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School District 11 Bio

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Colorado Springs School District #11

Colorado Springs School District #11, with approximately 33,000 students and 1,900 teachers, is the largest school district in the Pikes Peak Region. It covers most of the city, including Mountain Shadows, Norwood, Old Colorado City, Ivywild and Rustic Hills. It has 39 elementary schools, nine middle schools (grades 6-8), five high schools, five alternative secondary programs (Educational Opportunity East and West, Palmer Night School, Doherty Night School and the Adult Education Center) and five charter schools.

District #11 has five teachers who have won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching, seven teachers who have won the Tandy Prize for Excellence in Math, Science and Computer Science Technology and eight educators who have been chosen as recipients of the Governor's Award for Excellence in Education. It is home of the 1993 National Superintendent of the Year, the 1993 Colorado Teacher of the Year and the 1996 Principal of the Year from Colorado. District #11 has four educators who each received $25,000 from the Milken Family Foundation for being named Colorado Educator of the Year. Seventy-one percent of District #11 teachers have postgraduate degrees, one of the largest percentages in the state.

District #11 students consistently capture top awards in state and national academic competitions in forensics, history, geography, writing, foreign language, vocational education, music, art, English, math and science; and they rate higher than the state and nation in the standardized tests. On the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), District #11 high school students scored 40 points higher points higher than the national average on the math section and 27 points higher on the verbal section.

In addition to offering a strong core curriculum, District #11 has an extensive gifted and talented program which includes advanced placement classes; a special education program which services approximately 3,000 students and a preschool program that is available at 15 schools. Vocational-technical education offers 16 programs in business and industrial technology and cooperative work-study programs within District #11 and 18 others through Pikes Peak Community College. An interscholastic sports. Each high school offers special programs, such as Palmer's International Baccalaureate Diploma program and Career Academy, Wasson's block scheduling plan and Coronado's integrated physics, math and technology program.

In the fall of 1996, District #11 voters approved a $99.8 million bond and a 2% operating mill levy override to repair existing schools, build new schools and implement a district wide educational technology program. Two new elementary schools open this fall, and groundbreaking for a new middle school and a new alternative education facility has taken place.

Colorado Springs School District #11
1115 North El Paso
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Office (719) 520-2003
www.cssd11.k12.co.us