The Denver Public Schools Board of Education is expected tonight to approve 12 new schools throughout the city, as well as two new district-run schools at the Kepner campus in southwest Denver and the Hampden Heights campus in southeast Denver.
Two new school applications — Westside Charter and Denver Dual Language Expeditionary School — are expected to be denied.
The board heard recommendations from Denver’s innovation department, which reviews new school applications, last week. It also heard from community members at a special comment meeting.
Before tonight’s meeting here’s a look at what some members of the public had to say: