Key Takeaways

The Board of Education has voted to close Beattie Elementary, Johnson Elementary, Putnam Elementary, and Blevins Middle School beginning in the Fall of the 2027-2028 school year.

The Board of Education has voted to consolidate Centennial High School and Poudre Community Academy to form a new school beginning in the Fall of the 2027-2028 school year at a location to be determined.

The Board of Education has voted to close Irish Escuela Bilingüe in the Fall of the 2028-29 school year. In addition, the Board directs the administration during the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years, to develop a more unified Dual Language program that will begin during the 2028-2029 school year.

The Board of Education has voted to close Timnath Elementary in the Fall of the 2028-2029 school year unless the Town of Timnath secures funding to fully fund the cost of building a new elementary school that would be owned and operated by the Poudre School District by November 2027.

All three mountain schools (Livermore Elementary, Red Feather Elementary, and Stove Prairie Elementary) originally recommended for closure will remain open.

FOCO is getting gaslit by these Bums...

Today is their 93rd anniversary and they were selling their rolls for 93 cents. They ran out at around 8 but I still copped myself a pecan day-old roll for $3.

...on JFK today. Last I saw he was running around the east side of the KS parking lot.

Very friendly, no collar, bit underweight which makes me suspicious may be a street cat. Near Myrtle and College, anyone know them?

I miss the Fox and Crow, and I get an overwhelming craving for their Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese every fall. I built somewhat of a rapport with the staff while it was still open, and I tried to recreate the dish based on the tips I gleaned from the kitchen staff. Here's the recipe (serves 2 - 4 people depending on how hungry you are)

FOR THE BUTTERNUT SQUASH:

1. Peel 1/2 a butternut squash, and cut it into 1/2" cubes. Place it on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper; toss and bake at 400F for 20- 25 minutes.

2. While the squash is baking, make brown butter with 2 tbsp. butter. As soon as the butter finishes, take off heat, let cool for 1 minutes, and stir in 2 tsp. finely chopped rosemary. Toss roasting butternut squash in brown butter for the last 5 minutes of squash cooking time.

FOR THE MAC AND CHEESE

I repurposed a butterkase Mac and Cheese recipe I found online, but if any former Fox and Crow staff wants to share the secrets of the Mac and Cheese base, I would be eternally grateful

1. Make a roux with 1 tbsp butter and 1.5 tbsp flour. Cook for 3 - 5 minutes, then add 1.5 cup of milk. Cook until slightly thickened, then add 6oz. shredded Butterkase cheese and 4oz. shredded white cheddar (I used Tillamook sharp white). Cook (stirring constantly) until the cheese melts completely; season with 1/2 tsp. white pepper, 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper, 1/2 tsp. salt, and 1 tsp. lemon juice (although I might try it with sherry wine vinegar next time). Mix with 8oz of (cooked) macaroni of choice.

ASSEMBLY

1. Cook 4 slices of bacon and crumble.

2. Dish Mac into oven-safe dishes, top with butternut squash, then bacon, then a generous slab of camberzola (found at Whole Foods). Place under broiler at 425F until camberzola is melted (approx. 3 - 4 minutes).

3. Top with green pumpkin seeds, and a slight drizzle of maple syrup

Enjoy!

EDIT: Tuesday Nov 3rd
Neighborly post, no rant. FoCo, your ballot is sitting at your house or your apartment right nowwww and in odd-year elections like this one, the margin literally comes down to who walks theirs to a drop box. If yours isn't in yet, this post is the ten minutes you need.

The two measures everyone's arguing about:

Prop 134 requires every team in Colorado to be labeled male, female, or co-ed, from K-12 through college. For Fort Collins that's not abstract: it covers PSD teams AND CSU athletics, including club and intramural levels depending on how the mandate gets applied. Enforcement means sex verification of student athletes the reporting that's come out describes doctor's notes and DNA swabs costing families hundreds of dollars, and any girl can be challenged by anyone with a grudge: too tall, too strong, short hair. The women caught in past sex-testing dragnets in international sport were almost never trans at all. Poudre schools and CHSAA have handled these situations case by case for decades, and nobody in the state even tracks how many trans kids play school sports because the number is tiny. A statewide verification bureaucracy for a problem nobody can count.

Prop 135 does bans gender-affirming surgery for minors. Colorado's own nonpartisan Blue Book flags the language as vague enough to sweep in surgeries for kids who aren't even transgender intersex kids included. Harvard research puts actual trans surgeries for teens 15–17 at roughly 2 per 100,000. And Colorado law already requires parental consent for any surgery on a minor. A near-empty ban with real collateral damage and an insurance knock-on for families!

Context both share: they bypassed Colorado's legislature on purpose lawmakers refused to pass them because national organizers picked our state as a blue-state "testing ground" for a template they want to run everywhere! In Washington, the same playbook is funded by a hedge fund manager bundling the sports ban with repealing the millionaire income tax. Fort Collins doesn't need to be anyone's test case.

