Revitalization committee meetings scheduled for tonight and tomorrow are being postponed, Northwest Area Superintendent Joe Sandoval announced today.

Remington Elementary School (4735 Pecos St.) had a meeting scheduled for today at 4:45 p.m. at the school; Skinner Middle School (3435 W. 40th Ave.) had a meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19.

Area Superintendent Sandoval said he hoped to have the meetings rescheduled in the next week or two. The postponement is needed to confirm final committee membership, he said, in coordination with Superintendent Jerry Wartgow.

Skinner Middle School and Remington and Brown elementary schools are assembling a committee of parents, teachers and community members to help decide a new direction for their schools.

The Board of Education named 13 schools as eligible for revitalization, one of the mill levy proposals approved by voters in November 2003. The revitalization component included $2.5 million of the $20 million annual tax increase approved by voters. Schools will use the money to develop plans to increase student achievement and increase the attractiveness of the schools to the community.

Committee membership will include two to four individuals from each of these groups: parents of existing students; parents residing in the neighborhood but whose children do not attend the school; representatives from the school's staff, preferably one of whom is a member of the Collaborative School Committee; and non-parent community members.

Other committee members will include the school's principal (if he or she is continuing at that school next year) along with the Area or Assistant Area Superintendent and a non-voting staff person appointed by the Area/Assistant Superintendent who provides logistical support for the committee.

For more information, contact the DPS Northwest Area Superintendent's Office at 303-764-7950.