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Amy Bounds

Amy Bounds covers K-12 education for the Daily Camera and Times-Call, plus some early childhood and local government stories. She first joined the Times-Call in 1997 after graduating with a journalism degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. She's lived in Colorado since she was 12, growing up in Littleton. When not writing, she's a marching band mom, rescue dog mom and unpaid Uber driver for her teen sons.

The Boulder County Commissioners’ Hearing Room in August 2025. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Boulder Rotary to host forum on Boulder County commissioners expansion

September 26, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

The Boulder Rotary Club is hosting a community forum from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday on the ballot issue asking voters to expand the Boulder County commissioners from three to five.

The Longmont High School marching band marches down Main Street during the 2025 Veterans Day Parade in Longmont. (Times-Call file photo)

St. Vrain Valley to host annual instrument collection drive

September 26, 2026 at 5:21 a.m.

St. Vrain Valley Schools is inviting the community to support music education through its annual instrument collection drive.

Culinary Arts Instructor Amber Graff, left, trims a pork tenderloin during a demonstration for students at the Boulder Valley School District’s teaching kitchen on Nov. 7, 2024. The school district is inviting the community to celebrate the completion of renovations at its Arapahoe Campus with a ribbon cutting and open house on Monday. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Boulder’s Arapahoe Campus to host renovations open house on Monday

September 25, 2026 at 1:49 p.m.

The campus is home to Apex, Arapahoe Ridge High School, Boulder Universal and the district’s Transitions program. The renovations were paid for through a $350 million capital construction bond issue...

Demonstrators hold signs, chant and wave at passing vehicles near the Boulder Valley School District Education Center on Tuesday. People gathered on both sides of 65th Street and Arapahoe Avenue in support of Douglass, Flatirons, Mesa and Birch elementary schools, which will be closed after a vote by the Boulder Valley school board. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Boulder Valley school board votes to close 4 schools, reconfigure 2, relocate 2

September 23, 2026 at 2:50 p.m.

The Boulder Valley School District will close four elementary schools, restructure grade levels at two K-8 schools and relocate two elementary focus schools in response to continued enrollment declines.

Sneaky Pete Traxler of the Walker Ranch team pitches to Robert Mitchell of the Territorial Allstars. Boulder County's Walker Ranch celebrated fall with a demonstration of life in the 1880's and a vintage baseball game on Sept. 30, 2012.

Boulder County to host vintage baseball game for Autumn Heritage Day

September 22, 2026 at 5:34 a.m.

Boulder County Parks and Open Space will host a vintage baseball game and Autumn Heritage Day from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Walker Ranch Homestead, 7701 Flagstaff...

Boulder County wants to identify schools with greatest transportation safety needs

September 21, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

Boulder County is launching the Safe Streets for Students project, which will look at crash data, school conditions and feedback from the community to help keep students safe when traveling...

Demonstrators hold signs, chant and wave at passing vehicles near the corner of 88th Street and Campus Drive in Louisville on Sept. 8. More than 150 people demonstrated against a Boulder Valley proposal to close or reconfigure schools. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Boulder Valley engaged community early, but parents say school closure decisions blindsided them

September 21, 2026 at 8:15 a.m.

Ahead of Tuesday's school board vote, Boulder Valley Superintendent Rob Anderson is asserting that the district's engagement around school closures stands out among other school districts in the state that...

St. Vrain Valley School District Superintendent Jackie Kapushion poses for a portrait in her office at the Learning Services Center in Longmont on May 30, 2025. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

St. Vrain Valley to host superintendent town hall meetings

September 17, 2026 at 4:56 a.m.

The St. Vrain Valley School District is inviting parents, teachers, staff and community members to hear from Superintendent Jackie Kapushion at an upcoming superintendent town hall meeting.

The St. Vrain Valley School District Educational Services Center in Longmont on Wednesday. May 28, 2025. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

St. Vrain Valley wants feedback on new Erie elementary school’s name, mascot and its boundaries

September 16, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

St. Vrain Valley families are invited to provide feedback on several aspects of the new elementary school being built in Erie's Colliers Hill neighborhood.

Jillian Waters hugs her daughter Ensley during student drop-off at Douglass Elementary School near Boulder on Aug. 26. Douglass Elementary is one of the BVSD schools on the list to close. (Joel Solis/Staff Photographer)

Boulder Valley leaders defend school closure process as parents question urgency

September 16, 2026 at 8:52 a.m.

The Boulder Valley school board spent about six hours at a Tuesday work session listening to a 60-slide presentation and asking questions about the details of a proposal to close,...

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