Aurora Public Schools (Colorado)

Aurora Public Schools (Colorado)
Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District
Aurora Public Schools
Address
1085 Peoria Street
Aurora, Colorado 80011
Information
Motto Picking up the pace
Founded 1962
Superintendent John L. Barry
Enrollment 32645  (October 1, 2006)
Website

The Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District, more commonly known as the Aurora Public Schools, is the public school system in Aurora, Colorado, United States. There are 55 schools in the district: 2 early childhood education, 27 elementary schools, 5 K-8 schools, 7 middle schools, 4 comprehensive high schools, 1 gifted and talented K-8 school, 6 charter schools, 1 of only five vocational–technical colleges in the state, and the first P-20 school in Colorado starting from Preschool to Graduate School.

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History

The first school district in Aurora was created at the request of William Smith by the Arapahoe County School Superintendent around 1885. It was known as Arapahoe County District #28 by 1907, later Aurora School District. Aurora Public Schools was formed in 1962 from Aurora, Altura, Clyde Miller, First Creek, Sable, and Tollgate Districts.[1]

Schools

Preschools

  • Child Development Center
  • Jamaica Child Development Center
  • Even Start

Elementary Schools

  • Altura Elementary School
  • Arkansas Elementary School
  • Century Elementary School
  • Crawford Elementary School
  • Dalton Elementary School
  • Dartmouth Elementary School
  • Elkhart Elementary School
  • Fulton Elementary School
  • Iowa Elementary School
  • Jewell Elementary School
  • Kenton Elementary School
  • Lansing Elementary School
  • Laredo Elementary School
  • Lyn Knoll Elementary School
  • Montview Elementary School
  • Paris Elementary School
  • Park Lane Elementary School
  • Peoria Elementary School
  • Sable Elementary School
  • Side Creek Elementary School
  • Sixth Avenue Elementary School
  • Tollgate Elementary School
  • Vassar Elementary School
  • Vaughn Elementary School
  • Virginia Court Elementary School
  • Wheeling Elementary School
  • Yale Elementary School

Middle Schools

  • Aurora Hills Middle School
  • Columbia Middle School
  • East Middle School
  • Mrachek Middle School
  • North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus
  • South Middle School
  • Aurora West College Preparatory Academy

K-8 Schools

  • Aurora Fronteir K-8
  • Boston K-8
  • Clyde Miller K-8
  • Murphy Creek K-8
  • Vista Peak K-8

Gifted and Talented K-8 school

  • Aurora Quest K-8

High Schools

P-20 School

  • Vista Peak P-20 (K-8 school open Fall 2010, High School open Fall 2011, No news on when college will open)

Pilot Schools

  • Fletcher Primary School
  • Fletcher Intermediate Science and Technology School
  • William Smith High School

Charter Schools

  • Aurora Academy
  • Aurora Expeditionary Learning Academy
  • Axl Academy
  • Global Village Academy
  • Lotus School
  • New America School
  • Vanguard Classical School

Alternative Programs

  • Crossroads Center
  • GED
  • Options Schools
  • International Baccalaureate Programme
  • IB Middle Years Programme
  • Rebound Program

Career and Technical Education

  • Pickens Technical College

Notes

  1. ^ Aurora Public Schools History: Board of Education. Accessed 30 November 2006.

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