Charter school’s application dispute heads to Summit School District’s Board of Education

Charter school’s application dispute heads to Summit School District’s Board of Education

Summit School District and the High Rockies Community School are headed into Thursday’s school board meeting with diverging interpretations of the charter school’s deadline to apply for a Summit County campus.  High Rockies, which formally opened its first branch in Fairplay for the 2025-26 school year, submitted its application Wednesday, Aug. 12, with the goal of opening in Summit County in the fall of 2027. Laurel Dumas, executive director an…