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District R31 113 North Court Street PO Box 2027 Buena Vista, CO 81211 The Administration Office is open year round. It is located off of East Main Street, directly behind the Museum. If you have any questions concerning school business, please call and we'll do our best to find the answer.

Superintendent: Dennis Giese / (719) 395-7000 Secretary to Superintendent: Sue Goodwin / (719) 395-7000 Accounting & Purchasing: Dianne Visconti / (719) 395-7000 Curriculum/Assessments: Diane Lively / (719) 395-7005 Fax Machine: (719) 395-7007

High School Offices Railroad/Marquette Streets Buena Vista, CO 81211 The athletic office is open two weeks before school starts in the fall and one week after school is out in the spring. The other offices open one week before school starts in the fall and one week after school is out in the spring. If you need to get transcripts during the summer, call the administration office and the message can be relayed.

Principal: George Biller and Secretary Jennifer Gilden / (719) 395-7100 Athletic Director: Mel Nachtrieb and Secretary Connie Avery / (719) 395-7103 Counselor: Glenda Nachtrieb and Secretary Kimla Robinson / (719) 395-7105 Fax Machine: (719) 395-7106

McGinnis Middle School Railroad/Marquette Streets Buena Vista, CO 81211 Middle school is grades 6th-8th. The office is open two weeks before school starts in the fall and one week after school is out in the spring.

Principal: Daryl G. Nyquist and Secretary Cheri Dey / (719) 395-7060 Counselor: Todd Venega / (719) 395-7064

Avery-Parsons Elementary 516 East Main Street Buena Vista, CO 81211 Elementary is grades K-5th. The office is open two weeks before school starts in the fall and one week after school is out in the spring.

Principal: Warren Witler and Secretary Annette Peterson / (719) 395-7020 Counselor: Jon Moorhead / (719) 395-7023

Darren Patterson Christian Academy 518 South San Juan PO Box 1243 Buena Vista, CO 81211 Kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment is 108. The average class size is 10 to 12 and the average classroom size is 18.

Principal: David Akers / (719) 395-6046 Fax Machine: (719) 395-2055

Busy Bee Pre-School 605 South San Juan PO Box 831 Buena Vista, CO 81211

Supervisor: Joyce Markham / (719) 395-2661 Providing care for 70 to 80 children ages 3 to Kindergarten.

Colorado Mountain College 113 Centennial Plaza PO Box 897 Buena Vista, CO 81211

Assistant Campus Dean: Marie Paule-Truitt, PhD / (719) 395-8419 For more information see Colorado Mountain College Summary

Many local teachers have Master’s Degrees and have won State and National Honors.

Average class size is 60-70. Average classroom size is 15-25

Chaffee County is known as the "Home of the Fourteeners."
That means mountain peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation, not young teenagers.

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Head Start Pre-School

Arlene Fisher / (719) 395-8198

Chaffee Cty High School PO Box 2027 613 E Main St Buena Vista, CO 81211 (719) 395-4064 Director: Sandi Dawson

Special Education Program Title 1 Program Gifted & Talented Program Advanced Placement School to Career 6th Gr. Conservation Camp

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Enrollment for the 1998-99 school year was as follows:

High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Middle School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Elementary School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

County High School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

11 gr. Test Scores	Buena Vista	Colorado	National
Reading	65%		50%
Math	59%		50%
Language	44%		50%
Total of Above	61%		50%
Science	65%		50%
Social Studies	60%		50%
ACT Scores (CORE)	22.4	22.7	22.1
ACT Scores	19.6	21.6	21.0

1998 Colorado Student Assessment Program 4th grade percent at or above proficient
	Buena Vista	Colorado
Reading	51%	57%
Writing	30%	36%

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Colorado Mountain College
113 Centennial Plaza, PO Box 897
Buena Vista, CO 81211

(Also see Colorado Mountain College's Small Business Development Center)

Colorado Mountain College is the primary educational resource for people in the Central Rocky Mountains. It is also the largest community college district in Colorado - 12,000 square miles, an area larger than the state of Vermont. Each year, more than 20,000 full and part-time students attend classes at 12 educational sites including the CMC Center in Buena Vista.

Locally Colorado Mountain College offers academic programs leading to Associate in Arts, Associate in Arts/Business Emphasis, and Associate in Science degrees, transferable to four-year colleges and universities, as well as Associate in Applied Science degrees and certification programs in Accounting, Business, computers, criminal justice Early Childhood Profession, and Small business Management.

CMC provides extensive computer training for novices and those seeking to upgrade their skills with one-day workshops and more comprehensive courses leading to a Microcomputer specialist certificate. The CMC computer lab is networked, linked to the Internet, and upgraded regularly.

Many local businesses take advantage of the specialized business training workshops which can be set up at any time by contacting the CMC local Center.

Students who successfully complete the Associate in Arts or Science degrees are accepted by most Colorado universities or colleges at the junior level and experience great success, partially due to the excellence of CMC faculty, many of whom have taught at major universities nation-wide.

Colorado Mountain College has signed an articulation agreement with Pueblo Community College allowing students to complete locally all the prerequisite courses for many health related degrees. Through another articulation agreement with Regis University, CMC is able to offer 75 percent of the credit requirement for a Regis’ bachelor degree at CMC prices in a large number of majors. Teacher licensure, licensed professional counselor and master’s degree programs are also available, all done through Guided Independent Study or televised courses for the convenience of students at a distance.

Thanks to the support of CMC grants, adult basic education and preparation to the GED is offered at no cost. Academic counseling, GED testing, financial aid services are available locally. For more information on what CMC can bring to you, call 719-395-8419, or check our web page at http://www.coloradomtn.edu/chaffee.

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