Niwot high to get solar panels

Niwot High School will soon have a new roof, but not the kind made of shingles.

Thanks to a power purchase agreement, the St. Vrain Valley School District will be installing solar panels at NHS, Erie Middle School and Red Hawk Elementary over the winter.

Dara Ward, energy and sustainability manager for the district, said that this will become a great opportunity for the students as well as the fac...