greeley district 6 news Next helps raise money for meals in D6 A Denver news show has helped raise more than $50,000 to pay off outstanding student meal debt in Greeley-Evans School District 6. Word of Thanks Microgiving Campaign is a weekly feature on Next with Kyle Clark, which airs at 6pm on Denver Channel 9. Clark focused fundraising efforts on the Food 4 Success Campaign that is being run through The Success Foundation serving Greeley-Evans Schools. He asked viewers to give $5 to the campaign, and announced he would match the first $55 given. By Sept. 15 the campaign had raised over $80,000. Currently, District 6 has more than $147,000 in outstanding debt from unpaid student meals. The district has stopped trying to collect on this debt due to the pandemic and the related downturn in the economy. But without dollars to pay for this debt, money will have to be taken out of other programs. And no student is ever denied a meal in any of the District 6 schools. Several District 6 staff and supporters tweeted with Kyle Clark about the campaign to pay off student meal debt, and were instrumental in helping Clark in choosing this District 6/Success Foundation program to support. “Lunch debt gets paid off one of two ways usually: Either families struggling to get by come up with the money or the district has to cover it and take the money away from other programs,” Clark said. “Food fuels learning. Kids are not shamed if they can’t pay for their lunch. They get the same lunch as everyone and nobody knows.” If you would like to support Food 4 Success, please donate at coloradogives. org/d6food4success. Every dollar helps a student and a family in need, and helps the school district keep dollars in other essential programs. 26
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GROUNDBREAKING HELD FOR NEW GREELEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL Officials from Greeley, Evans and Weld County joined leadership from GreeleyEvans School District 6, the Board of Education and members of the Greeley West High School staff for the official breaking of ground at Greeley West High School. Contractor Adolfson and Peterson Construction and architects Hord, Coplan and Macht helped host the event for about 70 people. Construction at Greeley West is already well underway, as visitors will see looking on the West side of the school. Ground has been cleared and grading has begun in the area that will eventually be the new Greeley West High School. Tennis courts have been removed and will be relocated, and a new parking lot has been constructed west of the school.
Speakers at the official groundbreaking event thanked the voters of Greeley and Evans, community partners and the staff and families of Greeley West High School who worked hard to help pass the 2019 Bond Issue. “It really does take a village to support our students and schools,” Board of Education President Michael Mathews said at the event. Superintendent Dr. Deirdre Pilch thanked the Growing Great Schools campaign committee, many who were present for the event, as well as the 2017 Mill Levy Override committee, including co-chair Pete Morrell, who recently passed away. “That campaign really helped build community trust in District 6,” Dr. Pilch said. “Without it, we could have never passed this bond issue and been able to address so many of our capacity and facility needs in District 6.”
