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The Sage School students observe ruffed grouses’ spring mating dances at Harriman State Park on the Central Flyway.
The Sage School
The Sage School Gets a Forever Home SCALE: DATE: MAY 7 2021
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BY KAREN BOSSICK
athan Kolar watched as a great blue heron winged its way above freshly turned dirt at the edge of a 1,200-acre conservation easement out Quigley Canyon. He stopped at a weathervane planted at the edge of what will become The Sage School’s new campus and gestured to the surrounding hills. “This makes me so excited,” said Kolar, who teaches Spanish and human ecology at the school. “Many of us live in the Wood River Valley because of the views, and from this school, we’re going to have 360 degrees of mountain views. Plus, we just saw a blue heron fly over. The opportunity to interact with nature is right out our front door, and that’s a big part of the mission of the school.” In October 2021, the barn that will serve as the centerpiece of the campus will be trucked from Mancos, Colorado, where Wind River 50
Timberframes is hand-cutting the timber with mallets and chisels and framing it, alongside three other classrooms. Three modular buildings The Sage School currently occupies near Friedman Memorial Airport will be moved to the site in time for the school’s 96 students to begin school in Fall 2022. The barn will sport batten wood and stone on the outside and exposed timber trusses inside. It will house administrative offices and a community kitchen to be used by students and the community. One hundred people will be able to fit into an arena for assemblies, dances and other events. Eventually, two of the new classrooms will be transformed into a woodworking and metal shop and an art studio. Inset: A rendering of The Sage School’s new exterior.
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