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L.C. Fulenwider, Inc. to donate 10 acres of land worth $3M for STEAD school

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Fence Post has an article about the donation of land by LC Fulenwider to be used for a charter, science-based high school. Below is a quote with a link to the article down below.

Cal Fulenwider, III, Chairman and CEO of L.C. Fulenwider, Inc. announced Tuesday a major donation of 10 acres of land, valued at an estimated $3 million for a 27J public charter, science-based high school, focused on next-generation agriculture.

The school is slated to open in Commerce City in the fall of 2021, with 165 ninth graders and will support an estimated 660 students at full build-out, growing a grade per year.

With an anticipated groundbreaking in late summer/early fall 2020, the STEAD School (Science, Technology, Environment, Agriculture, and Design) will be one of only a few schools of its kind, offering project-based learning and career and technical education to support the changing realities of modern agriculture. The curriculum is designed to attract and educate students with an interest in a broad range of career pathways in the animal, plant, environmental, and food sciences arenas, representing thousands of career possibilities for future leaders in business, policy, science, energy, and health.

Read the full article here.