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Parents, staff and PTA push Provo board to move Timpanogos Elementary to Dixon site over safety and space concerns
Summary
Multiple parents, staff and the Timpanogos PTA urged the Provo City School Board Sept. 9 to relocate Timpanogos Elementary to the Dixon site, citing traffic safety, overcrowding, ADA issues and lack of preschool space; the board said the matter will be discussed again Sept. 19.
Two dozen parents, teachers and community members urged the Provo City School District Board of Education on Tuesday to move Timpanogos Elementary to the district-owned Dixon site, arguing the school’s current location next to a busy multilane road is unsafe and that the aging building lacks adequate playgrounds, instructional space and preschool capacity. Speakers included neighbors, the school’s assistant principal and the PTA president, who all described recurring safety incidents, cramped classrooms and limited special-education spaces. Several asked the board to place a full-size elementary school on the Dixon site and shift any proposed career and technical education (CTE) program to the Timpanogos property. Cynthia Yanez, a Timpanogos parent,…
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