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Week of September 8, 2022
ADAMS & JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 77 | ISSUE 46
Ranum Reimagined launches phase I Former high school could be Westminster’s CTE hub BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Walk into one of Ranum Middle School’s entrances today and you’ll find boxes filled with school sup-
plies, tables on dollies and desk chairs stacked on carts. Fast forward to 2024 and you will be welcomed by a sunlit atrium that’s bustling with students learning career technical skills like welding, carpentry, phlebotomy, sports medicine and more. “This won’t look like a school,” said Ryan McCoy, executive director of post-secondary workforce
readiness for Westminster Public Schools. That’s because Ranum Reimagined, a project to transform the former middle school into a career technical education (CTE) campus, kicked off this past summer with Phase I. The school originally operated as Ranum High School from 1962 until 2010. The goal is for students to be able
to pursue a career while earning a high school diploma, if they so choose. Ranum Reimagined will provide the space for students to collaborate with industry experts and have not only a high school diploma in hand on graduation day, but also professional certificates, college courses or skills ready to be used in SEE RANUM, P6
Cleaner but more costly gasoline coming
BATTLE FOR THE BALL
Front Range is facing new rules to battle pollution BY SAM BRASCH COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
Arapahoe’s Joshua Perez, left, battles Legacy’s Parker Katz during a non-league 5A game at Five Star North Stadium on Aug. 30. The Lighting won a close game, 1-0, on a goal by junior Lucas Montera, at 7:17 of the second half. See more photos on page 34.
After decades of failing to meet federal air pollution standards, Colorado’s Front Range is set to become the latest region required to sell reformulated gasoline every summer. The federal mandate aims to address metro Denver’s persistent smog problem. In April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed reclassifying most of the region as a “severe” ozone violator. If finalized as expected, the move would force gas stations from Fort Collins to Douglas County to exclusively sell a cleaner-burning gasoline blend as soon as the summer of 2024. State air quality regulators have expected federal action for years, but the final steps come in an election year focused on high gas prices — a tough political reality
PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY
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