Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 6/21/2022 - 5:00 PM
Category: Study/Action Items
Type: Info/Action
Subject: Naming of Facilities: Former Wildlife Experience and Former ACC Parker Building (5-minute presentation|5-minute Q&A)
End Statements:
End Statement I - Academic Excellence
Academic Excellence
End I-D
A diverse set of educational options are provided which enables students to pursue different post-secondary options (e.g. college, career and technology education, independent living, military or direct entrance into the workforce).
End I-C
Every student has equitable opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills that will ensure performance at his/her highest individual potential.
Enclosure Attachment #1: 06.21.2022 Facilities Naming Presentation
File Attachment:
06.21.2022 Facilities Naming Presentation.pdf
Summary : The Former Wildlife Experience/“Innovation Campus”
This “innovation campus” is located in north Parker/Lone Tree and is scheduled to open for a planning year in the 2022-23 school year on a traditional calendar. This “innovation campus/program” in Lone Tree will open its doors with 700+ students (in the 2023-24SY) and will provide students districtwide career and technical education, concurrent enrollment and work-based learning experiences.

The Former ACC Parker Building/Alternative Education School
This is an alternative education school located in north Parker and is scheduled to open for a planning year in the 2022-23 school year on a traditional calendar. Using Marzano’s High Reliability Schools guidance, High School #10 in Parker will open its doors to grades 9-11 (in the 2023-24SY) with research-based learning experiences utilizing both project-based and work-based learning with a focus on entrepreneurialism. Small class sizes, personalized learning and exposure and experience in career pathways will offer students a variety of post secondary options to choose from.
Funding:
Recommendation: That the Board of Education approve the staff's recommendation that the former Wildlife Experience be named "DCSD Legacy Campus" and the former ACC Parker Building be named "Venture Academy of Leadership and Entrepreneurship (VALE). Home of the Voyagers" for the former ACC Parker Building.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Sandy Maresh - Assistant Secretary Board of Education
Signed By:
Daniel Winsor - Executive Director of Schools
Signed By:
Erin Kane - Superintendent