"Stand back and let us fix the crumbling education system" an opinion in the Salt Lake Tribune by Tad Wimmer eloquently explains the The Small Districts Coalition's position on the problem with the current educational system.

Welcome to the SDC website. Click here to learn more about the Small Districts movement and what you can do to help.

Three of Utah's neighbors, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada, have recently presented studies examining school district size -- all three concluded that smaller school districts educate children better.

Click here to get the most recent publishled articles and opinions

Click here to link to the web page of the proposed Orem School District

Click here to view a poll by the Deseret News that shows that 59% of residents favor allowing cities to split into smaller school districts while only 34% oppose

The Granite Feasibility Study is now complete and can be read in summary at this link (click here) . It concludes that both a new eastern district and also the remaining western district would be operationally feasible.

We feel strongly that the citizens have a right to have input into how their money is spent and how their schools are run. Over the next few weeks there will be meetings in Murray City, Holladay City, City of South Salt Lake and Salt Lake County to determine if this issue should be put on the November ballot. Click here for the schedule.

Please take the time to become informed on this important issue. Please attend the meetings, write and call your city and county leaders and have your voice heard.

Small Districts Coalition