Board proposes grant to support Colorado River BOCES

Garfield County is supporting the Colorado River Board of Cooperative Education Services’ (BOCES) efforts to provide needed job skills for students throughout the area. The Board of County Commissioners proposed a $100,000 grant to be decided in the 2023 budget process to BOCES to help bring its educational goals to fruition, noting that the funding is an investment in local “economic development.” Dr. Ken Haptonstall, BOCEs executive director, told the Board of County Commissioners that BOCES serves local school districts by supporting special education, alternative licensure, career and technical education (CTE), professional development, and more. He added that the construction,