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SPECTRUM HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT NARRATIVE Detailed description scope of project. Spectrum High School is an approved charter high school opening in the fall of 2006. We are applying for this conditional use permit in order to lease and co- occupy the Boys and Girls Club of Elk River. Spectrum will open with sixty to eighty 9~' and 10~' grade students at the site and The Boys and Girls Club of Elk River will continue to occupy and share the facility with the high school during non-school hours. After school, for example, there maybe Boys and Girls Club activities occurring in part of the building, while Spectrum High School activities are occurring in other parts of the building. The Spectrum School Board anticipates continuing this arrangement with the Boys and Girls Club for two years and possibly a third year. During the second year of operation we will serve up to 120 9~'-1 l~' graders. The long-term goal of the Spectrum School Board is to lease a permanent facility that will be built by the KCS Building Foundation in cooperation with Kaleidoscope Charter School, a successful K-8 charter school currently operating in Rogers, MN. Spectrum High School will operate as a public school under Minnesota Charter school law. Spectrum High School is sponsored by Volunteers of America and is organized and operated as a nonprofit corporation. As a public school we have an open enrollment policy and do not charge tuition. At the Boys and Girls Club we will set up administrative offices, four classrooms and also use the gym and open /game-room space during the school day. The Boys and Girls Club will share some or all of these spaces during non- school hours. Spectrum High School will use the kitchen only to facilitate serving catered lunches; we will not prepare food on site. Hours of Operation Staff: Spectrum High School will be open and staffed on school days between the hours of 7:30 am and 4:30 or 5:00 p.m. Students: The school day will most likely occur between the hours of 8:00 am and 3:00 pm. The exact hours of the school day are dependent on bus scheduling which will not be assigned until this summer. We have requested that the Elk River School District #728 provide transportation as provided for under charter school law.