We decoded Colorado school districts’ peculiar names and learned some state history along the way

By Jenny Brundin
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COLORADO-SCHOOL-DISTRICT-NAMES-COWO
Idaho Springs Public School, Cripple Creek Colo. History Colorado. Accession #86.200.200.20050
A man stands and poses on a sidewalk in front of the Idaho Springs Public School building in Idaho Springs (Clear Creek County), Colorado.

COLORADO-SCHOOL-DISTRICT-NAMES-COWO
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COLORADO-SCHOOL-DISTRICT-NAMES-COWO
Jenny Brundin/CPR from The Elimination of Small Schools

From The Elimination of Small Schools, 1935, University of Colorado

  • C – Consolidated (applied after 1949)
  • R (after 1953), Re or RE (1959) – Reorganized
  • RD – Reorganized/Deconsolidated
  • J, Jt, J – Joint, crosses county lines
  • RJ, RE-J, Jt-R – Reorganized Joint

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Courtesy of Callie Berkson, Mesa County Valley School District 51

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