Celebrating 100 Days of School!
Celebrating Dr. Seuss's Birthday!
St. Patrick's Day Celebration!
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April 1 – Parent Teacher Conferences 4:00-8:00PM
April 2 – No School Parent Teacher Conferences 12:00-8:00PM
April 3 – No School Teacher Inservice Day
April 6 – Donations Due for Carnival Silent Auction Sports Basket
April 10 - School Carnival 5:00-7:00PM
April 13-16 – Walking Field Trip to the High School Greenhouse (1 Class/Day 10:30AM)
April 16 – PreK Baby Pictures Due to Ms. Sarah for Graduation Slide Show
April 30 - Preschool and Kindergarten Round-Up
We would like to invite you and your future kindergartner(s) to join us at Platte Valley Elementary School to meet the kindergarten teachers and tour the classrooms! Those who attend will be entered into a drawing to win a new backpack full of supplies and goodies! We cannot wait to meet you!
When: Thursday, April 30th , 2026
Time: 4:30-6PM
Where: Platte Valley Elementary School
We would like to invite you and your future Preschooler(s) to join us at Platte Valley Early Learning Center to meet the preschool teachers and tour the classrooms! We cannot wait to meet you!
When: Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Time: 4:30-6PM
Where: Platte Valley Early Learning Center
TBD – Visit to Kindergarten Classrooms
May: Save the Date!
May 1 – Alma Registration Opens for 2026-2027 School Year
2026-2027 School Year Annual Data Update: Online Annual Data Update for all Platte Valley Families. If you have a child(ren) currently in a Platte Valley school, you will be required to complete the Annual Data Update prior to the start of school.
2026-2027 School Year New Admissions: Online New Admissions for all new families to Platte Valley. If you have other children enrolled at Platte Valley but need to add a new student, please see "Annual Data Update" to add a new child.
For more information, contact your school.
PVELC: 920-336-8760
PVES: 970-336-8520
PVMS: 970-336-8610
PVHS: 970-336-8700
Website: pvre7.org
May 4 – 8 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 13 & 14 - Field Day 12:30-End of Day
May 18 - PreK Graduation 6:00PM
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April Preschool Newsletter
Welcome Spring!
In April we will learn about weather, Earth Day and life cycles. We will watch caterpillars turn into butterflies and larvae turn into ladybugs. We will also be walking over to the greenhouse and planting flowers with one of our high school science classes. We will work hard on our math and literacy concepts. We will also start talking more with our PreK classes about what to expect in Kindergarten and we will start practicing for graduation.
There is a lot going on in the last eight weeks of school! Pay close attention to the important dates for April and May and watch for more detailed information to be coming out from your classroom teacher around end of the year activities.
Preschool Schedule Spotlight - Center Time: In addition to teaching our students through direct instruction, students are allowed free time daily to play in centers. Every classroom has eight centers; art, music, science, math, dramatic play, library, writing and blocks. Each center has educational and engaging materials for the students to use that encourage them to learn while they play. Center time also allows our students the opportunity to work on their friendship skills such as sharing, teamwork and taking turns. Our goal is to arrange our rooms in a way that provides enrichment opportunities throughout our schedule.
UPK Update: Universal Preschool Registration is open to anyone interested in attending our program for the 2026-2027 school year! To complete the application, families can access a link on our Platte Valley Early Learning Center website, or they can go straight to the Universal Preschool Colorado website https://upk.colorado.gov and register there for next year. I am happy to help anyone with the process.
District registration on Alma will open on May 1st for next school year. Returning families will be able to complete their student data update at that time and new families will be able to register.
Please help spread the word to anyone you know with a preschool age child that we are enrolling for next year. We accept out-of-district students, and we will be having a preschool round-up on April 30th for families who want to check out our school. This is the same night as the Kindergarten Round-up.
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Preschool/Kindergarten Round Up
You and your future preschoolers and kindergartners are invited to join us at Platte Valley Early Learning Center and Elementary School to meet the teachers and tour the classrooms on April 30, 2026, from 4:30-6:00 pm.
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Being Here: Student Attendance, Did You Know, State Budget and School Finance. While for students the end of the year may seem a long way off, there are now only 34 days of school remaining in the 2025-2026 school year. I share this with our families, community, and staff not because we are “counting down” the remaining days, but as a reminder we only have a limited amount of time in this school year to continue to work with students to help them grow. Platte Valley’s student attendance continues to be a bright spot for the District, an indicator of the commitment our students and families have to continued growth, improvement, and education. During the 3rd quarter our elementary currently had a 94.1% attendance rate, middle School 94.3%, and high school 90.6%. We recognize we cannot completely control student attendance. Students get sick, have appointments, and have a myriad or reasons they may miss. However, it is important to remember students cannot learn, grow, and achieve if they do not show up. This may be simple, but it is true. We appreciate our families’ efforts to help ensure our students continue to show to learn and grow. We want to see them here, we want to educate our students!
