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Parents, residents press board on school safety, boundary changes and special‑education facilities
Summary
During public comment at the Oct. 14 Alpine School District meeting, speakers raised concerns about firearm incidents and school safety, proposed boundary changes that split established neighborhoods, and urged urgency on special‑education facilities and staffing ahead of the district split.
At the Oct. 14 board meeting, patrons used the public comment period to press officials on three issues: campus safety after recent firearm‑involved incidents, concerns about proposed boundary changes that separate neighborhoods, and calls for urgency on special‑education facilities for the South area.
First, Christopher Ortega, a Salt Lake County resident who identified himself as a first sergeant but said he was not speaking in an official capacity, told the board he had three children in Alpine schools and described “multiple firearm involved incidents within schools in our district” over recent weeks. Ortega told the board he…
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