It’s been an eventful election week for Alpine School District officials, employees and parents. With the first-ever community rejection of the $595 million bond and Orem voters resoundingly rejecting the Orem City Council’s proposal to leave the district and form its own school district. While those ballot measures are clear enough to call defeats, two […]
Preliminary results for the 2022 Utah Republican Primary Election (99% reported) have been released. The Utah County Elections Office received 89,723 ballots for a turnout of 36.5%. Utah County Commission Seat A Incumbent Amelia P Gardner won with 49,940 votes (63.1%) Renee Tribe received 29,196 votes (36.8%) Utah County Commission Seat BAdvertisement Challenger and Spanish […]
The Alpine School District (ASD) Board of Education met for an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the district’s current and future Coronavirus response. Lehi’s ASD Board representative Stacy Bateman called the meeting. Despite the urgent nature of the meeting, all board members and the superintendent stated their unwavering support for in-person school and said […]
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Alpine School Board gave parents a chance to express their grievances with school fees at their board meeting on March 9. COVID-19 has made it difficult for some parents to pay for school fees for their students, such as art supplies or gym uniforms. Other parents have long been frustrated with school fees, claiming that they have always been too expensive. (BYU Photo)
COVID-19 has made it difficult for some Utah County parents to pay for the school fees that are required for students to attend basic classes like gym, art and drama particularly when families have multiple children in public schools simultaneously.
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Alpine school board meeting on Feb. 23. Members of the school board discussed the school boundaries for two new elementary schools in the district.
Alpine School Board members unanimously approved new elementary school boundaries in Vineyard and fast-growing Saratoga Springs during a meeting Feb. 23.
The new boundaries take effect once the new schools open next fall.
The proposed and approved boundary for the new Saratoga Springs Elementary School.
The goals of assigning these new school boundaries were “keeping students in a reasonable proximity of their school, keeping communities together, and stabilizing enrollment over time,” said Alpine School District assistant superintendent John Patton.