At Parkdale’s build out, without a new school, the district estimates Meadowlark PK-8 could grow to 150% of capacity.īefore Meadowlark opened, Erie’s Boulder Valley middle school students were slated to attend Lafayette’s Angevine Middle School. Once complete, it’s expected to house 342 elementary, 177 middle and 223 high school students. The development could take five to 10 years to complete, depending on market conditions. The development includes about 1,400 housing units, most single family homes, with the first home sales expected later this year. By the fall of 2023, the district is planning to add portable classrooms at the school.Ī large residential development called Parkdale planned for the eastern edge of Boulder Valley between Arapahoe and Baseline will add more students. The school, which opened in the fall of 2017 in the Flatiron Meadows neighborhood, is at capacity this school year with 693 students and is expected to grow. On the Boulder Valley side, Meadowlark is the district’s only school in Erie. Vrain Valley, Erie has become the fastest growing community for both districts. While a larger portion of the town is located in St. Growth in Erie is putting pressure on schools in the Boulder Valley and St. It’s just going against what we built for five years.” “It’s really hard to see how our model is being lost. “We have too many kiddos and not enough spaces,” Bush said. But faster-than-expected enrollment growth means maker spaces and community spaces had to be converted to classrooms. The 5-year-old school, designed to foster project-based learning, is ready to get back to its original vision after pandemic restrictions forced changes to its educational model. The 5-year-old school has had to convert some of its spaces intended to support collaborative learning into classrooms due to enrollment outpacing capacity. Second grade teacher Stacy Bush, standing left, talks to students about the job of a scientist on March 16 at Meadowlark School in Erie. Now, the second grade teacher said, she’s frustrated to see Meadowlark in a similar place. As teacher Stacy Bush visited schools in Canada as part of the planning team for Meadowlark PK-8 in Erie, she took notes about schools designed with innovative spaces that no longer used them as intended because of crowding.
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