Author: Seth Cox
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Legislature looking at adjustments to district division process
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KSL published an article: Bill could address major concern of Orem splitting from Alpine School District that addresses one of the main concerns about splitting Orem into it’s own district – Several schools in Vineyard, Lindon, and Orem have borders that include areas in each of the cities. What happens to those students? Utah law allows…
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Utah Taxpayers Association supports Orem School District
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The Utah Taxpayers Association released this statement about the proposed Orem School District: “With the proper taxable property values in the proposed district and conservative estimates of state funding and federal funding, it is reasonable to conclude that an Orem school district would very likely have sufficient revenue to support itself without the need for…
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Do Middle Schools Make Sense?
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Perhaps most importantly, Rogers says the one consistency she has found among K–8 schools is that “kids tend to say they feel safer, so there is less of a Lord of the Flies environment” at a critical stage when they are “navigating through social currents. For many kids, it’s distracting.” Do Middle Schools Make Sense?
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Editorial Suggests Creating a Lehi School District
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“It will be interesting to see how Orem voters react to the district split idea in November. If Orem approves the split, I feel there will be additional pressure from Lehi patrons to follow Orem’s lead and, perhaps, other communities will follow suit.” OPINION: Is a Lehi City School District in our future?
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Mid-sized urban districts (10,000 to 20,000 students) have lower administrative costs per student than larger urban districts
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For those wanting the latest in administrative costs per pupil: “However, some of the lowest administrative costs per student are among midsize and large districts (i.e., those with student counts of 10,000 to 20,000 students).” p.24 Mid-sized urban districts (10,000 to 20,000 students) have lower administrative costs per student than larger urban districts. p. 33…
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Opinion: Is ASD accountable to patrons? Former state school board member addresses overcrowding, district split
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“Second, the disconnect between Board members is a problem and growing rapidly. Right now, a member of our Board represents substantially more people than a member of our state legislature in the House. This has effectively inverted the notion of local government, making our State government more responsive than our local government. Furthermore, we…
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Timeline: Orem explores split from Alpine School District, forming new district
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This KSL article is about the Orem City proposal to create their own school district.
Smaller Schools and Districts 