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Residents urge Holladay council to fund feasibility study on creating smaller school district
Summary
Dozens of Holladay residents urged the City Council to commission a feasibility study to examine creating a smaller local school district split from Granite School District; supporters said the study would provide data on finances, teacher impacts and school closures while opponents warned of higher costs and funding uncertainty.
Dozens of residents told the Holladay City Council on the night of the meeting that they want the city to fund or permit a feasibility study to explore forming a smaller, local school district separate from Granite School District.
"It's to allow us to explore splitting the district," Taylor Davis, a parent and organizer, said during public comment, adding the group’s intent is to "explore" rather than immediately create a new district. Several other parents and longtime residents said they were willing to help fund a study and stressed the potential for more local control.
Why it matters: Supporters said Granite’s large size — speakers repeatedly cited roughly 60,000 students in the…
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