“If our kids are struggling and suffering, they’re not learning. If they’re not learning, our future’s in trouble.”
That statement by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser at a roundtable of Mesa County Valley School District 51 leaders Friday afternoon summarized his motivation for being proactive in mitigating the affect of social media and cellphones on the youth of today.
At the Grand Junction High School library, Weiser was joined by D51 Superintendent Brian Hill, all five local high school principals, four of five members of the D51 Board of Education, Anne Wenzel and Sarah Fuller of the Western Colorado Community Foundation (WCCF), Colorado Mesa University President John Marshall, a couple of students and one D51 parent…