Arvada K-8 closes due to low enrollment [Video]

“We’re really sad,” fourth-grade teacher Cathy Margolis said. “We’re excited to see the kids looking forward to summer but we’re really sad to see them go.”

Margolis knew seeing the students walk out of Arvada K-8’s doors Wednesday would be their final time as “Timberwolves.”

“I think that’s going to be the hardest goodbye for me today is saying goodbye to all the students,” Margolis said.

Fellow fourth-grade teacher and Margolis’ teammate, Suzanne Morales, shared the same feelings.

“For me what’s really hard is when you’ve been in a school a long time and your students give you hugs and say hi,” Morales said. “The relationships will come but you’re starting over. Relationships with teammates, staff, missing everybody.”

The JeffCo school board voted to close Arvada …