Greeley-Evans Weld County School District 6 (also called Greeley-Evans School District 6) is a
school district
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headquartered in
Greeley, Colorado
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, United States. The district serves most of the City of Greeley, the
City of Evans, the
Town of Garden City, and
unincorporated area
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s in
Weld County
Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 328,981. The county seat is Greeley.
Weld County comprises the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Denver ...
, including
Auburn.
Schools
The following schools are operated by or through Greeley-Evans School District 6:
High schools
Zoned schools
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Greeley Central High School
Greeley Central High School is the oldest of three public high schools in Greeley, Colorado, United States in Greeley-Evans School District 6. It was founded in 1895 as Greeley High School.
History
Formerly known as Greeley High, Greeley Centra ...
(Greeley)
*
Greeley West High School
Greeley West High School is a public high school located in Greeley, Colorado, at the intersection of 35th Avenue and West 24th Street. The school was established in 1966 and had an enrollment of 1,450 students in the 2003-04 school year. Its mas ...
(Greeley)
*
Northridge High School (Greeley)
Other high schools
* Greeley Alternative Program (Greeley)
* Jefferson High School (Greeley)
* Early College Academy (Greeley)
K-8
The following schools teach kindergarten through eighth grade:
* Bella Romero Academy (Greeley, split into K-3 and 4-8)
Extraction Oil and Gas has been operating a
fracking
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platform of 24 wells within 700 feet from the playground of the Bella Romero Academy. The controversial business activity has also been featured in stories from The New York Times, Mother Jones and others.
In June 2020, a petition was submitted to shut down the fracking platform. Children and teachers were exposed to
benzene
Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a planar ring with one hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms ...
levels from the fracking operations almost seven times higher than the lifetime safe exposure level for benzene by the World Health Organization.
* Chappellow K-8 Arts Magnet School (Evans)
* Fred Tjardes School of Innovation (Greeley)
* S. Christa McAuliffe S.T.E.M. Academy (Greeley)
* Winograd K-8 (Greeley)
Middle schools
Zoned schools
* Brentwood Middle School (Greeley)
* Franklin Middle School (Greeley)
* Heath Middle School (Greeley)
* Prairie Heights Middle School (Greeley)
Other middle schools
* Jefferson Junior High School (Greeley)
Elementary schools
* Centennial Elementary (Evans)
* Dos Rios Elementary (Evans)
* Heiman Elementary (Evans)
* Jackson Elementary (Greeley)
* Madison Elementary (Greeley)
* Maplewood Elementary (Greeley)
* Martinez Elementary (Greeley)
* Meeker Elementary School (Greeley)
* Monfort Elementary School (Greeley)
* Scott Elementary (Greeley)
* Shawsheen Elementary (Greeley)
Preschool sites
The school district operates preschools in Martinez, Scott, and Shawsheen elementary schools. Additionally, it has the following sites:
* Early Childhood University (Greeley)
* ABC East (Greeley)
* District 6 Early Childhood Preschool, Aims Campus (Greeley)
Affiliated charter schools
* Frontier Academy (Greeley, K-5, 6-12)
* Salida Del Sol Academy (Greeley, K-8)
* Union Colony Elementary (Greeley, K-5)
* Union Colony Preparatory (Greeley, 6-12)
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University Schools
University Schools is the former lab school affiliated with the University of Northern Colorado. It is now a charter school located in Greeley, Colorado. This was a relatively small school, but due to recent additions, including a new middle ...
(Greeley, K-5, 6-8, 9-12)
* West Ridge Academy (Greeley, K-8)
Former Schools
* John Evans Middle School (Greeley, closed and students transferred to Prairie Heights Middle School in 2015)
* East Memorial Elementary School (Greeley, now Bella Romero Academy's K-3 building)
References
External links
Greeley-Evans School District 6{{School districts in Colorado
Weld County School District 6
School District 6