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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOLORADO EARLY COLLEGES, 4800 WHEATON DR. - SPAR - SPA120002 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESTraffic The hours of the school are nontraditional for a high school. We project to run the school from 8 am to 6 pm. Traffic will be spread out through the day. We project approximately 15 percent of the students to drive to the school. We have submitted a grant to the Daniels Fund for the purchase of a bus. In Colorado Springs, approximately 50 percent of the students who attend daily ride a bus to the school. We are projecting approximately 40 percent of the students to ride a bus to the school location. We have yet to finalize routes but we might have two different times students arrive and depart from the school. We plan on having a significant percent of our school population attend from the Greeley and Windsor area. We will also have students ride the public transit system to the school location. We also might run the school bus to and from Front Range Community College if there is enough student demand. Lunch Program Colorado Early Colleges — Fort Collins will have a lunch program for our students. This will keep the traffic during the lunch time frame at a minimum from our school. Our free and reduced lunch students will benefit from the program. The lunch program helps us attract students to the school, especially those who might never be able to afford an Associate's Degree. Sports Colorado Early Colleges — Fort Collins will not offer competitive after school sports programs. The students by state law are allowed to participate in sports programs in their district of residence. Use of Building Colorado Early Colleges — Fort Collins is leasing the first floor of the building. The existing tenants will continue to use the facility. We have had several discussions with both tenants and believe that the tenants will be able to work together to have adequate parking, rest rooms, internet capacity and building usage. There has been an interest from the Enterprise employees to have their students attend the school. Conclusion Colorado Early Colleges — Fort Collins will be a great addition to the education options of the northern Colorado area. The school has been very successful in Colorado Springs and we expect the same positive results in Fort Collins. Colorado Early Colleges Fort Collins Site Plan Advisory Review Ted Shepard Additional Information for Review Keith King, Administrator 4800 Wheaton Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 www.cecfc9l4.org Colorado Early Colleges — Fort Collins is a charter school that has been approved for replication by the Colorado Charter School Institute. This school will be a replication of Colorado Springs Early Colleges. This school will be the sixth early college high school in the state of Colorado and the first to be replicated by Colorado Springs Early Colleges. Early colleges are unique high schools. Colorado Early College — Fort Collins is no exception. The students who enroll are required to take the Accuplacer test for placement in the school. This test places students in the right classes academically regardless of their grade level. It is the same assessment used by the Colorado Community College System to determine if students need remedial education courses before enrolling. Colorado Early College — Fort Collins is designed to give students an Associate's Degree will they are attending high school. The tuition and books are provided to the students free. We use the state funding for high school to pay for their college expenses. Size of school Colorado Early Colleges - Fort Collins is expecting to begin classes with 240 students. The school is unique in that many of the students will not be attending school at the Wheaton site but will be attending classes at Front Range Community College and Colorado State University. For example, at the Colorado Springs Early Colleges approximately 25 percent of the students attend a college or university off campus. The Wheaton location will also have college courses taught at it. These courses are offered on a more traditional schedule which is three days a week. Some of the students taking classes at the Wheaton facility will not attend every day. We project that there will be approximately 150 students attending the facility daily. Staff We expect to employ approximately 15 staff personnel to run the school. This includes administration, teachers and support staff. There will be some part time adjunct faculty that comes to the school throughout the day to teach classes. These staff personnel will not be at the school location every day but only when they teach classes.