Peace Pole remains for new community park, Westminster, Colorado – USA

December 13, 2023

Westminster school to be replaced by community park.

Council votes to designate money for demolition of Sheridan Green Elementary and community park design.

A 43-year-old Westminster Elementary School closed due to a dwindling student population will be razed, and the land it occupies redesigned into a larger community park, the Westminster Council decided this month.

A Peace Pole outside Sheridan Green Elementary will be incorporated into plans for a future park on the school site. A former Sheridan Green Elementary teacher coordinated the Peace Pole’s addition to the school grounds in the early 2000s. Peace Poles were common at schools in Japan, where the teacher was once stationed. 

Sheridan Green Elementary was built in 1980 and served as a neighborhood hub until its recent closure. 
Photos Credit: Jane Reuter