{"id":6745,"date":"2016-12-14T21:26:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T04:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2020-07-14T02:59:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T02:59:45","slug":"nine-schools-to-be-added-to-sandoval-campus-by-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6745","title":{"rendered":"Nine Schools to be Added to Sandoval Campus by 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last week, DPS held a meeting<\/a> at Northfield High School on the Sandoval Campus to discuss the future of the property with area parents. Essentially, DPS was announcing its plans to build several more schools on the property within the next 10 years. Many Stapleton residents had believed Northfield High School was going to be the first new comprehensive high school in Denver in 35 years. \u201cWe have so many kids in Stapleton, it makes sense to have a dedicated, comprehensive high school for the community,\u201d said concerned resident Kyle Peterson. \u201cMost people dreamed of their kids going to one high school in our community, but according to DPS, that was never going to be the case. I think it\u2019s going to be difficult to build pride in our schools located there. Or are we just supposed to have campus pride.\u201d Resident Jessica Lewis agrees. \u201cI don\u2019t understand where this is coming from,\u201d said Lewis. \u201cI feel like there was a really big bait switch. Bigger than what I even pulled on my husband. When I voted for the bond, and any support I had for the school, was for Northfield High. Not for a never-ending campus of randomly thrown together schools with kids of different ages and needs.\u201d DPS Superintendent Tom Boasberg explained to everyone how they need to pay attention to the fine print. \u201cThe bond proposal never said the additional seats would go to Northfield High School,\u201d said Boasberg. \u201cThe bond proposal stated the money would pay for additional seats on the Paul Sandoval Campus. It doesn\u2019t say \u2018Northfield High School.\u2019 It never said \u2018Northfield High School.\u2019 Read the fine print, dummies. Game. Set. Match. I guess this meeting is over?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t. Parents continued to express their displeasure of the DPS plan to integrate several schools onto the campus over the next decade. \u201cThis is going to be a mess,\u201d said concerned resident Jim Harves. \u201cKids of all ages running around, athletic facilities overwhelmed, social chaos with competing schools. I know this is being done in other areas, but to this extent?\u201d Colocation and campus sharing are indeed being done in other districts. In fact, almost 15% of DPS schools utilize this money-saving strategy. \u201cBuildings and land are expensive,\u201d explained Boasberg in a demeaning manner. \u201cThis way, we can put resources back into the students much more easily instead of putting money into the bricks and mortar. We can\u2019t pretend money isn\u2019t an issue, because it is. Now that other states and cities are going to start getting our precious weed taxes, we need to be thinking ahead.\u201d Chris Streff isn\u2019t sold on the idea of the multiple school campus, but understands it could work. \u201cI\u2019m not saying it could never work,\u201d said Streff. \u201cI\u2019m questioning the timing of the announcement. Northfield High School is just starting to get its legs, and instead of putting resources behind continuing to build a stronger and better school, we hamstring the school by letting them know they\u2019re getting company. A lot of company.\u201d The first elementary school to join the campus will be there by next year, followed by a high school, then a middle school, potentially another middle school, then an elementary school, then another high school, and potentially two more middle schools. \u201cWe expect to have a smooth transition throughout the integration process,\u201d said Boasberg. \u201cI\u2019m just glad all these meetings and petty disagreements are all behind us, never to be spoken of again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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