Providence Hall has been in development for the last two years, said Paige Anderson, chairwoman of the Providence Hall School Board. Construction on the building is anticipated to begin in three weeks with completion slated for July 2008. The K-6 school has 700 students enrolled from surrounding cities, but only a handful come from Bluffdale.

Anderson said the reason the school did not have an enrollment meeting in Bluffdale is because of scheduling conflicts, but a few of the Bluffdale students come from the neighborhood in which the school will be located.

"We do have some support in this neighborhood, they're just not as loud," Anderson said, raising her voice to be heard over the children in the background. "We really do want to be good neighbors."

While the school will have 700 students, Anderson said many families will have multiple students attending the school, and carpooling is encouraged.

South Jordan resident Denise Christiansen, who has two children enrolled in the school, said she empathizes with the neighbors, but their actions made her sad.

"There are growing pains with every bit of land in this valley, and sometimes you win with good neighbors and sometimes you lose," Christiansen said. "I would rather have a school next to me than a massive development."

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