Your school boundary

Redrawn
without
your vote

Denver Public Schools is redrawing school boundaries and enrollment zones this fall, with a decision the district says it's aiming to make in October. Parents don't get a vote on it. The seven people below do hear from parents, and this page makes that take about a minute.

Tell your school board member:
Show us the map first.

Every Denver address has three board members: the one for your district and the two at-large members, who represent the whole city. Tap “email” next to a name and an email opens, already written and addressed. Send it as it is, or add your school and anything else on your mind. The letter is below if you want to read it first.

Not sure which district you're in? The two at-large members represent every address, so start there, and check your district on DPS's board contact page. Names, seats and addresses above are copied from that page as of September 16, 2026.

The email, already written

Subject: Show us the map first

Director [their name],

I'm a DPS parent. The district is about to redraw the lines that decide where our children go to school, with a decision in October and SchoolChoice opening in December. Before any boundary or zone decision is made, by whoever makes it, I'm asking for three things:

  1. The maps. The scenarios, with the seats at each school, and which families keep or lose a bus.
  2. What success means. A baseline, a target and a date for each of the initiative's stated goals.
  3. Time. The district's own FAQ says families need two months to navigate SchoolChoice after the decision. Give us the same two months with the maps in hand before it.

Show us the map first.

Thank you.

Say it in person: the public comment session

Monday, October 26 5:00 PM Denver Board of Education Public Comment & Progress Monitoring session
Emily Griffith Campus
1860 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80203

Just come. No sign-up is needed to attend, and a full room sends the message.

Want the microphone? You get three minutes, and it only takes one to sign up. The sign-up window for October 26 runs Monday, October 19 to Thursday, October 22 on the board's website or by phone at 720-423-3210.

Dates, times and locations are subject to change, in the board's own words. This page is updated if they move; the alert below is how you'd hear.

What's actually happening

The district calls it RODE, for "Redrawing Our District Equitably." It's a redraw of school boundaries and enrollment zones across Denver, and it decides which school an address is assigned to and where a family has enrollment priority. DPS has said it's aiming for an October decision so the new lines are in place when the SchoolChoice window opens in December.

Under the board's own policy (EL-19), the board handed the decision to the superintendent. Whatever the board's role turns out to be on the day, no parent votes on this. What parents can do is put it on the record, in writing and at the microphone, that the map should be public before the decision, not after.

Everything here is drawn from the district's published materials, linked below. Read them yourself rather than taking this page's word for it.

Get the alerts: the map, the meeting, the decision.

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