No plans to build new SF art school, despite voters approving it in 2016; here's what happened

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The San Francisco School Board will consider adding a bond measure on the November ballot for capitol improvements worth $1.7 billion. The plan does not include any monies for the construction of the new Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, which had been promised to voters in 2016.

Many have argued that it should be in the heart of the arts community, in close proximity to opera, the ballet, the Davies Symphony Hall, and the San Francisco Jazz Center.

"If you can walk across the street and watch a dress rehearsal or have a master class, you're going to come away with experiences that you will never, never forget, expressed Andi Fong, an arts advocate who in 2016 like thousands of San Franciscans voted to fund a new location for the Ruth Asawa School and an arts center to serve all public school students at 135 Van Ness Avenue.

It was a $744 million bond of which $100 million would go toward the construction of the school and the center. Except that the money got diverted to other projects. "I won't say that I feel cheated, but I will say I feel disheartened. I think they deserve better," added Fong. With the money for the Ruth Asawa School, the district was supposed to find matching fund from private donors, but failed to do so, despite having the support of huge artists like Michael Tilson Thomas, the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony.

 

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if it relied on private donors to match funding it was doomed from the start

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