Stargate School

Stargate School, also called Stargate Charter School, is a charter school for gifted and talented children in Thornton, Colorado, in the Adams 12 Five Star Schools District in Adams County, Colorado, in the United States. It was founded in 1994, and teaches children from kindergarten to 12th grade.[2] The name Stargate combines "Star" from the name of the school district with the initial letters of "gifted and talented education".[3] In 2013 the school had 649 students, of which 69% were white, 17% Asian, 8% Hispanic or Latino, and 1% black or African-American; 3% were classed as "low-income".[4]

Stargate School
Address
14530 Washington St.

Thornton
,
Colorado
80023

United States
Information
TypeCharter
EstablishedAugust 29, 1994 (1994-08-29)
School districtAdams 12 Five Star Schools
PrincipalRob Cable[1]
GradesK-12
Websitestargateschool.org

History

The school opened on August 29, 1994.[3] It is the largest charter school in the state of Colorado; it is also the only one to require a test of intelligence for admission.[5]

In November 2014 Standard and Poor's changed its rating of Stargate School's bond debt from "stable" to "negative", citing the school's "weak operations" and "insufficient annual debt service coverage" as reasons; however it maintained unchanged at BBB its issuer credit rating for the bonds.[2]

A new school building and new campus of 43 acres (17 ha) were opened in 2016. Since then, the school has received at least 8 civil rights complaints.[5]

There have also been charges of sexual harassment by a teacher and two other cases resulting in federal monitoring.[6]

Assessment and recognition

In both 2012 and 2013 Stargate School received an A+ rating from ColoradoSchoolGrades.com and was the highest-ranked of about 500 middle schools.[4] The school was among the 178 recipients of the John J. Irwin School of Excellence Award in 2013.[7]

References
  1. Stargate School. Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Accessed November 2014.
  2. [Staff] (November 4, 2014) Another Colorado Charter school in deep financial trouble. North Denver News. Accessed November 2014.
  3. History. Stargate School. Accessed November 2014.
  4. Report Card – Colorado School Grades. Colorado School Grades. Accessed November 2014.
  5. Monte Whaley (June 6, 2018). Thornton charter school for gifted and talented is under federal scrutiny for harassment and discrimination: Stargate Charter tries to rebound after multiple civil rights complaints. Denver Post, Accessed October 2018.
  6. "Civil rights complaints piling up against respected Thornton charter school". KUSA. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  7. Colorado John Irwin Schools of Excellence Awards. Colorado Department of Education. Accessed November 2014.
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