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Colorado state
law mandates that public schools provide an education program for adolescents
who are being detained by the courts. The education program at Spring Creek is
facilitated by School District Eleven and is financially supported by twenty-two
school districts.
The average
length of stay for each student is less than two weeks. Academically we focus
on building bridges to help students be better prepared to return to a
public/private/institutional school where they can continue the process of their
educational goals or enter the world of work.
Beginning with
the 2005/2006 School Year, School District Eleven contracted with the Division
of Youth Corrections to provide education services to the committed youth
population at Spring Creek. The average length of stay for the committed youth
residents in the treatment program is eight to twelve months, four months for
the refocus population, and characteristically 30 days for the committed youth
residents pending placement elsewhere.
Spring Creek is
considered an alternative school. It is not a school by choice but rather a
temporary situation that provides detained adolescents an opportunity to
continue their education when personal circumstances/behavior interfere with
their opportunity to attend a school of choice.
The entire
education staff is made up of District Eleven employees, the teachers, an
Administrative Assistant, and an Assistant Principal. Robert Carubia, the
Director of Student Discipline and Attendance for School District Eleven,
oversees the program.
Our goal is for
every student to affirm his/her belief that he/she has value in society that is
reinforced by developing a sense of self-responsibility and respect for
learning. They learn that education is a lifelong process that includes the
development and balance of all the dimensions of life; physical, mental,
spiritual (personal value system), and social/emotional. The internalization
and ownership of learning and character development is a must for a successful
transition to the real world. |
