During a 5 p.m. special meeting Thursday, Superintendent Charlotte Macaluso is expected to present her recommendations for school closures to the Pueblo City Schools (D60) board of education.

Prior to that, the board is scheduled hear an update on the facilities master plan process. Options include school closures and consolidations, renovations and new school construction.

There will be no opportunity for public comment during the meeting, which will take place in the D60 ad building, 315 W. 11th St., Arapahoe Room. Additionally, action on the superintendent's recommendations is not part of Thursday's agenda.

The recommendations that have moved forward emerged from a series of community stakeholder meetings. To give the community at large an opportunity to learn more about these recommendations, D60 will host community forums from 4-8 p.m. on April 2 (Pueblo Convention Center) and April 3 (Pueblo Community College.)

In an expo format, the forums will allow participants to review each option and then offer input and feedback. That information will then make its way back to the D60 board prior to a final recommendation(s) being formally adopted.

As created by MOA Architects, the master plan and facilities assessment highlights the perilous state of the district's aging facilities and the tens of millions of dollars needed to make the necessary upgrades and repairs.

Within that plan are two-, three- and four-high school scenarios, with elementary school closures also figuring into the options.

Of significant note is whether the district will present a bond measure before voters in November, and if so, if it will pass. Without the critically needed funds from a bond, school closures and consolidations are much more likely.

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