The Denver School of Science and Technology will provide a technology rich learning environment in a small public school setting for a diverse group of students. The school will open with 125 9th grade students in the fall of 2004 and 8 founding faculty members. Using the latest technology and an integrated performance based curriculum Science & Tech seeks to help redefine the successful American high school. The school will be located on a new 10 acre campus in the Stapleton redevelopment area in Denver and counts the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Hewlett Packard as some of its largest supporters.