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Commons, a multi-purpose space for dining, meetings, and events. In 2010, the previous dining space was repurposed into the Learning Commons, and an updated library/student center was added. In 2020, the Dawson School Arts Center opened, a 24,500 acres (9,900 ha) building with classrooms, labs, maker space, and flexible spaces. The campus also includes cottages with classrooms, tennis courts, baseball fields, soccer and lacrosse fields, a swimming pool, learning gardens, a gymnasium, and an orchard.
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failed to heed the concerns voiced by its own staff related to the teacher’s clear grooming behavior—concerns that were raised at the very beginning of the school year," and further details "the school’s callous disregard for the safety and well-being of its students—which appears to fit a long-standing pattern of covering up and minimizing sexual assault on its campus and marginalizing the victims of those assaults."
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the crimes all occurred on school property during normal school operating hours. The teacher was ultimately convicted and sentenced to prison for these crimes. The
Boulder Deputy District Attorney M. Breck Roesch was quoted as noting the teacher "had been fired from a school in California and a camp in Oregon for similar behavior prior to his arrival at Dawson."
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In 2021, a music teacher at Dawson School was arrested and charged on multiple class 4 felony counts of sexual assault of a child by one in a position of trust, and misdemeanor unlawful sexual contact. The victims ranged in age from 17-19 and were all students at Dawson School. The victims reported
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Athletic Center contains two gyms and a conditioning facility; The Arts Center includes a theater, dance studio, band room, and fine arts studios. In 2018, the first new construction in 20
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A civil lawsuit was filed against Dawson School on behalf of the victims. The lawsuit alleges "the school failed to conduct due diligence in hiring its staff and instead hired a sexual predator who had just been accused of sexual misconduct at another elite private school. What is more, the school
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Alexander Dawson School in honor of Henderson's father, Alexander Dawson Henderson. Responding to increasing demand for a rigorous academic program, the school developed into a college preparatory independent school.
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