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School district officials said the Seventh Street field that was the site of the temporary Soda Creek Elementary School soon will return to its former use as a park. Rick Denney, facilities director for the Steamboat Springs School District, said crews could sod the field next to the school district office as soon as June 10, weather permitting. “If we get some big gulley washers, it could really slow us down,” he said. After the district is able to put grass on the field, it will be roped off for two weeks to allow the sod to take hold, Denney said. After that, he said, the promise made to the public to restore the field to a multi-use park will be fulfilled. The site served for more than one year as home to the temporary school dubbed Camp Soda Creek. “It will be the first time since I’ve worked here that I’ll have a green field out my window,” Superintendent Shalee Cunningham said about the restoration. “So I’m very much looking forward to it.” Denney said the district won’t charge the public for nonorganized events, but groups can reserve the field for a rental fee. And the schools could use the fields, as well, he said. An effort to fund and build a new school began in fall 2005, under then-Superintendent Donna Howell. A series of public meetings to gather input and support, along with a community survey, showed an overwhelming desire from residents to keep the school downtown. In November 2006, 60 percent of local voters approved Referendum 3D, a $29.5 million bond issue to pay for the new Soda Creek and other improvement projects. Students entered the new Soda Creek in October. The temporary classrooms were removed before the winter. Denney said the district had to wait for the ground to dry out before beginning to restore the field. |
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