Article: Sandy may put off vote on 3-city school district

SANDY -- Glowing predictions for creating a new school district involving Sandy, Draper and Cottonwood Heights could lead the three cities to put the issue on a November ballot.

But whether Sandy agrees to do it this November or next is still up in the air.

"We could reduce class sizes, increase teacher pay and have the funds necessary to build more schools. It's pretty hard to argue against this," Sandy Mayor Tom Dolan said.

However, city officials may need a year to study the issue, he said. "I'm still waiting for the citizens of Sandy to tell us this is a direction they want us to move."

New legislation that allows for such a split to take place requires ballot language to be submitted to ...

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