Orem is choosing to be transparent, will Alpine School District do the same? See statement below and link: In an effort to provide total transparency, the City of Orem is publicly sharing the GRAMA (Government Records Access Management Act) requests that have been sent to Alpine School District (ASD) relating to the Comprehensive Feasibility Study. We are also providing the records and responses that have been provided by ASD pursuant to each GRAMA request.
This is a really great question that was asked by someone who has two children attending the Alpine School District and completed a term on the Utah State School Board in 2019. I’m sure Joel has thought about these issues more than most of us. As we consider names on the ballot for the Alpine Board of Education we should each consider these thoughts.
Members of the ASD Board of Education have said that a split is inevitable — see the Lehi Free Press 9/21/21. If the split is inevitable, why is the ASD fighting so hard against the Orem feasibility study, even before its results are announced? Is the large ASD, or a proposed district split, better for Orem’s students relating to class size, computer specialists, secretaries, principals, teachers and staff? Would an Orem School District that has seven school board members, all…
While a large district, spread out over many cities, may offer shared facilities such as gifted student programs, dual-language immersion, and career and technical training, it also means the focus of the district may be elsewhere, instead of education. It also gives an immense amount of financial means and decision-making to a District, which may or may not include the voice of parents in the process. In the last few years, ASD has consolidated four Orem neighborhood schools into two…