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- Mar 18:
- Hispanic students join forces at George Washington HS program
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- Piden mejoras al proceso de selección de escuelas en Denver para incluir a latinos
- Feb 27:
- DPS board narrows field to three for vacant District 4 seat
- Feb 25:
- Denver program uses video to bring science to students across America
- Report: High school dropouts cost economy billions
- Feb 22:
- Estados Unidos solicita maestros mexicanos para trabajar en California y Nuevo México
- Distritos escolares buscan integrar a alumnos que no hablan inglés
- Agreement keeps Denver police out of most school discipline problems
- Feb 19:
- Agreement clarifies police role in Denver schools
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- Colegio Técnico Emily Griffith ofrece aranceles unificados para estudiantes de inglés
Community College of Denver is about to get its first brand-new building of its own.
Mayor Michael Hancock and a cast of higher education luminaries were on hand today to break ground on a four-story, 87,000-square-foot building that will house admissions, financial aid, academic advisement and testing offices as well as classrooms, at Seventh Street and Colfax Avenue on the downtown Auraria campus.
The $40 million building is being paid for through an increase in student fees - which CCD students approved in 2010 - and college reserves. The building is designed to be energy efficient, with radiant floors, a green roof and a setting that takes advantage of natural light.
Currently, CCD classes and offices are in four Auraria campus buildings, several of which date to the campus opening in the 1970s. The new building will occupy the site of a former parking lot, but a CCD spokeswoman said two newly constructed lots will make up for the lost parking spaces.
Enrollment at CCD has soared in recent years, from 5,304 in the fall of 2006 to 8,390 in fall, 2010.
