Youth and school Suburban school districts feel the squeeze Educators turning to voters for help in financial crunch By Nancy Mitchell Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Century Middle School in Thornton is only 3 years old, but it's already overflowing.
Students share lockers and push through packed hallways.
Textbooks stay at school because there are too few in most subjects to let students take them home. Many classes, like eighth-grader Kristi Smith's science lab, have 35 or more students. You have to wait awhile to get a question answered. A nearby stage in the cafeteria is set with tables because there aren't enough seats at lunchtime. Adams isn't alone in asking voters for help.