{"id":4625,"date":"2014-04-01T22:11:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2014-04-01T22:11:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:11:55","slug":"fletcher-community-school-the-diamond-in-the-rough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4625","title":{"rendered":"Fletcher Community School: The Diamond in the Rough"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"VLUU<\/a>With the extraordinary number of young kids in Stapleton, and that number increasing, residents are concerned the current elementary schools will not be able to accommodate all of the incoming children. \u201cPeople are always talking about the bubble,\u201d says concerned resident J.D. Artz. \u201cBut, what concerns me, is not the first bubble, it is all of these bubbles we see coming up after the first bubble. Will five DPS elementary schools be enough?\u201d\nLuckily for Artz and the rest of Stapleton a potential solution to this issue was accidentally discovered by a Stapleton runner. \u201cI was out running in Eastbridge and was looking over at the progress of the 26th Ave. Park<\/a> when I saw what I thought was a mirage,\u201d said runner Mitchell Weber. \u201cIt looked like a public building, almost like a school. I didn\u2019t want to interrupt my run to look further into it, nor did I want to be seen across the border, so I came back later at night and confirmed it. Sure enough, it\u2019s a school.\u201d That school is located right across the through-street Iola in Aurora.\n\nWeber compares his find to accidentally discovering plutonium<\/a>. \u201cThis changes everything in regards to the school systems out here,\u201d says Artz. \u201cThe school is within a half mile of either Westerly Creek Elementary or Isabella Bird Elementary. All we need to do now is get some information about the school, and get residents over the small stigma that their children may be attending an Aurora Elementary school.\u201d\nWeber said that the Fletcher discovery led to other discoveries as well. \u201cDid you know that there is a rec center there as well as a playground and an outdoor pool?,\u201d said Weber. \u201cThat area is a gold mine.\u201d DPS officials mention it is too early to say whether they would consider partnering with Aurora Public Schools to handle the influx of Stapleton elementary students. \u201cRight now, we feel we have enough schools for upcoming students,\u201d said DPS official Jen Carman. \u201cHowever, if that changes, we will certainly look into a potential partnership situation. We certainly can\u2019t afford to keep building schools, and heck, if it\u2019s right there, let\u2019s use it.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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