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Canyons board approves consideration of closing Park Lane and Granite; parents urge keeping walkable schools, raise safety and special‑education concerns
Summary
The Canyons Board of Education on Sept. 16 approved moving forward with consideration of closing Park Lane and Granite elementaries. Dozens of parents, teachers and special‑education advocates urged the board to preserve walkable schools, raised traffic and bus‑cost concerns, and warned of disruption to special‑education feeder patterns.
The Canyons Board of Education voted Sept. 16 to advance consideration of closing Park Lane Elementary and Granite Elementary, a step that starts a community review process and additional public hearings. The board approved the item as part of the meeting consent agenda; the motion passed unanimously, according to the meeting record.
The issue drew an hour of public comment in which residents, teachers and advocates urged the board to keep neighborhood schools open and warned of safety, cost and program‑continuity problems if one school is closed and students are shifted. Speakers repeatedly asked the board to prioritize walkability, protect special‑education pathways and factor in bus‑service costs when weighing closures.
Why it matters: Closing an elementary school can change daily transportation for hundreds of children, alter feeder patterns for special‑education programs and reallocate district operating and capital costs for years. Parents and staff said the district should…
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