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What's best for the children, not necessarily what's best for their parents' pocketbooks should be the driving query in any discussion about whether school districts in Utah should be divided, combined or realigned!
KSL especially urges patrons on the eastern half of the Jordan School District to keep that thought in mind as they explore whether to break away and form a smaller school district.
Yes, what's best for the kids?
And not just the children in their immediate homes and neighborhoods, but those across town, as well, where a mushrooming student population means hundreds of millions of dollars will be needed to build new schools and remodel others.
Without the established east-side communities sharing in the cost of expansion, studies suggest the tax burden in west-side communities would triple. So, it becomes a question of fairness. It should never be forgotten that west-side residents shared the cost of building east-side schools through decades of significant population growth and school district expansion.
If forming a new school district would lead to a more successful education experience across the board, then by all means proceed. But, if it is merely a means to avoid paying for a couple of dozen new schools, splitting Jordan would be ethically, even morally wrong.
