Lincoln Elementary School will host a Community Forum on Thursday, January 24 to discuss the idea of starting a Primary Montessori School.

Lincoln Elementary School parents and members of the community are all invited to the forum, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Lincoln Elementary is located at 710 S. Pennsylvania Street in the west Washington Park neighborhood.

"We know that parents want options and we know that the Montessori concept yields very strong results with student achievement," said Lincoln Elementary School principal Daphne Hunter. "Our school has a strong core program but we want to see if there is a better way to meet the needs of parents and students. This forum is a chance to begin the conversation about whether Montessori makes sense for our community."

The proposed Montessori program would begin with a Lower Primary program. Depending on the ages of potential students, the school would either start with first grade (potentially receiving students from the Washington Park Montessori Pre-School and other Montessori schools). If enough young students are interested, Lincoln would explore starting a program with three- and four-year-olds. Current multi-age programs at Lincoln would continue.

Denver Public Schools is currently home to two public Montessori schools – Denison Montessori (1821 S. Yates St.) is a district-wide magnet and Sandoval Academy (3655 Wyandot St.) offers the Montessori approach alongside dual-language (Spanish and English) instruction. Sandoval is a regional magnet program for northwest Denver.

For more information about the Lincoln Elementary School forum, please call 303-744-1785.