The final school bell should not be where opportunity ends for Colorado kids

By: Santhosh Ramdoss, Chris Watney

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 752

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Colorado families know that what happens after the last school bell matters as much as what happens before it. The hours between 3 and 6 p.m. — and throughout the summer — are when a child finds a coach, discovers robotics, explores the arts, or comes home to an empty house and a screen. That difference has become one of Colorado’s biggest opportunity gaps, and now we have a rare chance to close it.

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