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Pipes Bad? Proposed elementary mergers raise CHAD! questions about neighborhoods’ future CALL 385-330-5825 By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com Canyons officials cite declining enrollment, but residents say closures could reshape neighborhoods.
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Canyons Board of Education President Amber Shill addresses patrons during the public hearing on possible school closures and boundary changes held at Granite Elementary. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
n May 5, Canyons Board of Trustees may — or may not — make final decisions about possible merging of Granite Elementary with Quail Hollow Elementary and also, Park Lane Elementary with Willow Canyon Elementary. If approved, the consolidations would take effect in the 2027-28 school year. Canyons School District officials say schools under consideration are experiencing both immediate and long-term enrollment declines, driven largely by Utah’s declining birth rates and rising housing costs. The proposals have been met with concern. At the March 19 public hearing at Park Lane, one parent said closing both Granite and Park Lane would create a “four-mile radius that wouldn’t have any school for the people here.” She added closing a school “prematurely would weaken our community.”
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