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District study finds no immediate path to build a comprehensive West Side high school
Summary
Demographic and property analyses presented May 21 concluded the district lacks a suitable 30‑acre West Side site and that declining cohorts and gentrification make a new comprehensive 9–12 high school infeasible now; board members urged community partnership and alternative interventions.
The Salt Lake City School District presented a two-part feasibility review on May 21 that combined demographic projections from Applied Economics with a district real‑estate survey. The goal was to test whether an additional comprehensive high school on the city’s West Side is currently viable.
Rick Brammer of Applied Economics told the board that steadily falling birth rates, compounded by recent gentrification, have reduced K–8 cohorts and will drive down high‑schoolage enrollment in the near term. Brammer said the district has seen a…
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