Vrain school board meeting to share his frustration, saying his the school board is failing its Dacono constituents. Dacono students are assigned to Thunder Valley K-8 in neighboring Frederick, as well as Frederick High School.ĭacono Mayor Adam Morehead spoke at a recent St. None of those new schools are expected be located in Dacono, leaving the 6,500-population city as the only one in the district without a school of its own - something city leaders have protested for many years. 'We have massive growth out there,' Haddad said. The third new school could be located in Mead, on land the district owns next to Mead High School, though it also hasn't yet been determined if an elementary, middle school or a K-8 would be best. Currently, the middle level grades at Erie's Soaring Heights PK-8 are over capacity.

With a second center, Carbon Valley students would no longer need to travel to Longmont's Career Elevation and Technology Center to access those programs.Īnother elementary or middle school in Erie also made the list of possible new schools, though the location and grade levels are still to be determined. The school also could draw students from surrounding communities, including fast growing areas of Mead and Frederick.Īlong with a new high school, the district is considering adding a second career and technical education center on the same site. Temporary mobile classrooms are providing the needed space at Erie High until a new school is built. The new high school would relieve future crowding at Erie High, which is the district's largest high school and enrolled 1,756 students last school year. The land, which the district bought for $6.1 million in 2022, is located at at the southeast corner of Godding Hollow Parkway and Aggregate Boulevard. Needed maintenance and repairs for the rest of the district's schools also would be included.Ī new high school that would take students from Carbon Valley housing developments is planned on a 73-acre plot of land that's north of Colo. Along with the potential for three new schools, the district is exploring building a second career and technical education in the Carbon Valley area and expanding Longmont's Innovation Center, which offers STEM programs to students districtwide.

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