Colorado Springs School District 11
# Colorado Springs School District 11

The Colorado Springs School District 11 (District 11 or D-11) is the central school district of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Its headquarters are in that city.

## History

The first school in Colorado Springs was organized by Mary Mellen "Queen" Palmer, wife of city founder William Jackson Palmer, in late 1871. Classes were first held in a home on the northeast corner of Cascade Avenue and Bijou Street, rented by Mrs. Palmer for the school. School District 11 was established in August $1872.^{:26}$ The district enrollment passed 1000 by $1883^{:37}$ and stood at 1776 on opening day of the Colorado Springs High School building in $1893.^{:59}$ (That building was razed in 1938 to make way for construction of Palmer High School.)

In 1919, the school districts of Colorado City (annexed by Colorado Springs in 1917) and Colorado Springs were $consolidated.^{:78}$ The district saw modest growth between 1920 and 1940, then a large boom following World War $II.^{:80}$

## List of schools

### Middle schools

* Galileo School of Math and Science (converted from the former East Middle School)
* Holmes Middle School
* Jenkins Middle School
* Mann Middle School
* North Middle School
* Russell Middle School
* Sabin Middle School
* Swigert Aerospace Academy (formerly Emerson-Edison Charter Academy)
* West Middle School

### High schools

* Coronado High School
* Doherty High School
* Mitchell High School
* Palmer High School

### Charter schools

* Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning
* CIVA Charter High School
* Community Prep
* East Lake High School
* GLOBE Charter School
* Roosevelt Charter Academy

### Alternative schools

* Achieve Online School
* Adult and Family Education
* Bijou School
* Career Pathways
* Digital High School
* Odyssey Early College and Career Options
* Roy J. Wasson Academic Center (formerly Wasson High School)
* Tesla Educational Opportunity School

### Closed

* Bates Elementary School
* Franklin Elementary School
* Hunt Elementary School
* Irving Middle School
* Ivywild Elementary School
* Jefferson Elementary School
* Lincoln Elementary School
* Longfellow Elementary School
* Pike Elementary School
* Wasson High School
* South Middle School (demolished)
* Washington Elementary School
* Whittier Elementary School

## Board of education members

* President – Dr. Parth Melpakam
   * Elected 2019–2023
   * Treasurer 2019–2021
   * President 2021–2023
* Vice president – Jason Jorgenson
   * Elected 2019–2023
   * Vice President 2021–2023
* Secretary – Dr. Sandra Bankes
   * Elected 2021–2025
   * Secretary 2021–2023
* Treasurer – Lauren Nelson
   * Elected 2021–2025
   * Treasurer 2021–2023
* Director – Darleen Daniels
   * Elected 2019–2023
* Director – Reverend Al Loma
   * Elected 2021–2023
* Director – Julie Ott
   * Elected 2017–2021
   * Re-elected 2021–2025
   * Vice president 2019–2021
   * Treasurer 2017–2019
