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Planning Objectives — Global Village Academy — Ft. Collins
The proposed Global Village Academy public school facility is designed as an educational building for
serving up to 500 preschool through eighth grade students. The proposed 24,000 s.f. two-story building
will be located on 5.1 acre site located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Horsetooth and Taft
Hill Road. The new site and facility will be the new home for the school, which opened in August in leased
classroom space near 1-25 and the Windsor exit.
As a public school, Global Village Academy is a dynamic international school that prepares students with
unique 2151 Century skills. Every GVA student learns a new language through immersion instruction in
English and their choice of Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, or French. In addition, students gain the
opportunity to learn from a diverse professional staff from the US and several other nations.
The Horsetooth and Taft Hill location offers several advantages:
1. Centrally located in the southwest quadrant of Ft. Collins as a regional school bounded by two
main artery streets with easy access
2. A prominent site with high visibility along Taft Hill Road
3. Public transportation Transfort bus stop adjoining the site on Horsetooth
4. Lengthy on -site traffic lanes and easy parking for efficient school bus and auto traffic flow during
school start and dismissal times
5. A natural school site that is more compatible than high traffic retail in a neighborhood setting
6. Providing a unique charter school choice for local families that may find other charter schools to
distant to attend
The proposed facility will be wood construction with a pleasing multi -color exterior motif. The preschool will
have its own playground and restroom facilities and the classrooms will be designed to accommodate the
latest interactive technology.
The project will be submitted and reviewed as a two-step process with the Site Plan Advisory Review to be
followed up by a Utility Plan review.
Global Village Academy of Fort Collins is a member of Colorado's fastest growing network of public
charter schools. In addition, the new Ft. Collins campus will feature a fee -based preschool
providing immersion instruction in English and choices of Spanish orMandarin. The Global Village
Academy k-8 program will serve up to 500 students in its first development phase and is tuition -free,
including free full day kindergarten programs. The first Global Village Academy started six years ago in
Aurora with 220 students and today the network of four schools has successfully grown to serve more
than 2,200 students.
Currently more than half of all GVA students use bus transportation provided by the school, thus
minimizing the traffic impact often found at other public charter schools.
More information about Global Village Academies can be found at www.globatvillageacademy.or .