Douglas County renames street near STEM School Highlands Ranch after Kendrick Castillo

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Kendrick Castillo before his senior prom in April 2019. (Photo courtesy of Tim Thompson)

Douglas County officials will rename a Highlands Ranch roadway after the STEM School student killed in 2019 after charging an armed classmate during a school shooting.

The Board of Douglas County Commissioners on Tuesday approved renaming Lucent Boulevard, which stretches from County Line Road to South Broadway, to Kendrick Castillo Way.

The road is a mile west of the school where Castillo, 18, was fatally shot on May 7, 2019, after he ran at one of two armed students who walked into his classroom.

Castillo’s classmates and friends Brendan Bialy and Josh Jones, who also rushed the gunman, survived the shooting. Jones was shot twice, while Bialy was not injured.

Kendrick’s father, John Castillo, told commissioners during a public hearing that the family is honored by the decision to rename the road – one that he drives every day.

Colorado lawmakers in 2020 voted to rename a portion of C-470 from University Boulevard to Santa Fe Drive, making it the Kendrick Castillo Memorial Highway.

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