Littleton Public Schools is a school district

School district

School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...

 in Littleton

Littleton, Colorado

Littleton is a Home Rule Municipality contained in Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area. Littleton is the county seat of Arapahoe County and the 20th most populous city in the state of...

, Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 which serves several communities south of central Denver in the Denver metropolitan area.

Scott Murphy is the superintendent. He replaced Stan Scheer, who is now superintendent of the Murrieta Valley Unified School District

Murrieta Valley Unified School District

The Murrieta Unified School District is the public school system in the city of Murrieta, California.The school district recently upgraded from T1 lines to a fiber infrastructure, with each school connecting to the central hardware at the district support center....

 in Murrieta, California.

Diana Holland is the president of the Board of Education.

Steve Spangler

Steve Spangler

Steve Spangler is an author, professional speaker, Emmy Award winner, listed in the public Time 100 poll, science teacher, founder of two companies, toy maker and a trained magician...

, known for his experiments on local TV station 9news, acts as a science consultant for the school district. He helps students get motivated and more interested in the hands-on aspect of science.

Littleton is known for the shooting at Columbine High School

Columbine High School massacre

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...

, yet Columbine is not in the city of Littleton and is not a part of Littleton Public Schools. Columbine High School

Columbine High School

Columbine High School or CHS is a high school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.- History :Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973. There was no senior class in its first year. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1975...

 is a part of Jefferson County Public Schools

Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)

Jefferson County School District R-1 is a school district in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is the largest school district in Colorado and was the 32nd largest school district in the United States in 2001-2002...

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Elementary schools

Lewis Ames Elementary School web site Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education web site East Elementary School web site Eugune Field International Baccalaureate Elementary School web site Benjamin Franklin Elementary School web site Highland Elementary School web site Mark Hopkins Elementary School web site Lois Lenski Elementary School web site

Peabody Elementary School web site Ralph Moody Elementary School web site Damon Runyon Elementary School web site Carl Sandburg Elementary School web site Mark Twain Elementary School web site The Village for Childhood Education (students ages 3-5) web site Laura Ingalls Wilder Elementary School web site

Middle schools

There are four traditional middle schools in Littleton Public Schools and one alternative middle school, serving grades seven through nine:

• Euclid Middle School web site

• Goddard Middle School web site

• Isaac Newton Middle School web site

• John Wesley Powell Middle School web site

• Pathways (7th-9th grade) web site

• Redirection Center (6th-12th grade) web site

High schools

• Arapahoe High School
  Arapahoe High School (Centennial, Colorado)
  Arapahoe High School is a public high school in Centennial, Colorado, United States. Located in a suburb of Denver, it is the flagship of the Littleton Public Schools District as the largest of three high schools with an enrollment of 2,229 students...
  
   web site

• Heritage High School
  Heritage High School (Littleton, Colorado)
  Heritage High School, in Littleton, Colorado was completed in 1972 as the last of three high schools in the Littleton Public Schools system. It was rated by Newsweek magazine as one of the top 200 high schools in the United States, and the Denver-based 5280 magazine acknowledged Heritage High...
  
   web site

• Littleton High School
  Littleton High School (Colorado)
  Littleton High School is a public high school located in Littleton, Colorado, United States. It is a part of the Littleton Public Schools school district.- History :...
  
  web site

• Options High School web site

Charter schools

• Littleton Academy Public Charter School web site

• Littleton Preparatory Charter School web site