Spruce Community School is a D11-authorized public charter school planned for a Fall 2026 opening. Current evidence ties Spruce directly to Legacy Institute / Legacy Fellowship through founder Loren Koszowski and through D11 application evidence that Legacy helped shape leadership development and founding-board formation.
The current source base supports a narrower relationship to Parents Challenge: Spruce's D11 application says Spruce representatives participated in the Parents Challenge School Choice Fair. No direct Parents Challenge funding, sponsorship, governance, contract, or operating-control relationship to Spruce has been captured.
303 Austin Bluffs Parkway; Spruce board meeting, Colorado League, and Colorado SOS records also show 525 N Tejon as a meeting, directory, or corporate-address signal.The current Legacy Fellowship page uses Loren Reynolds for the Spruce fellow, while the D11 application uses Loren Koszowski. Treat this as an unresolved naming / identity question until a direct source connects the names.
The source set supports multiple address signals. Spruce's current site foregrounds 303 Austin Bluffs Parkway; the board-meeting page, Colorado League directory, and Colorado SOS newly formed nonprofit row use 525 N Tejon. Treat 525 N Tejon as a confirmed meeting / listing / corporate-address signal, not as proof of Legacy control.
D11's June 4, 2025 minutes record the Spruce application action item, identify Loren Koszowski, and show the board approving Resolution 2025-41 by a 7-0 vote.
| source node | target node | tie type | time range | mechanism | possible flow type | observable effect | evidence strength | claim limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Fellowship | Spruce Community School / Loren Koszowski | fellowship / advisory role / governance formation support | 2024-2026 | 24-month fellowship, site visits, leadership training, board-candidate interviews | Expertise, people, governance capacity, legitimacy | Spruce application approved by D11 on June 4, 2025 | direct | Naming caveat; no D11-Legacy contract or payment record captured |
| D11 board | Spruce Community School | charter oversight role / new charter approval | 2025-06-04 | Resolution 2025-41 | Public authorizer authority, future per-pupil funding flow if school opens | Approved 7-0 | direct | Approval alone does not prove adverse intent or implementation success |
| Spruce Community School | Parents Challenge | school-choice event co-appearance / outreach adjacency | 2025 application | Parents Challenge School Choice Fair participation | Parent outreach, visibility | Application says Spruce participated in school-choice events including Parents Challenge fair | direct for application claim | Does not prove Parents Challenge sponsorship or funding |
| CSGF / Great Schools Colorado / Colorado Schools Fund | Spruce Community School | grant / cohort / charter-support listing | 2025-2026 planning period | SEED cohort, CSP award listing, support-page listing | Funding, legitimacy, technical support | Spruce appears in external charter-support ecosystems | direct for listings | Grant terms, conditions, and decision influence remain unresolved |
| Spruce Community School | 525 N Tejon address ecosystem | address / meeting-location overlap | 2025-2026 | corporate row, board-meeting location, directory listing | Space, legitimacy, operational support possible | Multiple records use 525 N Tejon | direct for address records | Shared address or venue does not prove control, sponsorship, or funding |