Data Collection, Data Analytics & Visualization, Data Research, Community Relations

Gilpin Building Bid

By 2014, the Denver Language School (DLS) had outgrown it's original campus, and a temporary second campus was opened at a local church. The facilities committee continued to look for a permanent solution during the three years that the church was used by students. When the Gilpin campus became available, Denver Public Schools (DPS) announced a competitive application process for the many schools in the district in need of space. The process included a formal application, two presentations for DPS representatives and neighbors near the empty campus, a recommendation by the DPS committee to the superintendent, a recommendation by the superintendent to the Board of Education, and then a formal vote by the Board.

DLS was awarded the contract in December of 2017, and the new campus opened in August of 2018.

• Much of the data, statistics, and information gathering in the application was done by me.
• One of the reasons cited as to why DLS received the contract was the stellar, innovative transportation system, and it's positive effects on the neighborhood, a program that I had created and been leading for three years at this point.
• Full 72-page application can be downloaded here.