| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.08.2025 | Report: If state can’t pay for universal school lunch, BVSD can’t either | In Boulder Valley, the district would use a federal threshold that would disqualify around 20 of its 56 schools from continuing to offer universal free meals. Superintendent Rob Anderson said the district doesn’t have the money in its budge... |
| 12.06.2025 | The Battle for School Lunches: A Fork in the Road | In the heart of Colorado, a silent battle brews over school lunches. The stakes are high. The future of universal free meals hangs in the balance. Two school districts, Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley, are at the forefront of this strug... |
| 10.06.2025 | BVSD, SVVSD watching universal school lunch ballot measures | In the St. Vrain Valley, school district officials said the state’s current plan, if the ballot measures don’t pass, would be to use a federal threshold that would disqualify an estimated nine schools from continuing to qualify for universa... |
| 09.05.2025 | Boulder-area events for Friday, May 9: Tonal Triage concert at Full Cycle Café and Bar | Sewing applique and illustration on a tea towel class: 11 a.m. Saturday, Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder. Learn to machine-sew a drawing or motif onto a tea towel and embellish with small appliqué. Get creative, and add ... |
| 08.05.2025 | Boulder-area events for Thursday, May 8: Chappell Roan Liquid Sky show at Fiske Planetarium | Tonal Triage concert: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Full Cycle Café & Bar, 2355 30th St., Boulder. Tonal Triage’s all-star line-up includes saxophonist Jeff Nathanson, vocalist Hazel Miller, Bijoux Barbosa on bass, Victor Mestas on keys and Alejand... |
| 07.05.2025 | Boulder-area events for Wednesday, May 7: ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ film screening at The Dairy | Story time and field trip to Primos Park: 10:15 a.m. Friday, NoBo Corner Library, 4600 Broadway, Boulder. Enjoy a water themed story time at NoBo followed by a field trip to Primos Park. Pack a snack and some sunscreen for some outdoor play... |
| 06.05.2025 | Nature's Whisper: Reconnecting with Our Earthly Roots | In a world racing forward, we often forget to look back. We forget the soil beneath our feet. We forget the whispers of the wind. We forget that we are part of something larger. Vanessa Tavernetti, a local environmentalist and educator, aim... |
| 06.05.2025 | Boulder-area events for Tuesday, May 6: The Aristocrats concert at Fox Theatre | Pizza Party Thursdays: 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Come hang out with friends or make some new ones in the Teen Space while enjoying pizza. Play video games, make arts and crafts or just hang out... |
| 05.05.2025 | Boulder-area events for Monday, May 5: ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ book signing at Boulder Book Store | “Grace Retraces Her Day” book signing: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Cheryl Lock will speak about and sign her new book “Grace Retraces Her Day.” Registration required. Free, boulderbookstore.net.
Great D... |
| 29.05.2024 | Education | BVSD, SVVSD offer free summer meals | Starting Monday, St. Vrain Valley will have four sites open Monday through Thursday until Aug. 2. The sites will be closed July 4 and July 15 to 18. Outdoor dining is available. The district also provides meals to students enrolled in its P... |
| 03.05.2024 | Education | BVSD plant sale starts May 10 | The Boulder Valley School District’s annual plant sale starts May 10.
The sale is open from 4 to 6 p.m. May 10, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 11, 4 to 6 p.m. May 17, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18. The sale also will open early for Boulder Valley staff... |
| 12.05.2023 | Things to do
Things to do | Banshee Tree at Fox Theater and other Boulder events for today | Today
Banshee Tree at Fox Theater: Banshee Tree was born out of the Colorado Hills. With roots in traditional swing, Banshee Tree evolved into a fully electric band that blends its early influences with modern dance, rock, pop and indie sou... |
| 26.07.2022 | Education
Education | BVSD, SVVSD urge families to apply for free, reduced lunch | The Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts are urging families to apply for free or reduced lunch benefits before the start of the school year, when districts will resume charging for lunches.
The federal government failed to ... |
| 30.06.2022 | Local News
Local News | Boulder County food banks struggle to keep shelves stocked | Walter O’Toole, food bank manager at Boulder’s Emergency Family Assistance Association, is using up his back stock of food faster than he can replenish it.
