Opinion

Guest Column: Meeker School District’s BEST Grant denied; now what?

By Chris Selle

Meeker School District Superintendent

Chris Selle

MEEKER | Meeker School District recently learned that it was not successful in securing a Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grant from the State of Colorado. If awarded, the grant would have helped fund a portion of the cost of renovating Meeker High School.

There were 45 school districts who applied for one or more BEST grants, requests totaling about $900 million. Unfortunately, only $447 million…