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More than 100 DPS schools will be closed Thursday as Colorado teachers rally for K-12 funding. These schools will stay open.

More than 100 schools in Denver will be closed Thursday as teachers and other educators plan to rally at the Colorado State Capitol to protest the state’s funding of K-12 schools.

Thousands of educators from across the state are expected to attend the event led by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union.

While some districts are on spring break, others such as the Boulder Valley School District, Adams 12 Five Star Schools and the Aspen School District, have canceled all classes districtwide Thursday as employees have called out of work to attend the rally.

At DPS alone, as many of 1,000 employees have expressed interest in attending, said Rob Gould, president of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association.

“Our educators, they’re very concerned about the funding cuts,” he said.

DPS, which has more than 200 schools, will keep 30 district-run schools open Thursday by using substitutes and central office employees.

Another 55 DPS charter and innovation schools will also remain open, according to a list sent out by Superintendent Alex Marrero on Tuesday.

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The rest of the district’s schools will be closed, with classes resuming Friday.

“While we support fully funded education, we wish their action didn’t have a direct impact on students’ education,” Marrero wrote in a letter to families and employees. “Our goal is to do everything that we can do to keep our schools open so that our students do not lose a day of important instruction due to this event.

“In addition to the educational instruction that students will be missing out on, many of our students count on their schools for social-emotional support, mental health resources, and the only two meals that they will have to eat that day.”

DPS district-run schools that will remain open Thursday:

DPS charter and innovation zone schools that will remain open Thursday:

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