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Thanks to the USDA’s decision to extend the waiver program, schools across the country will be able to provide free meals to their students through June 2022. The extension was discussed at the previous Roaring Fork School Board meeting where Superintendent Rob Stein clarified that even though applications aren’t required from students and families to receive the meals, it is still important that they fill them out. “The main point is we still want people to continue, if they think they q...

“I can say from growing up here, just the difference in 10 years that Ive seen with the amount of arts programming and music exposure that kids are getting,” said local teaching fellow, Julia Foran. “I think its making a huge difference.” Emily Acri and Kelly Maristoca Every year Aspen Music Festival and School partners with the AmeriCorps program “ArtistYear” to bring a handful of recent higher-education graduates from across the country to the Roaring Fork Valley. The Aspen area...