The Jordan School District Board of Education approved a bid to remodel a classroom adjacent to Copper Hills High School’s counseling center into a teen center intended to support students facing barriers to attendance.

District staff said the space had been a vacant classroom previously used for credit recovery and will be refitted to host a district McKinney-Vento liaison, pantry, clothing resources and a group room for counseling. The remodel was funded through a specific facility grant that allows the district to spend the award through June 2026; supplies such as food and clothing will be provided by donations, and ongoing staffing will be drawn from existing school allocations (including McKinney-Vento aid and school TSSA/Land Trust funds), staff said.

Board members asked if the teen center functions during the school year only (staff said yes, typically during school hours) and whether the center’s services amounted to social services. Staff explained that teen centers address barriers to education — lack of clean clothes, temporary food insecurity and similar issues — that otherwise prevent students from accessing learning, and that the district’s existing facilities and staff make schools a natural location for these services.

Principals and counselors will run programming and schedule the space; administrators said the remodel should reduce strain on staff by giving McKinney-Vento and counseling staff a single, dedicated workspace. The board voted unanimously to accept the bid and proceed with the remodel and related arrangements.