The Verde Valley Board Advisory Committee, formed to advise the Yavapai College Governing Board, has begun reaching out to local residents and organizations to see what they need from the school.
“We want to find the best possible way to service the community,” said board member Bill Regner, who also serves on the Clarkdale Town Council.
Last week, the board met with the Tribal Council of the Yavapai-Apache Nation.
The Nation would like to see more classes offered to students in Camp Verde and at its learning center in Clarkdale.
Now that the Nation has established a transportation link between its reservations near Camp Verde and in Clarkdale, there’s an opportunity to get more members into school.
Tribal Councilwoman Monica Marquez said it’s important to provide access to education.
“There’s no excuse now that we have the transportation link,” she said.
Marquez said it might be nice to see more classes in Camp Verde.
There used to be a local satellite campus but it closed during the economic downturn.
While some classes can’t be held because there aren’t enough people to fill the roster, the board said it could look into finding other students interested in taking the same classes in order to make it feasible.
The advisory board was created after local residents complained that Yavapai College officials were shifting too much of their attention and resources to the Prescott area despite significant property tax revenue generated in the Verde Valley.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Feb. 11, edition of the Cottonwood Journal Extra.
