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and climate. High schools will continue to host a wide range of CTE programs. This new facility will enhance current programming, and will also be home to more advanced and sophisticated educational opportunities for students.
South Tour
Tour 1: Castle View High School – Douglas County School District
Castle View High School is one of several prototype high schools in the Douglas County School Dis- trict. The school was originally planned to have an addition, known as “The F-Pod”. Due to lack of fund- ing this addition was delayed nearly 20 years. When the 2018 bond passed, the “F-Pod” became a reality as a new CTE Addition for the high school. The addition was just completed in August of this year and Castle View’s nationally recognized journalism program now has state of the art recording and produc- tion spaces that the students began to utilize even before school started. The new science and engineer- ing labs have made participation in these specialized courses more equitable to all students.
Tour 2: Ford Elementary School – Littleton Public Schools
Ford Elementary School is a new elementary school for the Littleton Public School District. As the facilities in this community were aging significantly it had been decade since a new elementary school was built. The new school was designed utilizing a unique Design Advisory Group process and a special collaboration was developed between several design firms to enhance security.
Tour 3: Newton Middle School – Littleton Public Schools
The new Newton Middle School is a replacement school for the existing middle school that was built
in the 1960s. The new school features large classrooms and was designed through an unconventional Design Advisory Group process. The building also features classrooms sizes and layouts that were devel- oped in collaboration with the end user and a design collaborative among several firms contributed to the unique security features.
East Tour
Tour 1: Virginia Court Elementary School
Virginia Court Elementary School is a 1960’s era small school that was remodeled to current district