School District 51

Mesa County Valley School District 51 is now accepting preschool applications for 2021-2022.

There has been a report of suspect shots fired at a school bus in Grand Junction. No one was harmed during the incident.

The District 51 School board has announced they are actively working to hire Dr. Ken Haptonstall as the new superintendent for the district.

District 51 school start times are up for discussion again.

Grand Junction City Council Member and School District 51 Board of Education Member Harry Butler died Sunday (June 2). He was 69 years old. A Grand Junction Police Department report said Butler died of natural causes while working in the backyard of a rental home he owned.