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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIDGEVIEW CLASSICAL SCHOOL PHASE IV ADDITION - SPAR - 16-01A - MEDIA - CORRESPONDENCEI4 �9 RidgevieW Now in its third year, the charter K-12 school has 614 has e�e ®y� a n students, not quite the buikl- ing's maximum occupancy of 800, but closer than school officials would like. expansion With 30 students to a class in some cases, students and By STACY NICK teachers are beginning to feel St cyllick@coloradcancom the squeeze, said Kim Miller, Growing by more than 100 president of the students a year, Ridgeview Classical school is looking for expansion's board. But the expansion's goal isn't to seek additional some relief n a proposed teachers or students. building renovation that would increase the school's "We need more space, not more kids' Miller said. "As it size by almost 15,000 square is, they cannot move." feet. officials with the school, at The problem is especially difficult for the junior high 1800 S. Lemay Ave, recently and high school grades, she met with the city of Fort said. Every classroom is in Collins Planning and Zoning use throughout the day, leav- Board to ing teachers with nowhere to discuss ren- work during free periods. ovation op- but Eventually the school the school's the s hopes to reach a maximum of principal, 1320 students, Miller said - Terrence But that move requires a new site or a split campus. Neither Moore, said nothing has option is financially feasible been decid- been in the near future, she added- ed yet „� ultimate dream was to have one big campus," she ,we have not signed any- said, "But at this point, we're thing, Moore said. "We are just talking about a renova- looking at an expansion sim- ply because we need to be. lion (of the building)." The Planning and Zoning prepared for a time when we Board had no concerns with will have outgrown this the proposal, but members building-„ Moore declined to discuss asked Ridgeview officials to address the number of tem- details of the possible renova- lion, adding that it has only porary classrooms on school been talked about loosely and grounds. i "They have a lot of modu- has not been brought to the s lars, and (the board) asked if parents for consideration. they could remove them with In its conceptual review with the city, school officials this expansion," saidBarkeem adding that removal of the proposed to enlarge the school's gym and add several modulars was part of Ridgeview's conceptual plan. classrooms, city plainer Bob Barkeen said. The initial plan showed an 8,600-square-foot addition to the first floor and a 6,000-square-foot addition to the second floor.