The logistics, the actual point of this post:

Your ballot is at your house or apartment. CSU students registered in Fort Collins: check your mail and your old address on file and you can update at GoVoteColorado.com if you've moved since last year
NO on 134. NO on 135. Vote the whole sheet, Prop NN (school funding) and Prop 137 (conservation) matter this cycle too
SIGN YOUR ENVELOPE. Missing or mismatched signatures are the #1 reason Colorado ballots get rejected, and they're fixable through ballot cure if you catch it fast
Larimer County drop boxes are all over town and open 24/7 until 7pm Tuesday there's one right near campus, plus the county offices on Mason St., libraries, and rec centers. No stamp, no line
Lost, damaged, or botched your ballot? Any Larimer County vote center issues a replacement through Election Day
Already voted? Text three FoCo friends and ask if theirs is in. That's the whole margin in an election like this one.
This thread will turn into a debate war by this evening. that's what these measures are designed to do, generate argument instead of solutions. But the actual decision doesn't happen in the comments. It happens at drop boxes by 7pm Tuesday, November 3.

NO on 134. NO on 135. Get it in the box, FoCo.

Thoughts on the new brewery in town? Would love to check this out!

I posted a few days ago asking about any negative experiences at a few specific apartment complexes. I appreciate all the feedback and suggestions that I received.

I am back again, since we are out state, we are going to have a friend tour Bucking Horse Apartments and FaceTime us. The location is close to where we lived previously and is basically perfect for us. If you live or have lived there please lmk if there are any reasons that you would recommend not living there. Thanks again! We can’t wait to be back!

Hi there! I'm 21F and just looking for more friends in the fort collins area. My hobbies are working out, hiking, and video games. Dm me or comment if interested 😊

Hi everyone,

I just moved here and want to meet new people. Any fun events over the weekend that you would recommend? I'm a single girl in my late 30's who loves music and art.

Hi neighbors! An orange cat has been stopping by our house regularly for the past few weeks. He's friendly and looks well fed, so he may have a home, but we wanted to check in case he's lost or a stray. We're in a neighborhood off Prospect and Lemay. If he's yours, or you know whose he is, please comment or DM me. Just want to make sure he's being looked after :)

There have been some posts here on r/FortCollins about restaurants using AI to create their posters and I thought this article from the Denver Post made some interesting points. Mainly, the problems using unrealistic or unrepresentative images of the foods offered.

Edit: I didn't realize this article is a reprint from a Chicago article (even though the Post article said so), but I'll leave it up anyway for the thoughtful replies.

I'm a single bi woman in my 30s who would like to find LGBT women to date but don't know where to go. I've been more attracted to women and feminine presenting people my whole life and knew about my attraction 10 years before men but have never dated a woman, only men. I am feminine presenting myself so most people don't believe I'm attracted to women even when I tell them. I'll be leaving to a relatively red state small town in half a year and would like some casual experience dating women beforehand because I probably won't get the chance there. I don't prefer much drinking or loud noises/lights because of neurodivergence so the r bar is stressful for me. I have a "dumb" phone so I can't even download a dating app... Any advice for a hopeless bi woman in Fort Collins? Where do the LGBT people congregate? 😆

Does anyone know which shops in town are doing Friday the 13th tattoo specials? Thanks so much.

So heartbroken to be asking this but does anyone have recommendations for divorce lawyers? Priority on affordable, fast and empathetic.

The city and its contractor tend to move the photo radar bots* on the last Friday of the month. That's this Friday. Let's have some fun with it and put down our best predictions for where they'll move to next.

Or, if you like, where do you think they're most needed this month?

I'm predicting they move the one on Ziegler to the southbound side of the street. That's a nice, easy, move for them. The other one I think is currently somewhere on Lemay. I don't think I've ever seen one on Shields but Shields also has two stationary photo radar cameras**. Maybe somewhere between the two like northbound between Horsetooth and Drake?

* Talking strictly about the two cabinet looking ones here; not the Jeep / van.
** Three if you count the one at Mulberry but I'm not since it doesn't get Shields traffic.

I have a very simple custom ductwork job that I'm trying to get hired out. So far, I can't get any local providers to respond. Ideas?

Just a reminder to vote.

You can check your registration status here (reminder you can register up to election day):

https://www.sos.state.co.us/voter/pages/pub/home.xhtml

If you have not already sent in your ballot today (Monday) was the last day to mail in your ballot. You can still drop it off at a ballot box. These are not handled by USPS, but rather collected by the county. You can find ballot box locations and other information here:

https://www.larimer.gov/clerk/elections/where-to-vote

On a personal note, I am a serial procrastinator and currently work (more than) full time and have kids. I know we are all (extremely horridly) tired and it can feel like spending the time to vote is futile, but it is not and that only works in the favor of those who benefit from an unengaged electorate. I feel your pain, but I promise it is worth the time.

is anybody here going to this show? my wife is sick and already sold her ticket. I'm a huge grateful dead fan and would love to make more like-minded friends in foco to attend these types of shows with. i just don't want to go solo. i'll buy the first round!