An Aspen School District bus parked in front of Aspen Middle School on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Colorado received more than $1.1 billion in federal funding for round three of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) when the American Rescue Plan became law back in March.
But not all school districts got an even slice of the pie, according to an allocation table
from the Colorado Department of Education. The difference is as stark here in the Roaring Fork Valley as anywhere else, data shows.
The Roaring Fork School District, which has about 5,300 students enrolled between Basalt and Glenwood Springs, received $4,252,946. Aspen School District, with around 1,600 students, got just $252,056.