Lotus School of Excellence

NOTE: The Lotus School of Excellence has been identified as a Gulen charter school.

STUDENTS PUT AT RISK, BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL CHARGES UNSAFE SCHOOL ALLOWED TO STAY OPEN, E-MAILS SAY, June 16, 2007, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
A state building code official told lawmakers that the head of public school inspections has mismanaged the program and knowingly put children at risk.

Building official Eric Gillespie said the head of the division allowed The Lotus School of Excellence in Aurora, with about 150 students and teachers, to remain open in February even though the school lacked fire escapes, fire alarms and sprinkler systems, according to e-mails obtained Friday by the Rocky Mountain News.

Gillespie said that Dick Piper, director of the division, allowed the school to stay open temporarily after Gillespie ordered the school evacuated and shut down…

Piper, the director of the Division of Oil and Public Safety, said the Aurora charter school had leased space in a community college building that was certified for adults and not children.

The state learned about the charter school in January, long after the school opened without contacting the state for an inspection…


Evidence of the affiliation between the Gulen Movement and the Lotus School for Excellence is found HERE.

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