Community Corner
🌱 Patch AM: How would closing Birch Elementary reshape Broomfield classrooms and families’ routines?
Happening soon: Encouragement Day Festival 2026 on the Broomfield Patch calendar
Good morning to you Broomfield! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How would closing Birch Elementary reshape Broomfield classrooms and families' routines?
Also on today's calendar: Encouragement Day Festival 2026 and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 62 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Tuesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 87, low: 60.
- Wednesday: A t-storm in the afternoon, with a high of 84 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Boulder Valley parents organize against school closure, reconfiguration plans (broomfieldenterprise.com) — Broomfield families face the proposed closure of Birch Elementary as part of Boulder Valley's plan to shut four schools and reconfigure others starting in 2027, aiming to save up to $4 million annually. Parents across the district are organizing petitions, rallies, and data campaigns, arguing the fast timeline, limited engagement, and potential overcrowding or under-enrollment could harm students more than the modest savings justify. 
📸 Around Broomfield
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Broomfield
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★ Featured events ★
- Encouragement Day Festival 2026 →
Junkyard Social Club, 2525 Frontier Ave, Boulder
6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
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Other local events
- No School- Staff Workday
Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023 - PTO Event Qdoba Dine Out
Mountain View Elementary School Broomfield, CO 80020
4:00 pm - Girls Soccer
Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
4:30 pm - Council Meeting - 6 p.m. →
City and County of Broomfield, CO Calendar, One DesCombes Drive, Broomfield
6:00 pm - Academic Letter Ceremony
Legacy High School BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
7:45 am - BHMS Girls Volleyball v Monarch (Sparks)
Broomfield Heights Middle School , 1555 Daphne St, Broomfield, C
5:00 pm - BHMS Girls Volleyball @ LMS (Johnston)
Broomfield Heights Middle School Louisville Middle School, 1341 Main St, Louisville, CO 80027
5:00 pm - MS Performing Arts Information Night
Thunder Vista P-8 , 3461 Preble Creek Pkwy, Broomfield, CO 80023
6:30 pm - Flag Football Game @ BHMS
Broomfield Heights Middle School, 1555 Daphne St, Broomfield
5:00 pm - Cross Country Meet- Boys @5:30; Girls @6:05
Thunder Vista P-8 BROOMFIELD, CO 80023
5:30 pm - XC Meet #2- 5:30pm Boys Race, 6:05pm Girls Race
Westlake Middle School Broomfield, CO 80020
5:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
Thursday September 10
📣 Broomfield Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Everyone be careful off of 287!
There is a BABY BEAR running back and forth between traffic and the hill right near the airport. (Nextdoor Countryside) - A new scam based on MyPortal: If your medical team (Doctor, Medical Practice, Hospital) uses MyPortal for you to receive or send information back and forth, look out if you receive a fake email about test results or a free emergency kit.
See this link: https://www.foxnews.com/tech/fake-patient-portal-scam-steal-login-infect-pc Mine had this Subject line: "New notification message… (Nextdoor Eagle Trace)
- Justrite Safety Group posted a job opening for Sr Supply Chain Manager in Broomfield. Apply here.
- Affinity Living Communities posted a job opening for Cleaner / Housekeeper in Lafayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Broomfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Lafayette
- Lafayette couple renovating historic home discovers a family's past stashed inside its walls (coloradohometownweekly.com)
- Boulder Valley parents organize against school closure, reconfiguration plans (coloradohometownweekly.com)
Westminster
- Dave & Buster's Celebrates National Video Games Day with 1/2 Price Games and Free Unlimited Game Play for Customers Named... (milehighonthecheap.com)
- Kolton Gochis dies in three-vehicle accident on U.S. 285 (newsline.com)
- It's Spider Season. Here's What Hikers Need to Know. (backpacker.com)
Louisville
- LABOR DAY: Colorado Workers to Celebrate at Annual Louisville Picnic (yellowscene.com)
Ok Broomfield! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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