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School staff present preliminary boundary-survey results and timeline for a possible high-school split
Summary
District staff reported preliminary survey results (about 376 respondents representing roughly 661 student responses) showing top priorities of equal access and demographic balance, and presented a timeline for boundary decisions, staffing, and opening steps if a split proceeds.
District staff briefed the Wasatch County School Board on preliminary survey results and a proposed timeline tied to a potential high-school split, emphasizing transportation, program equity and continuity as the most-cited community priorities.
Staff reported 376 individual survey responses received by the morning of the presentation and explained that, when accounting for multiple children per responding family, the response set represented about 661 student instances. The survey asked which schools respondents’ children attend, which two factors respondents consider most important when setting boundaries, and open-ended reasons for those choices.
Key findings: staff said respondents most often prioritized equal access to programs and demographic balance; open responses commonly cited capacity and class-size fairness (about 21% of coded open replies) and concerns about transportation safety, specifically crossings on Highway 40 and bus-route efficiency. Staff also said continuity — keeping peer groups and feeder patterns together — was a frequent theme.
Implementation timeline: presenters outlined a multi-month schedule. Staff plans to use PCCRs and course-selection data starting with juniors and seniors early in the school year, aim to have boundaries and school-choice decisions by October, make leadership and staffing designations in December–January, finalize master schedules and teaching assignments by April and prepare the new building for sports camps and an opening in June if the split proceeds.
Board discussion: trustees raised questions about how boundary decisions would affect class sizes and whether the district has firm standards for maximum class sizes in high school. Staff said earlier data collection and leadership-splitting work will inform hiring and assignment needs and that additional public input will continue as scenarios are refined.
Next steps: staff will continue to collect and analyze survey responses, share refined scenario analyses with the board and return with more exhaustive committee findings in a future meeting.
