Audree Guzman, administrator of the largest township in Shawnee County, credits much of her success to Central Kansas Upward Bound and Barton Community College. Guzman talked about her CKUB experience at this week’s BCC Board of Trustees study session.

Last month, trustees heard how Barton County Upward Bound helps students succeed, starting when they are still in high school. BCUB and CKUB are federally funded TRIO programs offered at Barton. Its participants are from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree and/or the families meet income guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Education.

“I came from a first-gen education family,” Guzman said. She joined CKUB when she was a sophomore at Chase High School. (Barton Trustee Carl Helm was the superintendent/principal.)

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