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After years of development and months of review and revision, the Aspen School District now has a strategic plan to guide the district through 2025.

What does it mean to be “the best”? Aspen School District Board of Education have been chewing on that question for weeks as school officials fine-tune what will eventually become a five-year strategic plan that includes a vision and a mission for Aspen’s public schools.

Former Aspen teacher Stacey Weiss will take an oath of office for Aspen’s Board of Education alongside two doctors: incumbent Susan Zimet, who currently serves as the school board president, and newcomer Christa Gieszl, who currently serves as the co-chair of the District Accountability Committee.

When these three seats on Aspen’s Board of Education were up for re-election in 2017, the Aspen School District was facing turmoil within the administration and struggles in the classrooms. Less than a year after…

The six candidates vying for the three open seats on the Aspen Board of Education will discuss their reasons for running and their ideals during an Aspen-media forum Thursday at the Aspen District Theater.

The Aspen Times and other local media are hosting six candidates for the board of education election in an Oct. 14 forum.

At Aspen School District, some expenses for the 2021-22 fiscal year are cropping up before sufficient tax revenue rolls in to cover those costs. A zero-interest loan from the state of Colorado will help bridge the gap; the Board of Education swiftly and unanimously authorized Tuesday morning borrowing as much as $6 million from the state to address the short-term cash flow deficit. The approved resolution indicates that the district can repay the loan by June 25. The loan contributes to general...

The idea of a master agreement between the Aspen School District Board of Education and the Aspen Educational Association has been brewing for nearly two decades. Now, it’s coming to fruition.