Chalkbeat Colorado
Board member Barbra O’Brien abstained from this vote and two others regarding new schools because of conflicts of interest.In total 12 new charter schools and two district run schools were approved to open in 2015:
- Banneker Jamison STEM Academy
- KIPP Colorado Far Northeast Elementary
- KIPP Montbello Collegiate High School
- Near Northeast Community Engagement School
- REACH Charter School
- ROOTS Elementary
- STRIVE Prep Far Northeast Elementary School
- STRIVE Prep Far Northeast High School
- STRIVE Prep Southwest Middle School
- Hampden Heights School of Expeditionary Learning
- Rocky Mountain Prep – Hampden Heights
- Southwest Community Denver School
- YouthBuild Charter School
- To-be-determined district-run southwest middle school