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<br />Case File: CU 06-15 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />. Cover Sheet <br />. Location Map <br />. Applicant's Narrative <br />. Aerial Image <br />. Site Images <br />. Site Plan <br />. Floor Plan <br /> <br />Overview <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to operate a High School at the Boys <br />and Girls Club of Elk River. Spectrum High School is an approved charter high school and <br />is proposing to open in the fall of 2006. They would like to open with 60-80 students in the <br />9th & 10th grades. <br /> <br />The Spectrum School Board anticipates continuing this arrangement with the Boys and Girls <br />Club for two years certain and possibly a third year. During the second year of operation <br />they propose to serve up to 120 students in the 9th-11 th grades. The long-term goal of the <br />Spectrum School Board is to lease a permanent facility. <br /> <br />Spectrum High School will operate as a public school under Minnesota Charter school law <br />and will have an open enrollment policy and will not charge tuition. <br /> <br />The Boys and Girls Club of Elk River will continue to occupy and will share the facility with <br />the high school during non-school hours. <br /> <br />Analysis <br /> <br />They propose to set up administrative offices, four classrooms and also use the gym and <br />game-room space during the school day. Some or all of these spaces will be shared by the <br />Boys and Girls Club during non-school hours. The kitchen space will only be used to serve <br />catered lunches and will not be used to prepare food on site. The applicant shall contact the <br />City of Elk River Building Division to verify that the kitchen meets all applicable building <br />codes. . <br /> <br />The school will be staffed on school days between the hours of 7:45 am and 5:00 p.m. The <br />school day will most likely occur between the hours of 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. <br /> <br />The exact hours of the school day are dependent on bus schedules which will not be <br />assigned until this summer. They applicant has requested that the Elk River School District <br />#728 provide transportation as provided for under charter school law. <br /> <br />Staffing of the facility will include two administrative staff, six teaching staff and up to four <br />paraprofessionals and/or part time classroom aids. <br /> <br />S:\pLANNING\Case Files\2006\CUP\CU 06-15 Spectrum High School\CU 06-15_CC.doc <br />