‘We can’t afford these luxuries’: Parents blast Jordan school board’s $30 million tax increase

After hearing hours of comments from critics, the board voted 6-1 to increase its property tax levy by 23%.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kings Peak High School students walk in the virtual school's first commencement in Bluffdale on June 2, 2022. The new online school is one program that Jordan School District school board members cited in seeking a tax increase, in part to provide choices for students.

‘We can’t afford these luxuries’: Parents blast Jordan school board’s $30 million tax increase

After hearing hours of comments from critics, the board voted 6-1 to increase its property tax levy by 23%.

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