Denver Public Schools buying part of Johnson & Wales campus for $30M

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DENVER —

Denver Public Schools will purchase a portion of Johnson & Wales University after a unanimous school board vote Thursday.

Four buildings on the campus of the university, which is set to close, will become an expansion of the school system’s Denver School of the Arts, a magnet school for sixth to 12th graders located across the street.

The vote to approve the deal was preceded by very little discussion by the board, but Vice President Jennifer Bacon voiced her support.

“This is an opportunity for our community to not only really think about being able…