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What's next? What's being considered?

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 12:00 a.m. MDT
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What's being considered?

Option 1: Close Granite High, Evergreen Junior High and Morningside, Canyon Rim and Meadow Moor elementaries.

Option 2: Consolidate Granite and Granger highs in a new building (closes both schools); close Evergreen and Wasatch junior highs, Granite Park Middle School and Morningside, Canyon Rim, Meadow Moor and Mill Creek elementaries; move the ninth grade into high schools — leaving only seventh and eighth grades in junior high schools — in the Cottonwood, Olympus and Skyline school networks.

Option 3: Close Wasatch Junior High and Morningside, Canyon Rim, Hill View and Woodstock elementaries; rebuild Granite High; move the ninth grade into high schools except in Hunter and Kearns networks; rebuild Brockbank Junior High School elsewhere and add current building to Cyprus High campus; reduce elementary school crowding in Taylorsville, Hunter and Cyprus networks; move three other schools from year-round schedules.

What's next?

Sept. 27: School board decides options to forward for public comment.

October: Public input taken at open houses Oct. 19, 25 and 26 at district offices, 2500 S. State.

Nov. 1: Final options presented to board.

Nov. 15: Board votes.

All options include realigning school boundaries, reviewing West Valley and Farnsworth elementaries' year-round status and setting boundaries for the new Wright Elementary in West Valley.

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