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THWESTERN <br />ti <br />LO RAN <br />NGV- 412010 <br />Vest End Public School, District, RE-2 <br />P.D. BOX 190 a -Culorad(381 422 w'-felephanc 97CP-86 11 RLx 97, fl-96 9 -2 5-73 <br />Sand L. Brovrn <br />r <br />Senic r Enuironmental SpeCi:31 I Stj Minin and Safet <br />Division of Reclamation, Uln-lin and Safet <br />1313 -Sh erman Street, Room 21 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Dear Ms. Browni, <br />Th is Jefter is wn-Uen on beha of the West End Board of ed ucation who wis h cs to -ax press their <br />support for the Western Fuels co al' mi n'in opef al io n located i n Nu c la , Co lo radc arid i located <br />within the bou ad ari es of the W-est E nd School District, This letter wolf not attempt to address an of <br />the -issues related to onvironmerit, the minin industr or safet as Board of EducaCion members <br />nor m here an first M aud kn owled e or tra-In in in those areas- T h Nr: know led e we Ri o have is <br />the Western duels m i n e s aes have a s'l' n-If"n t economic impad on our co-mmun-It and on o <br />students. Gu n-entl n oa rl V 59% of our students for q ua]-4 for free and reduced lunches. Western <br />Fuels m[ne emplo 27 people at th el-r f aGi I it I n sorne a reas thal numt)e r ma not be l a m e: but in <br />16 <br />ours, that is a, si number. Losin thosel omplo salarres would a have a tidal wave <br />6 <br />effect, not a ri -effect, 1h rou h out o tj F com m u n i t One coul Onl -I'm a i n e I he effect in losin <br />those jobs at Western Fuels would have on our school districts free and reduced lunch rafe and <br />the abilit of b u s-inesses in cur comm u n�[ to emplo peo or the r a b-11 it to keep operatin as a <br />business- <br />As famifiles -'dD With OUt h , schools and te ac h e- fs h ave to do mire. Parents who can't afford s u ppli es <br />rel on schools tD provide them, y ou well know, due to state wide bud cuts schools are not En <br />Lh e best fi nancial situations themselves_ Vile k new 1h at 211 decisions y ou make are made wi <br />careful thou and cronsideFatio n - We wa n trA �o ma ke, su re th stude n ts of the West E n d RE-2 <br />School Dist "0 were. incloded <br />n in that pracess- <br />e <br />Su pen-W6 rident <br />Ellumcnm.f School "�:XLI lli <br />9 -2204 970-:H64- <br />