Utah County votes no on bond, school district split

UTAH COUNTY — Mother and father and educators react to 2 main schooling points shot down by Utah County voters on Election Day.

One was the Alpine Faculty District $595 million greenback bond that might be used to construct new faculties, improve previous faculties, and outfit different faculties with security and safety measures.

The opposite one was Proposition 2 in Orem. An opportunity for Orem Metropolis to interrupt off from the Alpine Faculty District and create its personal district.

Orem Metropolis Mayor Dave Younger says creating their very own faculty district made excellent sense financially and educationally.

“During the last 20 years there was over 170 million {dollars} that’s gone into the Alpine district that might be used for Orem and its personal faculties,” he stated. “I feel we’ve bought the funds we’ve bought the sources, we’ve bought a variety of sensible individuals round right here. We’ve bought good lecturers, we’ve bought every little thing we have to create an excellent faculty district.”

However voters didn’t agree. Over 70% of them shot it down.

Considered one of them is Cissy Rassmussen, a mom of six children who began a fierce grass roots marketing campaign to cease the town from getting its personal faculty district.

“I’m thrilled [the results] turned out so a lot better than I assumed,” Rassmussen stated. “It was divisive, time consuming, and tough, however we might be in a way more tough place with out Alpine giving us the cash and sources wanted to maintain Orem faculties wholesome and thriving.”

However for Dani Rowan from Nice Grove the election outcomes didn’t go the way in which she anticipated on the Alpine Faculty District Bond which misplaced.

“Feeling disillusioned the bond didn’t move,” Rowan stated. “It looks as if a no brainer and I feel this can be one of many first Alpine Faculty District bonds that hasn’t handed.”

Rowan believes it’s the results of the monetary disaster, misinformation, and the Orem Prop 2 debate.

“I simply assume it’s this excellent storm, this atmosphere that we dwell in, misinformation and a polarized group,” she stated.

The Alpine Faculty district launched solely an announcement saying partly that they’ll proceed their efforts to handle the necessity for extra faculties, constructing renovations, and security and safety measures enhancements. However they didn’t say how they might try this.