District overview
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Strasburg School District 31J serves about 1,200 students in Strasburg, Adams County, Colorado. Most operating money comes through Colorado's school-finance formula, which pays per student and combines local property tax with state aid; the board certifies the mill levy each December. A five-member board elected at large to four-year terms adopts the budget and hires the superintendent, Kelle Bongard.
Includes a 2.5% pay increase for all staff, built on projected enrollment decreases.
A March 2026 demographer study found enrollment roughly stable, about 1.5% growth in recent years, with new housing helping offset losses to online programs.
A new wheelchair-accessible bus will be bought from reserves while keeping reserves above the target.
A bell-to-bell device policy began the first day of the 2026-27 school year.
The budget figures here come from board summaries; the full adopted budget document is not posted with the meeting records.
Policy JICJ restricts personal devices all day; a committee developed it over several months.
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A consultant proposal for a long-range facility master plan was approved on the consent agenda.
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Terms of Michael Marrero, Diana Elliott and Mary O'Malley end in October 2027. Colorado holds regular school elections in November of odd years; candidates are not yet published.
Official source · verified Nov 6, 2026
Practical guides to school phone policies, district budgets, and administrator hiring.
Explore resources →Built from the board's posted agendas, minutes and three meeting recordings (machine transcripts), November 2025 to August 2026. September and October 2026 meetings were not yet posted.
We read every agenda, packet, recording, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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