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DRAPER -- The stage is set for a new east-west dispute in Draper, as the Canyons School Board moves forward on plans for the new Draper High School.
Over the past year, the Canyons School District has been looking at options for redrawing boundaries for its elementary, middle and high schools. One of the hottest issues is who gets to go to the new high school.
On its website, the district has outlined two boundary options. But this week a majority of the school board members gave preliminary approval to the option that uses I-15 as a boundary. That means Draper students west of the freeway would not attend Draper High but would stay at Jordan High.
The early decision has upset parents in west Draper. They do not want to see the city divided into an east and west side.
The district, however, doesn't want the new school to open near capacity. It says that would be the case if all of the Draper students attended the new school.
In both proposed maps, some Draper students would not attend the new school. Still, the thought of an east-west division doesn't sit well with some parents. District spokeswoman Jennifer Toomer-Cooke said a final decision is a couple of weeks away.
The school, to be built east of 700 East between Willow Springs and Golden Pheasant Drives, is expected to open in fall 2013.
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