{"id":2458637,"date":"2020-05-20T02:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-district-theatre-needs-some-love-and-money-teachers-say\/"},"modified":"2020-05-20T02:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T08:32:00","slug":"aspen-district-theatre-needs-some-love-and-money-teachers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-district-theatre-needs-some-love-and-money-teachers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen District Theatre needs some love and money, teachers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/basfb-atd-022820-1-1-1024x650.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/basfb-atd-022820-1-1-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/basfb-atd-022820-1-1-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/basfb-atd-022820-1-1-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/basfb-atd-022820-1-1-1536x974.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/02\/basfb-atd-022820-1-1-2048x1299.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will perfrom the evening-length ballet &#8220;Beautiful Decay&#8221; on Friday and Saturday at the Aspen District Theatre.<\/strong><br \/><em>Sharen Bradford<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">If the board of education decides to bring a bond question to Aspen School District voters in November, its creative arts and music program instructors have one plea: don\u2019t forget the Aspen District Theater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The theater \u2014 located in the elementary school building \u2014 is used for classes and campus-wide functions, while such organization as Aspen Community Theater and Aspen-Santa Fe Ballet also use it for their performances. Yet the facility is in serious need of repairs and upgrades, faculty members told the board at its meeting Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cProblems still exist and we still don\u2019t have the space that we need and we don\u2019t have the classroom space that we need,\u201d Marnie White, music teacher and choir director at Aspen Elementary School, told the board during a video conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Local voters authorized a $33 million bond issue in 2005, with proceeds paying for a new Aspen Middle School as well improvements at the elementary and high school buildings. Other upgrades discussed in the bond campaign included remodeling the theater, but that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThe last time we did a major bond \u2026 a significant portion of that money was supposed to go to the District Theater and for one reason or another, that never happened,\u201d White said. \u201cIt was supposed to fix all of the problems with the District Theater that still exist, and we still don\u2019t have the space that we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The board must let the county clerk know by July 24 \u2014 100 days before the Nov. 3 election \u2014 if it plans to bring a bond question to the general election. The board has until the end of August to adopt ballot language.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The board is mulling whether to seek voter approval for roughly $30 million bonds that would fund the construction of more teacher housing, the relocation of the bus barn, and expansion of child-care, learning and athletic facilities. Board members also previously mentioned upgrading performing-arts facilities, but White and others reminded them that they were told that in 2005.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Both White and Jonathan Geller, who manages both the District Theater and Black Box Theatre, said turnover at high-level positions and a higher-priced new middle school than originally projected meant the facility didn\u2019t get the upgrades it needed. The ASD also wasn\u2019t expecting a $1 million project in 2008 to remove asbestos from the old middle school building before it could build the new one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAs the middle school price went up,\u201d Geller said, \u201cthe dollars that were available to the District Theater went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Despite the coronavirus pandemic as a backdrop, board members have previously said that November is a good time to ask voters to approve the new bonds because the bonds voters approved in 2005 could be rolled into the new ones. If the question were posed in November 2012, however, voters could possibly be asked to approve a new tax, which can be a tougher sell, board members have said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Selling the bond question to voters in November will take more than just pitches from the BOE and district administrators, said board member Dwayne Romero. It also will demand stumps from instructors and educators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIf we\u2019re going for a bond that has many purposes \u2026 we\u2019re going to need you to spread the message, spread the gospel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">There might be some apprehension on staff\u2019s part because the lack of follow-through after the 2005 election, \u201cso there\u2019s some wariness there we\u2019ll have to be aware of,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:rcarroll@aspentimes.com\">rcarroll@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/aspen-district-theatre-needs-some-love-and-money-teachers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will perfrom the evening-length ballet &#8220;Beautiful Decay&#8221; on Friday and Saturday at the Aspen District Theatre.Sharen Bradford If the board of education decides to bring a bond question to Aspen School District voters in November, its creative arts and music program instructors have one plea: don\u2019t forget the Aspen District Theater. 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