RE-1 Valley’s persistence pays off with proposed $8.4 million BEST grant
By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project
RE-1 Valley gets a BEST grant
Let’s turn to something local (for me at least): per the article linked first below, RE-1 Valley school district got their long sought-after BEST grant.
Before some detail on that, let’s back up a step. In case you weren’t familiar, BEST (Building Excellent Schools Today) grants are money that comes from the state to be used primarily to, quoting their webpage linked second below, “… resolve health, safety, and security issues in Colorado public schools.”
It is a competitive grant program, meaning schools from across the state compete for the grants in any given yearly cycle.
As a quick side note (more available at the BEST webpage) since it’s been a topic on this page mult...

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