Stem Academy in Highlands Ranch shooting

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...they likely could have made it through high school if they were in a different social setting amoung other people like them. Misfits..

That's the entire point of charter schools like this STEM school. They don't confirm to state standards in order to provide an alternative education for kids who just don't fit in or learn well at normal public schools.

Unfortunately, the state and liberal county school boards are incredibly hostile towards charter schools. They HATE the fact that charter schools don't follow the government education model. Don't count on seeing many more "alternative" schools in Colorado. The state board just shutdown an application for one in the Boulder area for no reason at all.

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That's the entire point of charter schools like this STEM school. They don't confirm to state standards in order to provide an alternative education for kids who just don't fit in or learn well at normal public schools.

Unfortunately, the state and liberal county school boards are incredibly hostile towards charter schools. They HATE the fact that charter schools don't follow the government education model. Don't count on seeing many more "alternative" schools in Colorado. The state board just shutdown an application for one in the Boulder area for no reason at all.

That is not at all what this STEM school is about. The STEM school in Highlands Ranch is a science based curriculum for kids that want to go the science / engineering route into high school and eventually college skipping the arts and other fluff that isn't needed. It is not a school for troubled kids.

The alternative high school is part of the Burnsville Mn school district and classes were held in an older district building. It was not a charter school.

https://www.isd191.org/schools/burns...ice/about-bahs

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That is not at all what this STEM school is about. The STEM school in Highlands Ranch is a science based curriculum for kids that want to go the science / engineering route into high school skipping the arts and other fluff that isn't needed. It is not a school for troubled kids.

The alternative high school is part of the Burnsville Mn school district and classes were held in an older district building. It was not a charter school.

https://www.isd191.org/schools/burns...ice/about-bahs

No, I know it wasn't for "troubled kids". But you mentioned schools with "different settings" for kids to be "amoung other people like them" where they can fit in better and that is what charter schools are.

Science and tech minded kids frequently don't fit in normal public school and can get picked on there. And some fail due to constantly getting unwanted attention. So, a STEM charter school gave their parents an option to send them to a school where they fit in better.

Charter schools that focus on other types of education exist as well.

All I'm saying, is I agree with you on the premise of your post. Alternative schools designed for different types of kids can and do help struggling kids fit in and graduate and should be more common. Should that be for "troubled" kids. Science kids. Art kids. Classical education. Or whatever.