As we collectively work toward academic advancement for every student in our district, our purpose statement is the foundation for our initiatives.

Englewood Schools District Purpose Statement

Englewood Schools has a moral imperative and unwavering commitment to ensure extraordinary outcomes for each student. Diversity is an asset. We are committed to honoring students' identities, cultures, and abilities, while breaking down barriers to a safe and equitable learning experience. In service of this, we maintain high expectations and nurture all aspects of the whole child.

2024-2025 Yearly Update for Opportunity, Access, and Inclusion in Englewood Schools

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In Englewood Schools, we are committed to fostering a learning environment that is safe, inclusive, and engaging for all people that make up the beautiful mosaic of our community. As such, we will not tolerate bias, microaggressions, identity-based bullying or otherwise discriminatory behavior, whether that is directed toward a student, staff member, or family member. While we pride ourselves on proactive supports to prevent bias and discrimination from occurring in the first place, we know that these behaviors can still sometimes occur. In those instances, we offer in the moment resources to intervene, as well as pathways to report such behaviors so that we can address them through classroom, school, department, and/or district channels. We appreciate the partnership of all the stakeholders that comprise the Englewood Schools community in ensuring that this is a welcoming, safe, and inclusive space for everyone. 

Proactive Support

• Inclusivity training for school staff: classrooms and schools that are trauma-informed, consider and remove historical barriers to safe, accessible and engaging learning opportunities, and offer differentiated supports that honor every student's strengths and needs.
• Community workshops: resources to honor diversity at home and in the community  
• Student workshops: learning that builds 21st century skills for students to engage in a diverse global community with empathy, self-awareness, and a discerning lens.   

In-the-Moment Resources

• Talk Moves to Respond to Bias: strategies and sentence stems to prepare you to respond to biased remarks

Reporting Instances of Bias

• If you witness or experience a potentially biased incident based on a person's identity, ability, or culture, please contact us to report the incident. You may use the flowchart below to guide you in this process.

• If you or someone you know is in crisis, call Colorado Crisis Services at 844-493-8255 or text TALK to 38255 (both available 24/7). 
• If you would like to make an anonymous report regarding a safety issue, you can make a report through Safe2Tell 24/7: call 877-542-7233, make a report online, or use their mobile app.
• If you or someone you know is experiencing an emergency, please call 911.

Englewood Schools is committed to providing a safe learning and work environment where all members of the school community are treated with dignity and respect. It is critical to this commitment that anyone who may have experienced discrimination or harassment in the context of the district's educational programs, activities, or employment can report their concerns. It is a violation of policy for any student or staff member to harass students or to retaliate against those who report harassment or discrimination or those who participate in a harassment investigation. 

You may file a formal verbal or written complaint in order to begin the investigation process (if one has not already been started for the incident). While not required, it is suggested that you use this complaint form so we have information from the onset to begin the investigation with both care and speed.

Please submit your complaint to one of the following individuals:

• School Principal or another school administrator -OR-
• Director of Opportunity, Access, and Inclusion, Dr. Rana Razzaque
  • email: Rana_Razzaque@engschools.net
  • phone: 303-806-2004

Note: the board policies detailing the investigation process are linked in the section below, under "complaint procedures"