Dear Poudre School District Community,
Over the past several weeks, I’ve shared information about enrollment trends and the work of our Comprehensive Planning Committee. I want to continue that commitment to open and honest communication by sharing an update about the budget challenges Poudre School District is facing as we plan for the 2026–27 school year.
Poudre School District is pleased to announce that Alison Ferguson has been selected as the next principal of Johnson Elementary School beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Mrs. Ferguson brings more than a decade of administrative experience to the position with a focus on making all children feel welcome.
Poudre School District is excited to announce that Angel Herrick has been selected as the next principal of PSD’s three mountain schools — Red Feather Lakes, Livermore, and Stove Prairie — beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Mrs. Herrick brings more than two decades of experience at PSD to the position and is eager to deepen her connections to the unique mountain communities.
Students across the district are constantly expressing themselves through breathtaking artwork and soul-touching pieces of writing, some of which were recognized at the state level this year.
PSD students earned 25 state-level 2026 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards through the Colorado Art Awards this year, across individual achievements and portfolios. These include:
Opportunity is a key building block of the Poudre School District, which is evident in a program offered to district employees designed to help them, as its name implies, become a teacher.
Dear PSD Community,
For a fourth straight year, Nikhil Ganta has been named the champion of the Poudre School District Spelling Bee. Ganta, now a sixth-grade student at Kinard Core Knowledge Middle School, won the 2026 title after correctly spelling “panacea” during the competition held at the Johannsen Support Services Center Jan. 23.
All PSD non-charter school buildings will operate on a 2-hour delay Monday, Jan. 26, due to forecasted cold temperatures. Remote learning will not take place. Schools will dismiss at the regular time unless families are notified otherwise. Lunch service will continue as scheduled.
Student achievement is always a focus for the Poudre School District community, and that dedication to success is again evident in the class of 2025’s record high 89% graduation rate; this marks the second consecutive year of record high graduate rates.
Across the country—and across the political spectrum—public education is the subject of strong opinions and big questions. What should students be learning, or not learning, in school? Are districts preparing young people for a world that doesn’t exist anymore? Are expectations for students too high or too low—and unmet? Is the only way to exercise school choice to opt out of the public school system entirely?
