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WHAT’S INSIDE
Moving day for three schools High school, middle school and alternative school classrooms relocated By Tom Munds
Flu outbreak: Colorado has been hit hard by a mutating flu virus; hospital visits up. See Page 5
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On display: Littleton school children see their artwork in an ACC gallery show. See Page 14
Good finish: The Pirates girls swimmers tally seventh in the Intrastate 11 meet. See Page 19
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P L EA SE R ECYC L E T H I S C OPY
Completion of most of the construction cleared the way for moving all Englewood High School, Englewood Middle School and Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School classrooms to new locations. “This is a special time for our school district,” Superintendent Brian Ewert said. “When students return from winter break, the high school and middle school will be in the new seventh- through 12th-grade campus. At the same time, Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School classrooms will now be in the former Englewood Middle School building that has undergone a major makeover.” The new campus is on the former Englewood High campus at 3800 S. Logan St. The first phase included demolition of the buildings on the north side of the high school to make way for the new wing on that side of the site. Over the Thanksgiving break in 2013, Englewood High School classrooms were moved to classrooms in the new wing. Preparations for the move began in early December as empty boxes were delivered so teachers could begin packing the items to be moved to the new classrooms. The directions were to clearly mark the boxes so the movers could get them to the right location. Instruction should be familiar to the high school and middle school teachers because there have been previous moves. When the middle school wing on the new campus was completed last year, high school teachers moved from the old building to the new wing and, at the middle school, teachers shifted classrooms around while the building was renovated to accommodate the alternative high school. Crews began work Dec. 29 on the latest move. The high school classrooms were moved to the recently completed wing of the new campus. The next step was to move the middle school at 300 W. Chenango Ave. into the wing of the new campus formerly occupied by the high school. The final phase will be moving the Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School classrooms from 2323 W. Baker Ave., where it had been for almost 30 years, to the former middle school on West Chenango Avenue that had undergone major renovation. “This is a huge change for our school,” said Ginger Rode, CFAHS teacher. “We now have facilities, like an audio production studio, auditorium and real gymnasium. We also now have state-of-the-art classrooms and no longer have to share classrooms.”
Dave Lammers unpacks one of the boxes as he moves his classroom from the former middle school to the new location on the seventh- through 12th-grade campus. Middle school classrooms are now in the north wing of the campus, and the high school classrooms are in the newly completed wing. The former middle school is now the location of Colorado’s Finest Alternative High School. Photos by Tom Munds
Theresa Kropp, high school bookkeeper, moves her items into her office located in the newly constructed high school wing of the seventh- through 12th-grade campus. The campus construction is basically completed so everything was ready when middleand high-school students returned from winter break Jan. 7. She said all classrooms now have windows and natural light plus the school maintained its open feel with windows looking out into the hall. Teachers began unpacking and setting up classrooms on Jan. 5. “The new classroom is great,” said Scott Wallace, middle school teacher. “I have the STEM lab and I think it is one of the most technolog-
ically-advanced classrooms in the state. In addition to state-of-the-art computers, we have new software and kits so students can create robots and explore alternative energy sources.” Other middle school teachers said the new facilities were awesome. Doug Lammers said his new science classroom is larger, wellequipped and there are windows, a big plus for any classroom.
Vandal sentenced to prison Judge hands down three-year sentence to Anthony Meany for school incident By Tom Munds
tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Englewood resident Anthony Ryan Meany was sentenced to serve three years behind bars for his part in vandalizing Englewood High School in January 2014. On Oct. 24, 2014, Meany had entered a guilty plea to second-degree burglary and seconddegree arson. The three year sentence was part of a plea agreement and was handed down by 18th Judicial District Judge Christopher Cross. The judge ordered deputies to take Meany into custody and transfer him to the Department of Corrections to begin serving his sentence. On Oct. 24, after he had entered a guilty plea, the 26-year-old Meany said he is sorry about the vandalism at Englewood High School.
“I am sorry about all of this. I wish it had never happened,” he said outside the courtroom after his hearing. “The real culprit that night was alcohol. Three young men’s lives were damaged because, under the influence of alcohol, they did something so stupid.” When Meany entered his guilty plea Oct. 24, Judge Cross told the Englewood man his guilty plea means he could face time in jail. “The other two defendants in this case got lighter sentencMeany es, and we try to treat everyone the same,” the judge said. “But your background is different because of your prior record, so your sentence will probably be more severe.” Reportedly, Meany was said to have greater involvement and was the ringleader of the vandalism. He also had a prior burglary charge for burglarizing a church in Arapahoe County. Meany, Chad Delgadillo and Michael Trickel
were the defendants in the Jan. 12, 2014, vandalism at Englewood High School. Delgadillo and Trickel previously entered guilty pleas. Both men were sentenced to five years probation, 1,000 hours of public service and to contribute to repaying the cost of restoration of $201,366.49. The trio broke into Englewood High School in the early morning hours of Jan. 12, 2014. They smashed windows and set small fires. The fires triggered the sprinkler system which did extensive damage to the school facilities. Englewood Police investigation found a number of videos tying the three men to the crime. They also found a cell phone near the campus with photos showing Delgadillo and Trickle staring fires in the band room. They also took pictures of themselves setting fire to an American flag. The phone was traced to Delgadillo. When arrested and questioned, Delgadillo admitted he and the other two men did the vandalism to the school. Officers then arrested Trickle and Meany.