Johnson said the reason for future closed meetings will be litigation discussions pertaining to arbitration.

As for any decision on the proposed plan submitted by a negotiating team, Haws said they plan to have a written response explaining their stance by the beginning of next week.

Monday the Jordan-east team signed off on the second proposal submitted by the negotiating team that maps out how to go about dividing the district's assets. The Jordan-west team rejected the first proposal last month.

Haws said though they agree with most of the provisions in the proposal, they don't like the idea of assessing the value of all of the buildings in the school district and then allocating the value 50/50. That would mean that the Jordan-west district could stand to owe Jordan-east millions, and would most likely lead to a tax increase.

Last fall east-side residents voted to split from Jordan and establish their own district.

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