Otis School District R3

Otis School District R3, doing business as Otis Elementary School, is a U.S. local government entity and school district located in Otis, Colorado, that receives federal grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and operates as a sub-recipient of nutrition and student support funding flowing through the Board of Education Colorado.

Otis School District R3 operates exclusively as a grant recipient, not as a federal contractor. The district holds no federal contracts and no seats on federal contract vehicles. The federal grant footprint is education and nutrition focused. As a prime recipient, the district receives Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grants from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; the most recent of these awards was issued July 1, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027. As a sub-recipient, the district receives nutrition program funding and targeted student support awards from the Board of Education Colorado, the state prime grantee. Sub-recipient work includes National School Lunch Program blocks (Nutrition Block 2324, 2425, and 2526), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding (Nutrition FFV), Summer EBT nutrition support, and participation in the Early Adopters for Supporting Inclusive (EASI) Cohort 9 and the Colorado Literacy and Social-Emotional Development (CLSD) Cohort 2 initiatives.

Customer concentration is bimodal. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (30 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (22 awards) account for 100% of the award count across the source data. However, the split between prime and sub roles diverges sharply: the Education office drives the 20 prime awards (38% of total), while USDA nutrition funding is delivered entirely through the Board of Education Colorado as the state intermediary, generating 33 sub-awards (62% of total). The district has received at least one award per year since 2007 and shows sustained activity volume — thirteen awards in both 2024 and 2025, with nine awards recorded in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $850 thousand. Only one award completes within the next twenty-four months, indicating stable, recurring federal support through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and nutrition assistance mechanisms.