Orem School District News Today

The ballot initiative proposed leaving the Alpine School District to create an Orem-only school district.

Orem residents appeared to vote Tuesday against creating a new school district and split from the Alpine School District where it is currently attached.

In the entire Alpine School District, only 14.5% of students are Hispanic/Latino. That number for the 19 Orem schools is much higher, at about 29.03%.

An Orem-only school district will not benefit children. Alpine School District needs to split, but not this way. Read more on this Opinion.

The Orem City Council recently passed resolutions taking a stand on two ballot propositions dealing with the Alpine School District. Some residents believe it was a misuse of public funds.

State Sen. Keith Grover is proposing legislation that he says would address some of the concerns about voters in Orem potentially deciding to split from the Alpine School District.

The Orem City Council voted Tuesday night to allow residents to decide in November whether the city should break away from the state's largest school district and form its own.

The city of Orem has held two public meetings since a feasibility study made public last week found Orem splitting from Alpine School District to form its own school district would be viable in key areas, which piqued public interest. Heres what was revealed at the latest meeting.

Many local residents attended a city council meeting Tuesday night as the findings were released from an independent feasibility study for Orem to have its own school district.