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Article: Setting up new school district is called a monumental task
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2007
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In the spirit of moving forward, voters Tuesday in Jordan School
District delved a century into history as they made history.
And now, things could become historically sticky.
In pioneer days, 37 school districts dotted Salt Lake County,
according to "The First 100 Years: A History of Jordan School
District," by Scott Crump. Five south-valley communities in 1905
came together to form what's now the state's largest school
district, mainly to standardize tax rates, school schedules and
educational equity, plus pool resources to establish high schools,
Crump wrote. Fewer district boundaries also would allow students to
attend schools closest to home.
"Opponents to this proposal pointed to the ...