Bromley East Charter School

Since 2001, we strive to become Colorado's premier Charter School. Our students, staff, and families create a lifelong learning community.

History of Bromley East Charter School

The Bromley East Charter School was an expansion of the 6-12 Brighton Charter School (BCS) community-based concept with the same founders and a similar educational philosophy. BCS was in its second year of operation as a 300 student, grade 6-12 program in 1999 when the founders began discussing the possibility of a K-8 school with the Bromley Park developer

Bob Lembke. They were confident that by tying into the success of BCS, a new school could be formed with a new building paid for through bond financing. Lembke and the founders originally hoped to have a charter building and a public school both constructed on a donated public school site. Each school would have its own classroom wing but would share common areas such as a library, gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, etc. The site would also include a 10-acre adjoining city park. The Brighton Charter founders had also formed a community-based non-profit board known as the Community Education Center (CEC) to serve as landlord and to offer political assistance for the facilities financing. All of the interested parties met for six months with the 27J school district administration trying to develop the shared concept, but the district rejected the plan because they could only afford to place a modular building on their segment of the shared campus, while the charter would have a permanent structure. The district needed voter approval to build a permanent traditional public school and it was confident that the approval would occur. At this point, the charter school group moved quickly to draft budgets and plans to build its own K-8 building. In February 2000 the BCS board and CEC acted on several fronts to establish a new school to open in the fall of 2001. These steps included:
Obtaining a new 31-year charter for Bromley East
Obtaining a 31-year charter renewal for BCS
Obtaining a 501(c)(3) status for the CEC and Bromley East
Establishing a partnership with the city to operate an adjoining 10 acre park
Hiring an experienced underwriter (Russ Caldwell, with Kirkpatrick Pettis)
Expanding charter budgeting to reflect a 10-year budget complete with debt service
Going through the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Association for issuance of $12.8 million in construction bonds
Obtaining investment grade bond rating from Fitch and Moody rating services

After 8 months of very hard work and a lot of political maneuvering, the following was accomplished:
Built a new 88,000 square foot, 810 student K-8 school
BCS and BECS became the first charters in the state of Colorado to receive a 31-year contract and a 31-year contract renewal
BECS became the first “neighborhood” charter school in Colorado
The $12.8 million bond issued was the largest to date in Colorado for a charter school
The $12.8 million issuance for a charter through a community non-profit group (CEC) was the first of its type in Colorado
BECS was the first and only charter school in the nation to receive investment grade ratings from both Fitch and Moody

The school opened in August 2001 with Governor Bill Owens as the keynote speaker.

08/07/2026

August 13 is Back to School night! This is your opportunity to meet your teachers, drop off school supplies and say "HI" to your friends!

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08/07/2026

Welcome to the Bromley family!

Today, we were excited to welcome our newest teachers as they stepped into the building for the first time to begin learning everything Bromley.

From building relationships to creating engaging classrooms, this is the start of an incredible journey. We can’t wait to see the passion, creativity, and dedication each of you will bring to our students and school community.

Please join us in giving our new teachers a warm Bromley welcome!

08/05/2026

The BECS School Board meeting is tonight from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

If you can't join in person, check it out online:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLWVDO0sfK4b_PRmbi1f7BA

Link to agenda:
https://go.boarddocs.com/co/bromley/Board.nsf/vpublic?open

08/04/2026

Tomorrow!
Registration for middle school Girls Volleyball and Cheerleading will open tomorrow at 9am! Volleyball will close after 30 girls register.

Registration form: https://students.arbitersports.com/programs/2026-2027-athletics-registration-12

Families will need to create an account and can add all of their children who will be playing any sports this year to this account at once.

07/31/2026

The BECS School Board meeting is next Wednesday night, from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.

If you can't join in person, check it out online:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLWVDO0sfK4b_PRmbi1f7BA

Link to agenda:
https://go.boarddocs.com/co/bromley/Board.nsf/vpublic?open

07/30/2026

Limited spots are available at our K-8, tuition-free charter school.
Apply now!
https://becs.schoolmint.net/

07/29/2026

Mark your calendars!
Registration for Girls Volleyball and Cheerleading will open at 9am on 8/5. Volleyball will close after 30 girls register.

Registration form: https://students.arbitersports.com/programs/2026-2027-athletics-registration-12

Families will need to create an account and can add all of their children who will be playing any sports this year to this account at once. Families can also create an account NOW and sign in to register for Volleyball or Cheer on 8/5.

07/23/2026

Don't forget our K-2 Summer Check-In is tomorrow at the Pavilion from 9:00 - 10:00 am!

👋 Say hi to teachers & friends
✅ Turn in your Check-In page and get a new one for August
🎟️ Enter a raffle for summer goodies
🧊 Eat a popsicle!

We hope to see you there!

07/23/2026

Registration for Girls Volleyball and Cheerleading will open at 9am on 8/5. Volleyball will close after thirty 7th and 8th grade girls register.

Here is the link to the registration form: https://students.arbitersports.com/programs/2026-2027-athletics-registration-12

Families will need to create an account and can add all of their children who will be playing any sports this year to this account at once. Families can also create an account NOW and sign in to register for Volleyball or Cheer on 8/5.

07/21/2026

Join us on Friday at the Pavilion from 9:00 - 10:00 am for a K-2 Summer Check-In!

👋 Say hi to teachers & friends
✅ Turn in your Check-In page and get a new one for August
🎟️ Enter a raffle for summer goodies
🧊 Eat a popsicle!

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Brighton, CO
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