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Utah County committee presents maps for Alpine School District split; public comment open through March 26
Summary
A county-appointed committee presented proposed boundary maps for three new Alpine School District trustee districts, citing 2023 population estimates and census-block constraints. Commissioners will consider final adoption March 26 after two weeks of public feedback and a state-required random draw to assign initial term lengths.
Max “Mac” Sims, the county-appointed chair of three citizen advisory committees, presented proposed trustee-district maps to the Utah County Commission on March 12, outlining how three new Alpine School District trustee districts would be drawn and why the committee used 2023 population estimates from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
The committee recommended contiguous, compact districts that follow city and precinct lines where possible, Sims said, and factor in school boundaries, natural features and forecasted growth. “We needed to have good maps that got us good initial board members to get these different districts off on the right foot,” Sims said.
The presentation matters because the commission must adopt the new trustee-district maps and a random assignment of initial term lengths before…
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