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Mary Richards reporting Draper officials want their teenagers to have their own high school. City council members will tour a charter school tonight to see if that's the direction they need to go to get a high school built in their city.
Right now, Draper teens go to Alta or Jordan High Schools--both large schools and neither in Draper.
City Councilman Troy Walker says Draper has been ignored by the old Jordan School District. He'd like to see a high school built in Draper, even if it's a charter. "I want to make it happen and, you know, I'm willing to work with whoever wants to do it. I'm not trying to alienate any group or anything. I just want to think outside the box and do it," he said.
Walker is on the board of Summit Academy, a charter middle school, and he's showing it as a model to the other city council members tonight. He says he hopes Draper gets the help and support from the newly forming east-side district.
