Here’s why Salt Lake City has postponed school closure process until 2023

Continuing the conversation about boundary changes and closures now would be “actually doing a disservice” to a hurting community, one school board member says.

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kindergarten students work on math problems at Riley Elementary School in 2018. It is one of 14 schools that will continue to be informally evaluated for possible boundary changes or closure, but Salt Lake City School District Superintendent Timothy Gadson has elected to push the formal process back to 2023.

Here’s why Salt Lake City has postponed school closure process until 2023

Continuing the conversation about boundary changes and closures now would be “actually doing a disservice” to a hurting community, one school board member says.

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