Superintendent U’Ren tells Advisory Committee that Verde Valley students appear unaware of the Community College
The Verde Valley Governing Board Advisory Committee met on January 21 on the Verde Campus. Among the superintendents asked to address the Board was Ms. Barbara U’Ren, superintendent of the Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District.
SUPERINTENDENT BARBARA U’REN
She strongly suggested that students in the Verde Valley were not aware of the local Community College. Or if aware, they did not see the Community College as an option to post-secondary education.
To illustrate her point, she said that at a recent meeting with seventh-grade students, she asked where they were going to college. None mentioned Yavapai Community College and when it was mentioned, they seemed baffled.
Superintendent U’Ren had several ideas she put forward to the Committee to increase awareness. Among them was a suggestion that there should be greater outreach by the Community College to the Verde Valley community including parent-student campus tours.