Everywhere, the group of families spearheading the plan to build the atrium and erect a new library elsewhere on school grounds.
State law demands the full amount be raised before construction can begin.
Arno attributed the fund-raising jump to plugs for HOPE on the popular Rosie O'Donnell and Oprah shows on the April 20 anniversary of the massacre. HOPE has a fail-safe in case donations do not cover the bill by the deadline. Bob Sturm, son of Denver billionaire Donald Sturm, has said he would cover any funding shortfalls. The Denver Post. All rights reserved.