Should Utah’s Granite School District be split in half?

There is a growing movement to split Utah’s Granite School District in half.

Catalyzed by school closures in wealthier areas, some parents wonder if their children’s school district has become too big to adequately represent them.

Parents and policymakers are asking city councils in Holladay, Millcreek, South Salt Lake and Emigration Canyon to approve a feasibility study, which would act as the first step to split the district in half.

Granite School District covers a horizontal slice of the Salt Lake Valley, from Magna in the west all the way to Holladay, which sits on the east bench of the valley in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains.

The district serves a wide socioeconomic range of students. It covers areas of rapidly constructed new-builds and areas where the median home price