As a community, we are entrusted with providing our children with the best possible education. Alpine School District has grown beyond its capacity to equitably provide the best educational resources and opportunities for children in our community. However, there is hope on the horizon. Six cities entered into an interlocal agreement to provide residents with a choice to split from Alpine School District and form a Central School District.
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Mayor: Groups outside of the Central District are fighting to keep ASD together, you should understand why
Those living in the Central District (Lehi, American Fork, Highland, Cedar Hills, Alpine & the Utah County portion of Draper) area have a unique opportunity to split from ASD. For the first time, citizens in this newly proposed district will decide their own destiny, by controlling how their tax dollars will be spent. Every voter should understand the importance of proposition 11.
Proposition 11: Timeline and facts regarding a potential Alpine School District split
On November 5, residents in Alpine, American Fork, Cedar Hills, Draper, Highland, and Lehi will decide whether to leave the Alpine School District and form what is currently named the “Central School District.”
Three former Lone Peak ASD Board members release statement favoring district split
On Friday, the previous three Alpine School District Board Members to represent the Lone Peak Cluster released a statement in support of the proposed split and creation of the new “Central District.”
OPINION: I’m an Alpine School District teacher, and I’m voting yes on Prop 11
I am an itinerant special education teacher who has worked for Alpine School District (ASD) for 18 years. In all, I have taught at 22 different schools in every grade, from preschool through ATEC (age 22). My wife is also an ASD teacher. We have the best jobs in the world and live in the Draper section of ASD.
Let’s talk Property Taxes
I have had the opportunity to live outside of Utah for a considerable period of time and experienced property taxes in other states. I have siblings who lived most of their lives in the rust belt, Pittsburgh, PA. Housing is relatively inexpensive in Pittsburgh but the values don’t really go up. My siblings sold their homes for close to what they paid for them. Why?
District Split: Central Area Factors for Cost
One of the questions I get asked most often is what will a split cost? Anyone who is giving you a number or saying there will be x amount of a tax increase is not being truthful. So many of those factors are dependent on future school board decisions. But let’s break it down as to what those factors are. Please be aware that these are the dynamics I see and other people may have a different perspective. I am going to break this down and create a post for each potential area, so if you end up reading all three, you are going to see some information repeated.
