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Board directs feasibility study on unused school sites after extended debate over testing, PD and policy steps

5784772 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

After lengthy debate about how to follow district policy (G5) and whether temporary uses had already been assigned, the board voted to proceed with feasibility work and to move the district’s unused properties through the next step of the G5 process.

The Salt Lake City School District board voted to move unused school properties into the next stage of the district’s G5 property process and directed staff to begin procurement for a feasibility study after a protracted discussion about immediate district needs, temporary uses and community input.

Board members debated whether the district had already assigned short‑term uses — such as district testing and professional development — to some unused buildings, and whether those temporary uses required a separate public board action before a feasibility and repurposing study could proceed. Trustee Ashley Anderson expressed concern that immediate needs listed in…

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