Boulder Valley School District

Boulder Valley School District No.2
Address
6500 Arapahoe Road
Boulder
, Colorado, 80303
United States
Coordinates40°00′52″N 105°12′04″W / 40.014485°N 105.201221°W / 40.014485; -105.201221
District information
Established1960 (64 years ago) (1960)
SuperintendentRob Anderson
NCES District ID0802490[1]
Students and staff
Enrollment29,240 (2020-2021)[1]
Staff1,717.07 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Student–teacher ratio17.03[1]
Other information
Websitewww.bvsd.org

The Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 is a school district in Colorado, United States. It is headquartered in the BVSD Education Center in unincorporated Boulder County, near Boulder.[2] The district serves Boulder, Gold Hill, Jamestown, Lafayette, Louisville, Nederland, Superior, and Ward. Its area also includes portions of Broomfield and Erie.[3]

The Boulder Valley Board of Education officially appointed Rob Anderson to be the superintendent on July 1, 2018. Anderson was previously the Deputy Superintendent of Academics in the Fulton County School System. He has been an educator since 1997, having previously worked in Florida and Georgia.[4]

Anderson replaced Cindy Stevenson, the ex-head of Jefferson County Public Schools, who had been hired as the interim superintendent on June 19, 2017. Stevenson succeeded Bruce K. Messinger, who was fired on May 9, 2017 over an unspecified complaint.[5][6]

Boulder Valley is known for being one of the highest paying districts in the state of Colorado. In 2018, teachers in the district were reportedly paid 45 percent above the state average. The average teacher salary was $75,000.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Boulder Valley School District No. Re2". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. ^ "Student Rights and Responsibilities Guide Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine." Boulder Valley School District. Retrieved on October 7, 2011. "BVSD EDUCATION CENTER / 6500 Arapahoe Ave., P.O. Box 9011 / Boulder, CO 80301"
  3. ^ "About BVSD Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine." Boulder Valley School District. Retrieved on October 7, 2011.
  4. ^ "Dr. Rob Anderson Takes The Lead In BVSD". The Mountain Ear. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  5. ^ Bounds, Amy (May 9, 2017). "Boulder Valley fires Superintendent Bruce Messinger over an unspecified complaint". Daily Camera. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  6. ^ Bounds, Amy (June 19, 2017). "BVSD officially hires Cindy Stevenson, ex-head of Jeffco schools, as interim superintendent". Daily Camera. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  7. ^ Ackerman, Mark (April 27, 2018). "Boulder Valley Is Highest Paying School District in Colorado". CBS Denver. Retrieved December 4, 2019.