Alta Vista Charter School serves approximately 130 kindergarten through 6th grade students in Lamar. The original school was built in 1917. The building is now listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties. BEST utilized Lottery dollars to renovate the historic school house and added approximately 16,000 square feet for new classrooms, library,
offices, and gymnasium. The school uses super-insulated walls, daylight harvesting, occupancy sensors and a geo-exchange heat pump system for heating and cooling to increase energy efficiency. This project has revitalized a historic and important building on the eastern plains into a modern learning environment.
The BEST funding allowed our small rural school to offer a safe and healthy environment to our students that would have never been possible without it. The BEST program is truly doing great things to make schools a better place to learn.
Talara Coen Administrator, Alta Vista CharterSchool in Lamar, CO
