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title: For the first time, Denver's largest charter network didn't get space for a high school
description: "NEWS:Chalkbeat: DPS not making space available for DSST: Henry High School points to slowdown in Denver charter growth."
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# [For the first time, Denver's largest charter network didn't get space for a high school](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/for-the-first-time-denvers-largest-charter-network-didnt-get-space-for-a-high-school)

 Written by [DSST Public Schools](https://blog.dsstpublicschools.org/helix/author/dsst-public-schools) | 05/09/19

In a sign that charter school growth in Denver could be slowing, the district’s largest network for the first time will not immediately open a high school to complement one of its middle schools.

 

Plateauing student enrollment, fewer empty buildings, and a growing hesitancy to replace struggling schools are changing the ecosystem for charters in Denver Public Schools, a district nationally known for collaborating with the independently run public schools.

Denver has incubated several high-performing homegrown charter networks, the largest of which is DSST. But DSST now faces a hiccup in its rapid growth. Despite intense lobbying from parents at DSST: Henry Middle School, the district did not make space available next school year for the network to open an accompanying high school, disrupting the network’s sixth-through-12th-grade model and leaving parents scrambling for other options.

[Read the full story here.](https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2019/05/07/for-the-first-time-denvers-largest-charter-network-didnt-get-space-for-a-high-school/) 

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