School District 27J Committees
TURNING COMMITMENT INTO ACTION
The District has many active community members and parents who work with teachers and administrators on policies, curriculum, budget and planning for the future. Please contact your building principal if you are interested in being a part of a school committee.
District Accountability Committee
3rd Monday of the month * 6-7:30 p.m. at the Edwin E. Harshbarger Educational Services Center, 18551E 160th
Avenue, Brighton, CO * Contact lsobel Stevenson - 303-655-2955
Avenue, Brighton, CO * Contact lsobel Stevenson - 303-655-2955
• serves as an advisory committee to the Board of Education and serves as a sounding board for the community
• consists of parents, non-parent taxpayers, school district professional staff, and students of the district who are interested in the school system and want to become involved in efforts to improve the educational system
• makes recommendations to the Board of Education relative to accountability/accreditation
Hispanic Advisory Council
3rd Thursday of the month * 4 p.m. at North Elementary in the library, 89 N. 6th Ave. Brighton, CO* Contact Ruth DeCrescentis - 303.655.2814 or Nena DelVillar - 303-655-2547
• seeks to assure excellence in education for all students with a focus on Hispanic students, their parents and the community
• assists the Superintendent in understanding and representing the interests of Hispanic students to the Board of Education
• maintains particular emphasis on academic achievement, parent involvement, student involvement in school activities and scholarships
Long Range Facilities Planning Committee
3rd Thursday of the month * 6 - 8 p.m. at the Edwin E. Harshbarger Educational Services Center, 18551
E. 160th Avenue, Brighton * Contact Joy Gerdom - 303-655-2983
• reviews growth projection and shifts in student population
• reviews and considers current and future facilities issues
• makes recommendations to the Board of Education and Superintendent regarding site and facilities issues for the purpose of planning effectively to meet the educational needs of youngsters and making the best possible use of facilities, sites and funds entrusted to the District by the community
Citizens Bond Review & Advisory Committee
4th Thursday of the Month * 4:30 p.m. at Edwin E. Harshbarger Education Services Center, 18551 E. 160th
Avenue, Brighton, CO * Contact Terry Lucero - 303.655.2921
• reviews and gathers information regarding the use of the money received from the sale of the bonds
• reports to the BOE on the planning and expenditure of these funds
• May be called upon by the BOE to make recommendations for the use of funds remaining from previous bond issues or the use
of funds not expended in the completion of the projects identified within the 2006 Bond language.
• reviews and gathers information regarding the use of the money received from the sale of the bonds
• reports to the BOE on the planning and expenditure of these funds
• May be called upon by the BOE to make recommendations for the use of funds remaining from previous bond issues or the use
of funds not expended in the completion of the projects identified within the 2006 Bond language.
Capital Facility Fee Foundation
3rd Friday of the month (every other month) * noon.-1:30 p.m. at Edwin E. Harshbarger Educational
Services Center, 18551 E. 160th Avenue, Brighton * Contact Joy Gerdom - 303.655.2983
• it is a unique public private partnership founded in January 2001 to promote and assist in the development, financing and acquisition of educational facilities and improvements that benefit the residents and patrons of the district
• the primary goal of the Capital Facility Fee Foundation is to address a shortfall between the bonding capacity of the district and the capital construction needs of the district for new schools
• makes recommendations to the Board of Education
School Naming Committee
Meets on an as needed basis.
• reviews and gathers suggestions for naming of new schools• makes recommendations to the Board of Education
