As gentrification continues to squeeze low-income families and push them out to the surrounding suburbs, the effect of a shifting school-age population continues to reverberate in Denver area schools.

The latest repercussion: One of the largest charter school networks in Denver is considering expanding into the city’s suburbs, in part to follow students who have moved.

KIPP, a national charter network that runs five schools in Denver, plans to have a new five-year strategic plan by summer that will include how and where the charter network will grow.

That plan will likely be dictated by the metro area’s enrollment trends. In seeking a good fit for a KIPP school, officials will consider where KIPP students live, whether the charter’s resources can cover the expansion, and whether the new district’s “vision” aligns with theirs.

“We believe there is need beyond what is going on in Denver,” said Kimberlee Sia, CEO of KIPP Colorado.

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