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Board reviews room-by-room capacity plans showing district has available seats under medium forecast
Summary
Slides presented detailed capacity analyses for elementary, middle and high schools using CDE square-foot guidance and optimization factors; the study concluded the district has adequate capacity under the medium forecast but recommended monitoring development activity.
The board reviewed detailed room inventories and capacity calculations for Strasburg Elementary, Strasburg Middle School and Strasburg High School. Slides explain that any room of 675 square feet or larger is counted as a potential classroom under Colorado Department of Education (CDE) guidance; educational capacity calculations reflect how buildings are currently used and an optimization factor (0.75) was applied for middle/high scheduling models.
The presentation included numerical capacity comparisons across schools. Example totals on slides show elementary-seat capacity around 730, middle-school seats near 309 (post-optimization model), and high-school seats around 449 after applying the optimization factor; the presenter concluded current capacity is adequate for the foreseeable future but that shifts in land development could change those projections.
