CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Laramie County School District 1 has released a tentative timeline and information about its newest addition, Coyote Ridge Elementary.
The school, which is located at Powderhouse and Carlson, is slated to open in 2024. It will be open for
fifth- and sixth-grade students in August 2024.
The four schools originally anticipated to feed into Coyote Ridge were Davis, Hobbs, Jessup and Prairie Wind elementary schools.
Additionally, students from across the district who wish to attend may submit a boundary waiver form.
Registration for the 2024–25 school year, including the boundary waiver process, will begin in January 2024.
Below is a tentative timeline in preparation for the school’s opening:
• January–February 2024: Hire the principal and leadership team.
• March 2024: Hire staff members with the principal and leadership team.
• April–May 2024: Conduct several open house events with staff, students and parents.
• August 2024: Ribbon-cutting event to open Coyote Ridge Elementary.
A variety of events will be held during spring 2024 leading up to the first day of school. This will
include time for students to make new friendships, learn about the new curricular and instructional
offerings and play on the new playground. Families will be invited to share in the collaborative effort to
build the new Coyote Ridge school community.
The 5–6 school concept was approved more than 10 years ago by the Wyoming School Facilities
Department as a way to reduce school capacity issues within the triads. When students move to the 5–6
school, the “feeder” schools become kindergarten-through-fourth-grade schools, thus increasing the
“feeder” schools’ capacity. The plan was initiated more than five years ago, when Meadowlark
Elementary opened for fifth- and sixth-grade students.
Based on the 5–6 model adopted by the LCSD1 Board of Trustees, the Wyoming Department of Education and the State Facilities Department to help reduce capacity issues, the long-range plan anticipates an additional 5–6 school in the district, including a current funding request for a 5–6 school in the South triad.