Did You Know – Student Fees and Admissions. One of the questions we get from time-to-time is related to charging a fee to participate in athletics or why we charge admission for the various events we hold. It is a fair and legitimate question. Student activities which includes athletics, the arts, music, and many other events are an important part of a student’s educational experience. We know and recognize that the more students are involved in the wide array of activities we offer the more likely that academic success is to follow. Additionally, there are a tremendous amount of skills obtained from these activities, the Success Skills we believe strongly in incorporating in the classroom as well, that are beneficial for students. However, these programmatic offerings are also incredibly expensive to operate. Our goal is not to make money off of these programs, however we need to be able to balance the need to offset some operations while working to ensure we can maintain accessibility for all who are interested. Below are financial associated with the operations of middle and high school athletics only for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and current year through February. You will notice the District operates at a significant loss in offering these programs.
Fiscal Year 2025-2026 To Date Through February
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Revenue
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Athletic Fees
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$20,123
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Athletic Gate
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$30,823
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Total Revenue
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$50,946
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Expenses
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Salaries (Does not include AD administration or office staff)
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$184,823
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Benefits (PERA, Medicare)
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$43,672
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Purchase Services
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$42,604
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Supplies
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$17,932
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Non-capital Equipment
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$1,720
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Transportation Salaries
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$37,613
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Total Expenses
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$328,364
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Net Loss
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$277,418
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Category
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Revenue
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Athletic Fees
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$27,741
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Athletic Gate
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$30,937
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Total Revenue
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$58,679
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Expenses
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Salaries (Does not include AD administration or office staff)
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$246,537
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Benefits (PERA, Medicare)
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$59,280
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Purchase Services
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$99,608
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Supplies
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$26,059
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Transportation Salaries
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$56,402
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Total Expenses
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$487,886
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Net Loss
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$429,207
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Category
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Revenue
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Athletic Fees
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$25,279
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Athletic Gate
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$37,083
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Total Revenue
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$62,362
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Expenses
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Salaries (Does not include AD administration or office staff)
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$225,036
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Benefits (PERA, Medicare)
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$53,782
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Purchase Services
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$94,415
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Supplies
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$24,342
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Transportation Salaries
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$59,559
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Total Expenses
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$466,609
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Net Loss for 2023-2024
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$404,247
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State Budget and School Finance. The state’s March Economic Forecast was released on March 19th. The economic condition has worsened as expected. Non-partisan legislative council staff (LCS) showed a decrease of $642 million in the general fund compared to December. Due to already being in a situation below the TABOR limit, this is a direct dollar for dollar hit to the state’s budget. Based on the LCS projections, the budget deficit is now projected to be $1.47 billion. The projection puts the state with a 6.5% reserve level at the end of the 2026-2027 fiscal year, less than half the 15 percent statutory requirement. Additionally, state education fund revenues are projected to decrease 5.3% in fiscal year 2025-2026, leading to a likely pause in the phase-in of the new finance formula. Finally, LCS staff noted an elevated risk of recession due to growing conflict in the Middle East.
The governor’s office budget had a more stable outlook than LCS staff, in addition to a lower deficit. This is based on the plan for the sale of Pinnacol Assurance totaling $400 million, one-time revenue that does not seem to have legislative support at this time. Finally, I have also learned that the JBC opted to accept the governor’s office budget in-lieu of LCS. This is more optimistic, however has a number of structural issues connected with it such as the aforementioned Pinnacol sale and is more suspect to a mid-year rescission.
JBC Stress Test Memo. On February 20th the non-partisan Joint Budget Committee (JBC) staff provided an analysis to the JBC to provide a longer-term analysis for the state’s general fund. The stress test used three different baseline economic condition scenarios through 2029-2030: (a). revenues and expenditures without a recession, (b). a moderate recession resulting in a 6.6% reduction in general fund revenues, and (c). a severe recession resulting in a 13.2% reduction in general fund revenues
The stress test assumed general fund obligations align with current law for the “big 6” which includes:
- Medicaid/Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and its population plus inflation, plus 2% inflationary growth,
- K-12 education and the implementation of the new finance formula (1448), assuming a two year pause in the implementation, and inflation plus population growth,
- Higher Education and Human Services growth of inflation plus population growth plus 1% inflationary growth.
- Corrections and Judicial which also is based on inflation plus population growth similar to K-12.
Using the assumptions stated above, the non-partisan JBC staff projects the state’s general fund to be depleted by 2029-2030 in the case of no recession and depleted by 2026-2027 in the case of a moderate recession. Finally, I will note that HCPF is facing cuts recommended by JBC for the 26-27 fiscal year to maintain the specified inflation plus 2% inflationary growth, plus population growth. Those cuts include a reduction in bed availability to serve health conditions through Medicaid and a reduction in paid hours to home caregivers to care for individuals with disabilities from 80 to 56 hours per week.
School Finance. A number of K-12 cuts are being discussed to potentially include:
- A change to count SOT collections from MLO and Bond Overrides as part of local share – This would allow the state to include approximately $200 million in additional local contribution, equally decreasing state contribution. For Platte Valley this would equate to approximately $250,000 in reduction. I liken this to the state using a portion of our MLO to count towards our school finance total program.
- A delay in the implementation of the new school finance formula – This would save the state approximately $75 million and was an agreed upon option with K-12 if the state was placed in a position where it had budgetary issues.
- A change from the current 3 year averaging (26-27) to 2 year averaging – This would save approximately $49 million.
- Cutting grants administered by CDE, with an undisclosed amount in potential savings.
Yours in Education,
Jeremy Burmeister, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools
“The average ones will do it some of the time. The good ones will do it most of the time. The great ones will do it ALL the time.” Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, actor, professional wrestler, and former Division 1 football player.
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