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In 2012, Boulder County purchased the 210-acre Heil Valley\nRanch-2 property for $6,000,000. The property is located in north central\nBoulder County. The Altona School is located on the southern boundary of the\nproperty and faces Left Hand Canyon Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Altona area operated as a supply and transportation\ncenter in the mid-to-late 19th century. It served the needs of miners and\nothers, who following the mining boom utilized Left Hand Canyon as their major\ntransportation route. Where the community got its name is a mystery. There are\nother regions called Altoona, so perhaps this community was named as a\nvariation on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School & Community<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As with many growing communities at this time, a formal\nplace of education soon became a priority. In Colorado between 1861 and 1876,\nschool districts were governed by territorial law, each operating\nindependently. Ten school-aged children needed to be living in a proposed\ndistrict before a petition for official recognition could be submitted. By\n1873, the Altona community met the minimum student number requirement and on\nOctober 9, 1873, Altona became Boulder County\u2019s School District No. 22.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1880, the Altona community completed the one-room stone\nschoolhouse that we see today. The schoolhouse is a perfect example of a\nutilitarian design\u2014it lacks stylistic details and reflects the use of locally\navailable materials. The schoolhouse featured one open room, a stove, student\ndesks, a teacher\u2019s desk, and a chalkboard. Light filters through six tall glass\nwindows and a transom window over the entrance door. A privy, located to the\nnorth of the building, remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first school year in 1880, 18 boys and 22 girls, ranging in age between six and 21, attended 60 days of school. In subsequent years, records show the student population fluctuating from a low of 19 to a high of 41, numerous teachers, and a range of school days from 60 to 139. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the 1930s rural education across Colorado, faced with the\ndevastating effects of the Depression and Dust Bowl, began to decline. After\nWorld War II, school districts across the state began consolidating because of\nthe compounded effects of declining rural populations, deteriorating schools,\nand improved highways. Although the areas around Altona began consolidation\nsteps in 1948, the Altona school district voted against consolidation since the\ndistrict high school would be located at the Ryssby School (located on 63rd St,\njust north of Prospect Rd) and not in Boulder. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official end of the Altona School District came at a special election held in 1950 at the Left Hand Service Station. Altona\u2019s 20 voting citizens, by a margin of 16 to four, voted for consolidation with the Altona Consolidated School District since they were offered the option to send their children to Boulder for a small tuition fee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After the school closed, the Heil family purchased the\nbuilding from the school district and converted it into a residence. The\nBoulder County Parks & Open Space Department is restoring the building back\nto its period of significance as a schoolhouse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After restoration is completed this year, the Altona School\nwill be furnished with items typical of an 1880-1900 schoolhouse. The Longmont\nQuesters (Saun Seeray chapter) donated a vintage teacher\u2019s desk similar to a\ndesk once found in the schoolhouse. Because student desks were procured from\nseveral sources, an eagle scout project led by Josh Schultheis in 2018\nrefinished all of the old-fashioned desks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site is well-suited for local school field trips.\nStudents will be able to experience what it was like to go to a one room school\nduring different historical eras. Field trips will tie into local, state, and\nnational school curriculum standards. Field trips can also be extended to\ninclude a nature hike on nearby Heil Valley Ranch trails. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information about scheduling a field trip can be found at Field Tip & Program Requests<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Altona School in 1888. The Altona School became a Boulder County local landmark in 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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