Frequently Asked Questions

Enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year has started.  Enrollment is done online at Adams12.org.

Meridian is open for choice enrollment in some grade levels for families that do not live within our school boundary.  To determine if you live in our boundary, please visit the Adams 12 School Finder and enter your address.  For more information about the choice process and to apply for choice, visit Adams 12 Schools of Choice.  

For families that live in the school boundary, you can enroll by visiting the district's enrollment page.

Enrollment Requirements

The following will be required to enroll (online application requires these documents to be uploaded at the time of registration):

• Student Birth Certificate (student must be 5 on or before October 1, 2024 to enroll in KG for the 2024-2025 school year)
• Parent Driver's license
• Current Proof of Residence (click here to view options)
• Current Immunizations

Meridian is open for choice in many grade levels each year.  There are several rounds of choice, and some grade levels can be closed after each round.  To view which grades Meridian is currently open for choice enrollment for, please visit Adams 12 Schools Open For Choice. The deadline to apply for Choice during the priority enrollment window is January 2.  After this date, choice will be offered only if space is still available. 

For additional information about the choice process, including choice application deadlines and to complete the online choice application, please visit the Adams 12 Schools of Choice web page.  

Students should arrive between 7:40am and 7:50am.  Students must be in their classroom by the 7:50am tardy bell or they are considered tardy.

The Five Star District may announce a 1-hour delayed start if temporary adverse weather conditions exist in the morning, including but not limited to high winds, cold temperatures or unfavorable road conditions for morning rush hour. In the event of an announced 1-hour delayed start, school will start one hour after normal time at every level, and morning bus pick-up times will also be one hour after the normal pick-up. 

Example: if your child's school normally starts at 7:50 a.m., it will start at 8:50 a.m.; if your child normally boards the bus at 7:25 a.m., they will board the bus at 8:25 a.m. 

School will end at its normal time; afternoon bus drop-off times and afternoon BASE will not be adjusted.

Things to note during an announced 1-hour delayed start:

• Transportation: Morning bus pick-up will be one hour after the normal pick-up; afternoon bus drop-off times will not be adjusted.

• BASE: Morning BASE will begin at 7:30 a.m. at all locations; afternoon BASE will not be adjusted.

• Nutrition: School meal(s) will be available at all schools. Meal times may be adjusted based on the delayed start schedule. Breakfast will still be served beginning at 8:30AM.

• Extracurricular activities: Activities and field trips during the school day that require transportation will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Activity and field trip times will not be adjusted; however, if the trip is scheduled for after the delayed start, transportation will determine if the activity may continue based on road conditions, travel times and distance. After-school activities will be decided by the school.

1-hour delayed starts maximize instructional time with students rather than closing for the entire day; and give the city and district staff additional time to clear roads, sidewalks and parking lots to ensure the safety of the Five Star community.    

Your child will be seen in the health office if ill or injured at school. The health aide, or office staff, will determine if your child needs to go home for illness or injury. If your child needs to go home, you will be contacted as soon as possible. The school does not have a way to keep ill children for long periods of time. Therefore it is important that parents keep the school informed of any changes in address and/or telephone numbers.

Please call our attendance line at 720-972-7937. Absences must be reported on Meridian's attendance line prior to 8:00AM, even if the teacher has been notified of the absence. This number may be called ahead of time to report an absence or tardy. Please leave a message with the following information:

• Name of person calling

• Relationship to student

• Student's name

• Date(s) of absence

• Reason for absence

• Teacher's name

If you are requesting homework, please email your child's teacher.

Please complete the Meridian Elementary Pre-Arranged Absence form at least 2 weeks prior to the absence.  Turn this form into the main office.  

MeridianElementaryPre-ArrangedAbsenceForm.pdf

A recess break is provided for all children at their lunch period. Additional recess breaks are at the discretion of the teacher. Precipitation, wind speed and low temperatures can cause recess breaks to be held inside. Meridian policy is whenever any combination of these factors takes the chill temperature below 20 degrees, the recess breaks will be inside.

Because of the temperate Colorado climate, children are generally sent outside for recess. Children should dress appropriately for the season, and should wear warm clothing and boots during cold and wet weather.

To ensure the safety of all students attending Meridian Elementary, all visitors must present a drivers license/I.D. at the front desk when entering the building. Your license will be scanned through our Raptor system and a visitor's badge will be provided.

If you are coming to volunteer in your student's classroom or the staff workroom, and you have younger children, please find alternate supervision for them.

Visitors are always welcome for lunch after signing in at the front office.

New Special Dietary Needs Procedure

Adams 12 Nutrition Services understands that there are many students in our schools with special dietary needs.  Nutrition Services wants to make you aware of our Special Dietary Needs procedures.  

Adams 12 WILL:

• Make meal modifications (substitutions) prescribed by a licensed physician to accommodate a dietary disability based on a medical statement completed and signed by a licensed physician (doctor of medicine or osteopathy). 

• Make modifications (substitutions) for students as called for in their Section 504 or an IEP plans. 

 Adams 12 WILL NOT:

• Make meal modifications (substitutions) prescribed by a medical authority due to a food allergy/intolerance or other medical condition that does not rise to the level of a disability. 

In this case, Adams 12 Nutrition Services WILL provide nutrition information regarding ingredients in menu items specific to the student’s allergy or intolerance to help parents and students make appropriate meal choices.

• Make substitutions for fluid cow’s milk due to a food allergy or intolerance or for other reasons.

For a copy of our Special Dietary Needs Paperwork, Allergen information and Carbohydrate count, please visit the district's Special Dietary Needs webpage.

Peanut Cautious

Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, elementary and middle schools (K-8), in Adams 12 School District will be “peanut cautious”.  “Peanut cautious” means that there will be no peanut-containing menu items served in those schools.  It does not mean that we are “peanut-free”.  Adams 12 Nutrition Services does not guarantee that all of our menu items for K-8 were produced in a facility that is 100% peanut and tree nut free, some items may be processed in a plant that process peanuts or tree nuts.