The Sentinel: New entrepreneurial-focused magnet school in APS readying for students this fall
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"Colorado's youngest entrepreneurs got a sneak peek of their future school this Saturday as the Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy hosted a meet and greet for students who were accepted to the new magnet school's inaugural class and their families.
The Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy (CBEA) will open this fall as one of APS' two new magnet schools being built as part of the Blueprint APS process. The other, the Charles Burrell Visual and Performing Arts Campus, will provide education in the arts to students in kindergarten through 12th grade.
The school's namesake, Clara Brown, is believed to be one of the first Black people to settle in Colorado. Born into slavery in Virginia in 1800, Brown became a prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist in Colorado during the Gold Rush and helped newly freed slaves relocate to Colorado until her death in 1885. She was posthumously inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, which was present at the meet and greet to educate families about Brown's legacy."