Peak to Peak Charter School

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Peak to Peak Charter School
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Peak to Peak Charter School
800 Merlin Drive

80026

United States
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Type Charter school
Established1999(24 years ago) (1999)
School district Boulder Valley School District (BVSD)
CEEB code 060869
PrincipalMelissa Christensen (elementary)
Clara Quinlan (middle)
Kyle Mathews (high)
Staff72.05 (on an FTE basis) [1]
GradesK-12
Number of students1,446 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.00 [1]
Color(s)Black, blue, gray, and white
    
Athletics Soccer, baseball, golf, volleyball, basketball, cross country, track and field, softball, tennis
Mascot Puma
NewspaperPawPrint 5
Website www.peaktopeak.org

Peak to Peak Charter School is a K-12 public charter school offering a liberal arts, college-preparatory curriculum. Peak to Peak is located in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) in Lafayette, Colorado, United States.

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Academics

U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools ranked Peak to Peak 210th nationally and 6th in Colorado in 2022. [2]

Accreditation

Peak to Peak is accredited through the Colorado Department of Education (2003-present). It also received a College Preparatory Accreditation from the North Central Association (2004-2012) and subsequently from its successor AdvancED (2012-2020). It was also listed as a John Irwin School of Excellence (2003-2013).

Stamping controversy

Cafeteria staff had been in the practice of stamping the hands of students to indicate their lunch accounts were low or empty. The school stated that a change in payment program software did not allow cafeteria staff members to identify students who qualified for the free and reduced lunch program, he wrote, and some of those students mistakenly had their hands stamped. [3] Upon discovery of the practice, Principal Noelle Roni ordered the cafeteria staff to discontinue stamping students' hands. The school board dismissed Roni in January 2014. Roni has said that she believes she was fired because of her opposition to the policy, which she has described as disrespectful towards students. [4] [3] In response, the school stated that “This was a grievous mistake, and when it came to light, the food services staff and the software company worked quickly to resolve the issue, The school immediately stopped the past practice of hand stamping, and the software issue was fixed. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peak to Peak Charter School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  2. "Peak to Peak Charter School". U.S. News. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Bounds, Amy (8 January 2014). "Peak to Peak charter defends hand-stamping by food services". Daily Camera. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. CBS4 Denver (8 January 2014). "Colo. principal says she was fired over "disrespectful" policy towards poor children". CBS News. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

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