Six Utah school districts along the Wasatch Front and surrounding area will ask their patrons for approval Nov. 7 to borrow millions of dollars to build, renovate or update dozens of schools across the state, in hopes of making room for additional students, new technology and safety upgrades.
“We know it’s never easy to ask people to increase their taxes, but this is for the future good of students,” said Terry Bawden, president of Granite School District’s Board of Education.
Granite, Canyons, Weber, Ogden, South Summit and Morgan school districts are each seeking approval to borrow money for facilities, with the six bond proposals worth more than $800 million taken together.