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Education Administration ProgramsColorado, United States51-200 Employees
James Irwin Charter Schools is a Colorado Springs-based network of six charter schools founded in 2000 and named after Apollo 15 astronaut James Benson Irwin. It operates across four campuses with about two thousand students, serving kindergarten through high school. The schools include James Irwin Charter High School, James Irwin Charter Middle School, and two elementary campuses, delivering a K-12 program focused on rigorous, content-rich instruction and college readiness. In 2016 the system expanded with Power Technical, a grades 6-14 vocational campus that offers pathways in construction and manufacturing through partnerships with local colleges and industry groups, supporting students to earn an associate degree in a skilled trade. A notable recent development is that the James Irwin Charter High School robotics team, the Javajags, qualified for the 2026 VEX Robotics World Championship in St. Louis.