C3 Elementary is a district-run Innovation School. A district-run innovation school is a district-managed public school with a strategic plan that allows waivers to specific district policies, state statutes, and collective bargaining agreements with the goal of improving student outcomes and executing with excellence a specific model. Innovation schools are governed by the Innovation Schools Act (§ 22-32.5-107, C.R.S).

C3’s most recent Innovation Plan was approved in the spring of 2023, and is valid for three years.

C3 is also part of the first Innovation Zone in Denver Public Schools, the Luminary Learning Network (LLN). The LLN’s most recent Innovation Plan was also approved in the spring of 2023 for the next three years.

2022–23 C3 Innovation Plan

2022–23 LLN Innovation Zone Plan

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