Poudre School District community:  

Heading into a week where members of our community may be attending Tuesday’s listening session with the school board centered on potential school consolidation and boundary adjustments, we know questions remain about the central motivating factors behind these discussions – enrollment and its impact on the district’s budget.  

On Friday, April 12, 2024, former Poudre School District bus paraprofessional Tyler Zanella appeared in 8th Judicial District Court for a sentencing hearing.

This is the maximum sentence the court will allow; for a total of 12.5 years. For the entirety of the sentence there will be a no contact order in place for all victims and no contact with anyone under the age of 18, including his own children. PSD terminated the former employee immediately upon his arrest on May 24, 2023, and he is not eligible for reemployment in PSD.  

As Poudre School District is engaged in Long-Range Planning work – involving boundary adjustments, school consolidations, and educational program changes – our community can get information from many different sources. This is, in many ways, a good thing. It shows that people are engaged and invested in this complex and important topic, and they are seeking and sharing varying perspectives.  

Honoring PSD Staff

Poudre School District was excited to honor exceptional staff across the district at the PSD Celebrates event April 2 at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins. Thank you to all who attended to support and recognize our phenomenal staff.

To keep our community informed about long-range planning efforts, we will send an update after each meeting of and presentation by the PSD Facilities Planning Steering Committee to the school board.