We finally have our answer! After 40 years, Steamboat Springs School District is getting a new school and adding to its capacity to serve students. Albeit close, voters approved all three Steamboat Springs School District measures (4A, 4B, and 4C), choosing to invest in Steamboat’s future by giving our schools the space necessary to serve our students well and expand the programs and services that will prepare them for success. Moreover, we are extremely grateful for the community’s overwhelming support for our educators and staff and the value it places on the work they do. Thank you!
Throughout the fall, the passion our community feels for educators and education in Steamboat was clearly evident in the many letters to the editor, in the YES to Education Steamboat campaign’s presentations to community groups, and in the impassioned case made by campaign volunteers as they went door to door to get out the vote. These efforts and their results mean so much to the students in our schools today and the generations of students who will come through the doors behind them.
I want to take this opportunity to thank our departing school-board members for their efforts related to our ballot measures and for their years of service. As you know, positions on our board are unpaid, and dedicated citizens volunteer to serve the community by overseeing its schools. We owe a debt of gratitude to Joey Andrew, Margie Huron, and Michelle Dover. Our new board members, Kim Brack, Chresta Brinkman, and Lara Craig, and returning member Kelly Latterman will be sworn in and join board member Katy Lee.
Work on the voter-approved projects will begin right away. The district has formed design advisory groups to allow us to continue working closely with our neighbors and school communities as we design and construct the new PK–8 school and renovate our existing buildings. We will provide a preliminary timeline for construction projects next month. In the spring, we will share the details of the salary increases for teachers and staff, which we will be working on with the Steamboat Springs Education Association over the coming months.
Maintaining trust, engagement, and excitement around the district’s efforts to build for the future are important priorities for us. We will be revamping
buildingforthefuture.ssk12.org and providing regular updates to keep the community apprised of progress on construction projects. Again, thank you for your support!
