Rooftop classroom includes solar panels for shade while feeding building with renewable energy
Eric Hillstrom teaches his digital media class Thursday at Mountain Middle School in an outdoor classroom that uses solar panels to provide shade. It is all part of the school’s $4.2 million addition. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Mountain Middle School looked a little different this week when students returned from summer break. On the south end stood a brand-new, four-story, 12,000-square-foot structure worth $4.2 million.
The addition was needed to accommodate a growing student body at the Durango charter school. The school, located at 108 W. 31st St. in north Durango, now has 300 students…
