About+Barrett

= = = = =**Barrett School was built in 1959. It was named after Harry McWhirter Barrett, ** a teacher and an administrator in the Denver Public Schools for 20 years back in the early 1900s. = =When Denver came under the desegregation order in 1974, Barrett was paired with Stephen Knight Elementary School (now Stephen Knight Fundamental Academy). Students would spend half the day at one school and half the day at the other. Later all primary students were placed at Barrett and the intermediate grades attended Stephen Knight. Four years later, Barrett paired with Cory Elementary. Barrett housed Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third grades, while Cory served Kindergarten, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth grades. In 1986, Sixth grade was moved to the middle schools. At that point, Barrett housed all Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade while Cory housed 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. In 1996, busing ended and Barrett became a community school where all children who live in our area could attend from ECE to 5th grade. =