High school woodworking students in Colorado are building tiny homes for their teachers and staff. Teachers, already underpaid, face a mounting housing crisis in some wealthy Colorado cities, reports say. In a ski town with ultra-rich residents, high schoolers in Aspen High School's woodshop program are building a 200-square-foot tiny home for one of the district employees, The Colorado Sun reported. Aspen School District and Summit School District, both of which include resort towns, have both turned to student-built tiny homes for district employees – amid what state officials have called an affordability crisis. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn Aspen School District, over a third of its 280 staff members live in school district housing, the Colorado Newsline reported.

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Persons: Jared Polis, Dave Baugh, it's, Baugh, John Fisher, Fisher Organizations: Service, The Colorado Sun, Aspen School District, Summit School District, Colorado Newsline, Aspen High School, Colorado Sun, Sun Locations: Colorado, Wall, Silicon, Aspen