HomeMy WebLinkAboutGPRexburg_City_Meeting Presentation (2)We are...
A free K-12 charter school
College prep
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All students interested in a rigorous college prep program
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Our Results
OUR MISSION & SCHOOLS
Our Schools:
*All schools growing to K-12
Gem Prep: Online (Statewide), Grades K-12
Gem Prep: Meridian, Grades K-12
Gem Prep: Nampa, Grades K-12
Gem Prep: Pocatello, Grades K-12
Gem Prep: Meridian North, Grades K-11
Gem Prep: Meridian South, Grades K-10
Gem Prep: Twin Falls, Grades K-8
Gem Prep: Idaho Falls,Grades K-8 (Opening 2026)
Mission: To prepare students for success in college
by providing a high quality, personalized, relevant and
rigorous education through exceptional teaching,
innovative uses of technology and partnerships with
families.
Student Population
School Size
●K-5 gr student 312
●6-8th gr around 142 students
●9-12th gr around 120 students
●K-12 Full size 574 students
We already have over 230 students signed up on our Interested List.
THE GEM DIFFERENCE
Benefits of a Gem Prep School
●GP schools dominate Top 10 lists each year-IRI, ISAT,
Graduation Rate
●Adding student capacity to the area-without raising taxes
●Creating approximately 40 full time local jobs
●Investing roughly $5 million in grants into the community
Being Good Neighbors
Spent over 24 man-hours going door to door
Distributed 100+ flyers
Placed 250+ door hangers
Community utilization-movie nights, church groups, community fairs, etc…
School year: Mid August to end of May
●Drop off/Pickup: 7:30 -8am / 3:30 -3:50 (1 -1:20 Wednesday)
●School Hours: M/T/Th/F 8am -3:30pm, Wednesdays 8am -1pm
Traffic Mitigation
●Traffic study completed to determine traffic mitigation needs and
submitted to the city for review.
●K-12 Carpooling to reduce traffic.
●11-12th graders off campus majority of time.
●Busing offered to students.
●Substantial onsite car queuing to eliminate cars spilling onto 12th.
●Over 10 years of experience operating schools around the state to
create traffic flow with minimal impact.
Gem Prep: Rexburg
Project Overview
●New East-West Public Roadway along
North Property Line
○Access to School
○Access to Adjacent Property to East
(Residential)
○Access to Adjacent Property to the
North
○New Public Water and Sewer Lines
in Roadway
○Sidewalk and ROW Landscaping
along project frontage
●Relocation of N-S Irrigation Ditch –
Rexburg Irrigation Company
●Site Design
○On-Site Parking 104 spaces –
City Code Requires 68 spaces
○Separate Bus and Parent
Access/Egress Paths
○On-site queuing for
approximately 100 cars –57-86
cars required
○On-site queuing expected to
stay on-site, not onto S 12th W
●S 12th W –Full Width Widening on
Project Side of Roadway.
○Sidewalk
○ROW Landscaping
○Street Lighting
Project Profile
Proposed Campus
Timeline
●Construction of Facility: Summer 2026 -Summer 2027
●Lottery Registration February-March 2027
●Hiring process will begin in Spring 2027
●School Start August 2027
Thank you!
Website: www.gemprep.org/rexburg