June 2023| Vol. 20 Iss. 06
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GENERATIONS BID FAREWELL TO SPRING LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT OPEN HOUSE By Heather Lawrence | h.lawrence@mycityjournals.com
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alking through the halls of Spring Lane Elementary on May 11 was surreal for the Carpenter family. Siblings Zeland, Xerafina and Zenli loved their time as students there. They came to the farewell open house with their mom to see the school one last time before it closed at the end of the school year. “It’s sad that it’s getting torn down. It’s weird to come back here and walk through the halls and smell the smells. It seems so small now. When you’re in elementary school, all you really know is your own school, and it seems so big,” said Zeland, who is a student at Cottonwood High. Zeland’s mom Sisa Carpenter was nostalgic, too. “We like how this school is tucked back inside a neighborhood and not right off a freeway. It feels like it’s surrounded by homes and is being hugged by the neighborhood,” Carpenter said. Granite District decided to close Spring Lane along with Millcreek and Twin Peaks af-
ter several population studies and rounds of town hall meetings. Most of Spring Lane’s students will now be in Oakwood’s boundaries. It’s been an emotional decision for the community. Carpenter’s daughter Xerafina has only been out of Spring Lane a couple years, so the memories are still fresh. “I have a lot of memories of the computer lab for some reason. It’s a special place to me. And I loved going to the library. The librarian had a very mesmerizing voice, and I remember sitting there and listening to stories,” Xerafina said. The library was a favorite stop for lots of people. Vassi Maritsas is the librarian at Spring Lane. At the open house she remContinued page 4 The Carpenter family was nostalgic walking through the school at Spring Lane’s farewell open house. L to R: Zeland, Xerafina, Zenli and Sisa Carpenter. (Heather Lawrence/City Journals)
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