{"id":3058,"date":"2014-03-13T09:55:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T14:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T15:03:00","slug":"discovery-canyon-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2014\/03\/discovery-canyon-campus.html","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Springs School Choice Drama Part 2: Discovery Canyon Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Making the right school decision in Colorado Springs can make you lose your mind.<\/p><\/div>\n

As promised, here’s the rest of the story with our school choice.<\/p>\n

The boys had expressed interest in the STEM schools in our district. This would be the Discovery Canyon Campus<\/a>, a K-12 school about 9 miles away. Not unreasonably far away, and there would be bus service (somewhat) available if the boys got into the school.<\/p>\n

You can go back to Part 1 of this diatribe about how the choicing process works<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the months of January and February, each school offers a “choice night” where you can go to an information meeting and\/or take a tour of the school. We attended both the Discovery Canyon Middle School and Elementary School meetings.<\/p>\n

The middle school meeting was very informative. Jacob and I were pleased with the school’s methodologies and programs. The tour of the school showed us some of the classrooms and Jacob was pretty excited about it.<\/p>\n

The following night we went to the elementary school meeting. The plan was to have Timmy’s second choice on his form be Discovery Canyon Elementary. The schedules would match up very well. Timmy liked what he saw with the school tour, also.<\/p>\n

However, the very first words out of the principal’s mouth at the start of the meeting was “If you don’t live in the neighborhood, your student won’t be able to “choice in” to this school. We are overcrowded as it is.”<\/p>\n

You see, the neighborhoods nearest Discovery Canyon are building at breakneck speed. The biggest planned community is called “Flying Horse” and many young families are moving in with elementary-school aged children.<\/p>\n

Perhaps we should have left right then and there…but we didn’t. We stayed to listen to how the school distinguishes itself from the other (such as with their International Baccalaureate Primary Years<\/a> program).<\/p>\n

Timmy really enjoyed learning about Discovery Canyon, but was more interested in School in the Woods.<\/p>\n

We submitted the applications in mid-February, and eagerly await the decisions about our sons’ futures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised, here’s the rest of the story with our school choice. The boys had expressed interest in the STEM schools in our district. This would be the Discovery Canyon Campus, a K-12 school about 9 miles away. 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