Granite School District
| Granite School District | |
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| Location | |
Salt Lake Valley, Utah | |
| District information | |
| Established | 1904 |
| Superintendent | Richard Nye (2021-present) |
| School board |
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| Chair of the board | Karyn Winder |
The Granite School District is a public
Murray School District
.
All the following information is from the Granite School District website[1]
High schools
- Cottonwood, Murray
- Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science (Charter School attached to Cottonwood High School)
- Cyprus, Magna
- Cyprus Brockbank Campus
- Granger, West Valley City
- Connection (formerly Granite Peaks; alternative school), South Salt Lake. Multiple campuses:
- Cottonwood Campus, Granger Campus, Granite Education Center Campus, Hunter Campus, Kearns Campus, Skyline Campus, Taylorsville Campus
- Kearns
- Hunter, West Valley City
- Olympus, Holladay
- Millcreek
- Taylorsville, Taylorsville
Former
- Granite, South Salt Lake (closed in 2009)
Junior high schools
- Bennion, Taylorsville
- Bonneville, Holladay
- Churchill, Millcreek
- Eisenhower, Taylorsville
- Evergreen, Millcreek
- Granite Park, South Salt Lake
- Hunter, West Valley City
- Jefferson, Thomas, Kearns
- Kearns, Kearns
- Kennedy, John F., West Valley City
- Matheson, Scott M., Magna
- Olympus, Holladay
- Valley, West Valley City
- Wasatch, Millcreek
- West Lake, West Valley City. West Lake Junior High has been relocated to the Westbrook Elementary school (which was closed in 2019) due to damages from the March 18, 2020 earthquake.
Former
- Brockbank, Magna (closed as a junior high school in 2016, campus is now the Brockbank Campus of Cyprus High School)
Elementary schools
- Academy Park, West Valley City
- Arcadia, Taylorsville
- Armstrong Academy, West Valley City
- Bacchus, Thomas W., Kearns
- Beehive, Kearns
- Bennion, Taylorsville
- Bridger, Jim., West Jordan
- Copper Hills, Magna
- Cottonwood, Holladay
- Crestview, Holladay
- Diamond Ridge, West Valley City
- Driggs, Howard R., Holladay
- Eastwood, Millcreek
- Elk Run, Magna
- Farnsworth, Philo T., West Valley City
- Fox Hills, Taylorsville
- Fremont, John C., Taylorsville
- Frost, Robert, West Valley City
- Gourley, David, Kearns
- Granger, West Valley City
- Hillsdale, West Valley City
- Hillside, West Valley City
- Holladay, Holladay (closed in 2002)
- Hunter, West Valley City
- Jackling, West Valley City
- Lake Ridge, Magna
- Lincoln, South Salt Lake
- Magna, Magna
- Mill Creek, Millcreek
- Monroe, West Valley City
- Morningside, Millcreek
- Moss, James E., Millcreek
- Oakridge, Millcreek
- Oakwood, Holladay
- Orchard, Douglas T., West Valley City
- Penn, William, Millcreek
- Pioneer, West Valley City
- Pleasant Green, Magna
- Plymouth, Taylorsville
- Redwood, West Valley City
- Rolling Meadows, West Valley City
- Rosecrest, Millcreek Township
- Silver Hills, West Valley City
- Smith, Calvin, Taylorsville
- South Kearns, Kearns
- Spring Lane, Holladay
- Stansbury, West Valley City
- Taylorsville, Taylorsville
- Truman, Harry S., West Valley City
- Twin Peaks, Murray
- Upland Terrace, Millcreek
- Valley Crest, West Valley City
- Vista, Taylorsville
- Walker, Olene, Salt Lake City
- Western Hills, Kearns
- West Kearns, Kearns
- West Valley, West Valley City
- Whittier, West Valley City
- Wilson, Woodrow, South Salt Lake
- Woodstock, Murray
- Wright, Gearld L., West Valley City
Former
- Sandburg, Carl, West Valley City (closed in 2018)
- Oquirrh Hills, Kearns (closed in 2019)
- Westbrook, Taylorsville (closed in 2019)
Specialty Schools and Programs
- Granite Peaks, Salt Lake City
- Granite Technical Institute (GTI), Salt Lake City
- Hartvigsen, Taylorsville, Utah
- Granite Transition Services, Salt Lake City
- YESS Program, Salt Lake City
- Granite Alternative Placement Program (GAPP), Holladay, Utah
- Preschool
History
The district was created in 1904 with 4,258 students.Bennion in the south.[3]
In 2024, the district drew national attention after a school board member publicly and falsely accused a high school athlete of being transgender, leading to the student in question receiving so many threats that the school had to provide her with police protection.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Granite School District". Granite School District. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Fairclough, W. Glen Jr. "Granite School District Agency History". Utah Department of Administrative Services, Division of Archives and Records. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-8425-2879-5.
- ^ "Utah school board member Natalie Cline questions high school athlete's gender, causing social media uproar". Salt Late Tribune.
- ^ "Utah school district takes steps to protect teen after school board member appears to question girl's gender on social media". CNN.
- ^ "Utah official faces calls to resign after falsely suggesting teen girl is transgender". NBC.
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