Jordan board expands priority permits for students affected by northwest boundary plan

The Jordan Board of Education voted in study session Oct. 28 to extend priority permitting for students affected by proposed northwest boundary changes, a concession aimed at reducing disruption for students who would be moved to different middle or high schools.

The move applies to students already in secondary grades (seventh grade or older). Under the board’s action, those students would receive a “secondary rollout” priority permit that would allow them to remain with their current middle school and, if they choose, continue into the high school that feeds from that middle school. President Nikki George made the motion; Jake Barnett seconded it. The board recorded a unanimous vote at the study session to adopt that extension and asked staff to track how many families…