Castle Rock Council urges Douglas County School District to keep headquarters downtown

Castle Rock Town Council authorized a formal letter to the Douglas County School District Board urging the district to keep its administrative headquarters and core staff in downtown Castle Rock rather than relocate, a council action reported after the meeting at Town Hall Council Chambers, 100 North Wilcox Street.

At its Feb. 17, 2026 Town Council meeting, Castle Rock’s Town Council authorized a formal letter to the Douglas County School District Board urging the district to keep its administrative headquarters and core staff in downtown Castle Rock rather than relocate. The original report of that action is truncated immediately after the sentence; the fragment provided ends with "The matter was discusse".

The meeting convened at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Council Chambers and was listed as open to the public. The town’s public notice states that Town Council meetings are streamed in real time on the municipality’s WatchCouncil page and are broadcast to Comcast Channel 22 (the notice warns there is a delay to the broadcast). Written public comments were accepted via the town’s CouncilComments page by 1:00 p.m. Feb. 17, 2026 to be included in the public record, and public comment at the meeting was limited to four (4) minutes per speaker. Council members listed on the agenda were Mayor Jason Gray, Mayor Pro Tem Laura Cavey, Councilmember Ryan Hollingshead, Councilmember Kevin Bracken, Councilmember Mark Davis, Councilmember Max Brooks, and Councilmember Tim Dietz.

The official agenda excerpts on the town’s record and on the Castlerock-co Legistar system list multiple items for Feb. 17: ID 2026-024 "Update: Quasi-Judicial Projects"; ORD 2026-005, "Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 2.16 ... Regarding the Castle Rock Planning Commission" (noted as second reading after a 6-0 first-reading vote on Feb. 3, 2026); RES 2026-014 "Resolution Approving the Castle Rock Water Commission Attendance Policy"; RES 2026-016 approving a construction contract with Hydro Resources - Rocky Mountain, Inc., for rehabilitation and equipment replacement at five Denver Basin aquifer wells in the Meadows, Founders, Castle Oaks, and Terrain subdivisions; MIN 2026-005 (minutes from Feb. 3, 2026); DIR 2026-003 "Referral Response Letter Regarding Castle Pines Crowsnest Development"; RES 2026-017, an intergovernmental agreement with the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners on enforcement of massage-facility business licensure; DIR 2026-004 on amending Chapter 5.04 regarding canvassers and solicitors; and a recess to executive session.

Castlerock-co Legistar and the town’s agenda pages also include the repeated notice: "Please note: this meeting's minutes have not been finalized yet. Actions taken on legislation and their results are not available." The agenda status was listed as Final while minutes were Draft and many agenda materials were marked "Not available" in the excerpts.

The town-record excerpts provided do not show a discrete agenda line or attachment that matches the reported letter to the Douglas County School District Board, and no vote totals, motion makers, text of the letter, or councilmember remarks about the item appear in the available materials. The finalized minutes, the full agenda packet, or the meeting video posted to the town’s meeting-record pages will be needed to confirm the agenda item ID, the letter’s text, and any recorded vote or public comments related to the downtown headquarters request.