Business and education meet at Arvada State of Education

BY LILLIAN FUGLEI LFUGLEI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Even though school is out for the summer, Arvada community members and educators met up bright and early to talk about some of the successes — and areas for improvement — within education this year.

e State of Education was hosted by the Arvada Chamber of Commerce at Revive Church at e Bridge on June 16. e presentation and panel covered some of the achievements and issues impacting both K-12 education and higher education in Arvada.

e event began with a presentation from Tracy Dorland, superintendent of Je co Public Schools. Dorland spoke about changes made throughout the district during the 2022-2023 academic year.

Dorland discussed recent school consolidation, saying, “ is is the most di cult work I’ve ever done. Schools are like our second homes. When we decide a school will no

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