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Greater Park Hill / Stapleton
Middle School Discussion
Monday, May 11th, 6:00-7:30 pm
Welcome!
Steve Charbonneau
Executive Director,
Find Solutions
Agenda & Overview
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Overview
Welcome from DPS Board of Education
Kurt Dennis, Principal, McAullife
Context Setting and Options
Group Activity: Pros, Cons and Questions
Closing and Next Steps
Ground Rules
• No side conversations.
• Respectful use of electronics.
• Speak for ourselves; not the entire community.
• Be respectful of the process and participants.
Landri Taylor
Board Member,
DPS Board of Education
Mike Johnson
Board Member,
DPS Board of Education
Happy Haynes
President,
DPS Board of Education
Denver Plan 2020
By 2020, 80% of DPS students will attend a high-performing school, measured
by region using the district’s school performance framework.
By 2020, 80% of DPS third-graders will be at or above grade level in reading and
writing, lectura and escritura.
By 2020, the four-year graduation rate for students who start with DPS in ninth
grade will increase to 90%. By 2020, we will double the number of students who
graduate college and career-ready, as measured by the increasing rigor of the
state standard.
By 2015, a task force, including DPS staff, community partners and city agencies
providing services to DPS students, will recommend to the Board of Education a
plan to measure this goal and track progress.
By 2020, the graduation rate for African American and Latino students will
increase by 25 percentage points. Reading and writing proficiency for thirdgrade African American and Latino students will increase by 25 percentage
points.
Kurt Dennis
Principal, McAuliffe International School
Denver Public Schools
Susana Cordova
Chief of Schools
Denver Public Schools
Current and Next Steps
2015-16
• McAuliffe’s sixth-grade class expanded from 240 to 282.
• Denver Discovery and DSST-Stapleton also opened up
additional seats for zone students
2016-17
• McAuliffe 6th grade enrollment will expand again to between
325 and 350.
Options for 2017-18
• Hire a school leader to design a new middle school and share
the Smiley facility in Greater Park Hill Stapleton.
• Expand the current McAuliffe at Smiley.
Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Middle School Zone Geographic Area
McAuliffe MS 6th Grade Enrollment Snapshot
# Park Hill / Skyland
# Stapleton
Priority
Priority
Description
1
GPHS Zone
resident + siblings
25
25
100%
30
30
100%
0
2
Child FTE /
Founding
Member
0
0
0%
10
10
100%
2 / 100%
3
GPHS Zone
resident
170
97
57%
185
123
66%
0
4
Denver resident +
sibling attending
5
Denver resident
Total
Eligible Assigned
%
%
Eligible Assigned
Assigned
Assigned
Rest of
Denver
0
5 – SpEd
MI Prog.
122
163
7
2015 Choice Data for Zone: What Did Students List #1?
# Students Listing School #1 by Neighborhood
Discovery
DSST-Stapleton
DSST-Cons Green
McAuliffe
Roberts
Others
Total
Other
DPS
22%
Skyland
2
7
1
7
1
26
44
Park Hill
18
56
11
170
12
76
343
Stapleton
37
49
13
215
36
29
379
Stapleton
Other
Park Hill
Discovery
5%
Total Zone
57
112
25
392
49
131
766
DSSTStapleton
16%
Roberts
9%
DPS
8%
DSST-CG
3%
Roberts
4%
McAuliffe
50%
All Applicants
74
252
62
448
59
N/A
895
Discovery
10%
DSSTStapleton
13%
DSST-CG
3%
McAuliffe
57%
2015 Choice Results for Zone: Where are Students Assigned?
# Students Assigned by Neighborhood
69
Rest of
Denver
2
NonDenver
0
19
26
71
3
120
7
52
53
27
8
147
McAuliffe
6
119
163
4
0
292
Bill Roberts
1
17
47
2
0
67
Total
17
255
358
106
11
747
Skyland
Park Hill
Stapleton
Discovery
2
48
DSST-Cons Green
1
DSST-Stapleton
% of Zone Students Receiving Preferred Zone Choices
#1 Choice
#1 or #2
#1 - #3
#1 - #5
2014
99%
99%
99%
99%
2015
75%
92%
99%
100%
Total
121
Why is capacity already so tight for zone students?
% of 6th Grade Park Hill Families attending a boundary
school
100%
78%
80%
65%
60%
40%
20%
19%
0%
2012
Smiley
2014
GPHS Zone
2015
GPHS Zone
Forecast of 6-8 Residents Attending a Zone School
2,000
1,800
Capacity
1,600
Park Hill /
Skyland
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
South
Stapleton
600
400
North
Stapleton
200
0
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
 Park Hill increases are primarily driven by increasing % of residents choosing to attend zone
schools. The choice-out rate decreases to 20% in 2015 and beyond.
 Stapleton increases are primarily driven by additional residential development. The 9%
choice-out rate for Stapleton is held constant in the future.
Forecast of 6th Grade Seat Fill Rate at Zone Schools
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
454
630
630
650 –
700
620 –
660
620 –
660
670 –
710
6th Grade Seats for
Zone: Stapleton side
330
368
350
350
350
350
350
6th Grade Seats for
Zone: Smiley Campus
240
282
330 –
350
400
400
400
400
Total Zone Seats
570
650
680700
750
750
750
750
Seat Fill Rate
80%
97%
90%
87% 93%
83% 88%
83% 88%
89% 95%
Residents Attending
Zone School: 6th Grade
Note that as seat fill rates approach 100%, all zone seats must be utilized, which reduces the
percentage of families that receive one of their preferred choices. 2016 capacity assumes 50
additional seats at McAuliffe.
2017 and beyond assumes 400 seats of capacity per grade at Smiley campus, either from just
McAuliffe or a combination of two middle schools
Summary Capacity and Forecast Findings
Total
Number of
Seats
There will be an adequate number of total seats in the zone until
2017
Quality of
Seats
All seats in the zone are high quality: either SPF blue/green or
are new schools (Denver Discovery and DSST-Conservatory
Green)
Location of
Seats
Only 1 school is located in Park Hill (McAuliffe), with 4 schools
located in Stapleton, 1 of which (DSST-CG) is located north of
I-70, a longer distance from Park Hill
Recommendation for Capacity Levels
Add 50 seats of 6th grade capacity to allow for all families south of I70 to attend a school south of I-70
2016
Option we are currently considering is to expand McAuliffe
enrollment to 325-350 6th grade seats
Add at least 50 more seats of 6th grade capacity to allow for all
families south of I-70 to attend a school south of I-70
2017
Options include, but are not limited to:
 Expand McAuliffe enrollment to roughly 400 seats per grade
 Open new MS program at Smiley, reduce the size of McAuliffe to
200-250 6th grade seats
 Others?
Q&A
Two Options for Additional 2017 Capacity
• Hire a school leader a year from now to
design a new middle school and share the
Smiley facility in Greater Park Hill Stapleton,
beginning in fall 2017
• Expand the current McAuliffe at Smiley from
325-350 seats per grade to 400 per grade
Steve Charbonneau
Executive Director,
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