to provide opportunities for parents and community members to be involved in the planning and evaluation of the School District’s instructional program and quality improvement processes. Members attend regular evening meetings on the second Tuesday of each month starting in September 2009. For more info, or to apply to serve on this important committee, please complete the nomination form accessible from this link. Completed nomination forms must be received no later than Friday, July 3, 2009 via email to Board of Education Secretary Nona Eichelberger at nona.eichelberger@dcsdk12.org, or call 303.387.0258.

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Foundations

*Take a look at Foundations,* our quarterly district publication created to inform you, our stakeholders, about what's happening in Douglas County School District, particularly in the areas of construction and finance.
Fall 2008 537.68 KB PDF file	October 2007 484 KB PDF file	July 2007 2.68 MB PDF file