“Our shelves are not nearly as full as they normally are,” he said. “We aren’t able ... |
| 10.05.2021 | BVSD students harvest lettuce through Garden to Table program | Louisville Elementary’s second graders proved to be skillful gardeners this week, carefully tearing off three beds worth of lettuce leaves, removing any “yuckies” and digging out what was left of the plants to donate to teachers and volunte... |
| 11.12.2020 | BVSD’s Ann Cooper reflects on school lunch reform work before retirement | When Ann Cooper started as Boulder Valley’s food service director about 12 years ago, her plans included moving from individual school kitchens preparing lunches to a single, central production kitchen.
The “renegade lunch lady” realized th... |
| 07.12.2020 | BVSD serves millionth meal through its food distribution program | The Boulder Valley School District served its millionth meal through its emergency food distribution program Monday.
The program, which has provided bags of food since in-person schools closed in March, distributes the meals to families on ... |
| 22.11.2020 | Boulder parent creates recipes, menus for BVSD food bags | Boulder parent Kate Lacroix is developing recipes and tutorials to help families make meals out of the free bags of food the Boulder Valley School District distributes weekly to families.
“I have some free time, and it seemed like an easy w... |
| 01.09.2020 | Federal waivers allow local school districts to provide free meals to all | The Boulder Valley, St. Vrain Valley and Adams 12 school districts now can provide free meals to all children under 18 after the USDA this week extended food distribution waivers through the end of the year.
Before the waivers were extended... |
| 27.08.2020 | BVSD, SVVSD, Adams 12 offering school year food distribution | The Boulder Valley, St. Vrain Valley and Adams 12 school districts are offering meal distribution during the school year while students are learning remotely, though the rules are different than the emergency food distribution during the su... |
| 28.07.2020 | BVSD encourages families to apply for subsidized lunches | The Boulder Valley School District is encouraging families to apply for free and reduced lunch benefits, whether they plan to return to in-person learning through the district’s current hybrid plan or opt to learn remote only.
“Unemployment... |
| 02.06.2020 | BVSD, SVVSD continue emergency food distribution into summer | The Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts are continuing emergency food distribution through the summer, replacing their traditional summer food programs with drive-up options.
In past summers, St. Vrain Valley dished up meal... |
| 07.04.2020 | Broomfield Community Foundation awards first round of coronavirus-related grants | The Broomfield Community Foundation last week distributed more than $10,000 to local nonprofits through its Disaster Relief Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Foundation’s goal is to raise more than $100,000 to support nonprofit... |
| 30.03.2020 | BVSD, SVVSD launch remote learning with schools closed amid coronavirus | Marjorie Modrzejewski tried her first morning “huddle” with her 29 third- and fourth graders Monday morning through a video chat.
“It was like the first day of school,” said Modrzejewski, who teaches at Erie’s Meadowlark PK-8 School. “We we... |
| 19.03.2020 | BVSD hands out about 1,450 bags of food amid coronavirus pandemic | Lafayette’s Denise Hodge is trying to keep a middle schooler and high schooler fed with schools closed and grocery shelves “bare.”
“They’re boys, and they eat a lot,” she said as she picked up a bag of food Thursday at Alicia Sanchez Elemen... |
| 18.03.2020 | BVSD adjusts food distribution hours because of snowstorm forecast | The Boulder Valley School District is changing its food distribution hours to 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday because of a spring snowstorm forecast.
Boulder Valley is providing bags of food at nine locations for families to take home. The bags ... |
| 17.03.2020 | SVVSD, Adams 12 change food distribution schedule after snowstorm forecast | Both the St. Vrain Valley and Adams 12 school districts are changing their grab-and-go food distribution schedules because of a spring snowstorm forecast for Thursday.
Neither district will provide meals at their pickup locations that day. ... |
| 16.03.2020 | SVVSD, BVSD start food distribution for families impacted by school closures | Longmont’s Christina Gonzalez went to three grocery stores on Sunday before she found eggs at a small carniceria, or butcher shop, while trying to buy food for her family.
She was among those picking up bags of breakfast and lunch items cur... |
| 08.10.2019 | Local garlic bulbs bring pungent variety to farmers markets | Market happenings: Saturday’s farmers market in Boulder will mark its final Artisan Show of the season, so be sure to go peruse the selection of handmade art and crafts from local artisans, including jewelry, pottery, skincare items, screen... |
| 18.09.2019 | SVVSD, BVSD highlight local food, agriculture for Colorado Proud Day | Longmont’s Columbine Elementary students met a prize-winning 7-month-old pig named Violet, tried Haystack Mountain goat cheese, learned about pollinators and touched cotton seeds.
The interactive displays were set up on the school grounds b... |