Living In Cottonwood Heights

The people that live on the East side have voted to break away from the monstrous size Jordan school district. The reasoning is that the district is too big and that there needed to more localized control.

So there is a new district and you would think a new school board. The new East Side District has seven districts. According to the Salt Lake County Clerk’s web site there were a total of 46 people that have filed to run for a seat in the New District.

Do you have two fives for a ten?

However according to SB71 the existing school board members will automatically have a seat in the district they live. So do we really have a new school board? Or do we have the old one still running things? The parents were not offered at least a primary for the districts that has an incumbent.

Should that be allowed? The people of the east have spoken loud and clear they want change in the schools, this doesn’t look like a change to me. IMHO unless you change the thinking at the top we are not going to improve.