Provo board hears plea to move Timpanogos Elementary to Dixon site over safety, space concerns

Provo City School Board members heard a detailed plea on Sept. 9 from Timpanogos Elementary Principal Nicole Wolfe to relocate the school to the district-owned Dixon site because of safety risks, insufficient instructional space and building deterioration. Wolfe told the board that students at Timpanogos regularly face unsafe drop-off conditions and run toward a busy 35–40 mph street; she said staff have twice recently intercepted children before they reached traffic. "If there's any way that we could get off that street, I strongly recommend that we make that change," Wolfe said, adding, "that's my plea to the board." The principal outlined facility deficits she described as urgent: a $5.8 million to $6.5 million list of deferred repairs, a cramped parking/dismissal area that forces children close to traffic, portables with leaks and poor ventilation, narrow hallways and few…