After a critical state audit, Salt Lake City’s school board will now start the process of choosing which schools to close. Board members are set to meet tonight — Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. — to discuss what the timeline will look like.
The board will start its process to close schools with elementaries, said district spokesperson Yándary Chatwin. “The big changes are happening there right now,” she said.The superintendent’s cabinet in the district has been studying the issue over the past few year, looking at the age of buildings, the demographics of students and the programs housed in each school.
the district needs to close at least six elementary schools, though, to get above 75% capacity at all of its elementary buildings. Currently, only three elementaries hit that mark. Since it’s still early in the process — with any possible decisions on closure at least a year out — it’s hard to know exactly when schools would close. But the earliest would like be after the 2023-2024 school year.What about junior high and high schools?
The board has raised money by increasing property taxes to prop up emptying schools that it has known for years should have been closed, the audit said.
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