Grace Rex, Orem parent and longtime volunteer, outlines priorities for new Timpanogos-area school district

Interviewer: Hi, everybody. I'm here with Grace Rex. She is running for school board in the new district that right now is being called Timpanogos, but may or may not change. The district covers Orem, Vineyard, Linden, and Pleasant Grove, and she's running for a seat that essentially covers the East Side Of Orem.

Grace Rex, candidate for the Timpanogos-area school board, said she and her husband Alan raised 10 children in Orem and that three of her children are currently enrolled in Alpine School District schools. "I still have 3 kids in Alpine School District and in public schools," Rex said, describing 25 years of volunteer service on school community councils, PTA leadership and involvement across local schools including Centennial and Cascade.

Rex said her priorities for the new district begin with safety and leadership. On the recent Orem campus shooting she called the event "heartbreaking" and praised Lakeridge Junior High's lockdown response, saying she was "really, really impressed with how Lakeridge handled their lockdowns and how they kept the kids safe and not scared." She told the interviewer that recent state legislation and expanded school security "can…