Denver school board approves $30M buy of part of Johnson & Wales campus
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Denver Public Schools will purchase a portion of Johnson & Wales University after a unanimous school board vote Thursday.
Four buildings on the campus of the university, which is set to close, will become an expansion of the school system’s Denver School of the Arts, a magnet school for sixth to 12th graders located across the street.
The vote to approve the deal was preceded by very little discussion by the board, but Vice President Jennifer Bacon voiced her support.
“This is an opportunity for our community to not only really think about being able to acquire some property, and not just the expansion of potential seats for (Denver School of the Arts), but hopefully push us to have conversations across the district about including arts comprehensively in our schools,” Bacon said. “For all our communities watching this, thank you for your feedback and thoughts. We look forward
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Four buildings would be included in the deal to expand a magnet school in South Park Hill Wildcat Center, Academic Center, Aspen Hall and Whatley Chapel.
DPS looks to expand School of the Arts as part of Johnson & Wales sale
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Denver Public Schools wants to use the soon-to-close Denver campus of Johnson & Wales University.
The school system is looking to expand Denver School of the Arts, the system’s magnet school for sixth to 12th graders at 7111 Montview Blvd. in South Park Hill located across the street from the university campus.
The school’s current enrollment is 1,100, and it has exceeded its intended 900-student capacity since 2003, according to a presentation shared with BusinessDen by a DPS spokeswoman. Five hundred students are turned away annually.
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