http://www.denverpost.com/newsheadlines/ci_10931681
This week, Denver Public School officials plan to recommend placing new school programs — including public charter schools — in under-enrolled Denver middle and high schools. Shared-school campuses are increasingly common across the country as urban districts work to provide varied programs in cities where real estate costs have soared. Denver school officials have examined New York's and Chicago's shared schools initiatives, hosted school administrators from those cities, and hired a former New York public charter school principal to help the district build its program. The district hopes to launch the program next year. Proponents say shared campuses can increase the number of academic offerings, develop appropriate school sizes and more effectively use building space. "As with anything new, until people actually see it, it's hard to visualize what it will be like," said DPS Superintendent Michael Bennet. "It's going to be incumbent on us to execute well."
Source: Denver Post
Date: 11/09/2008
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