Boundary Change Update

Last night after the open house, the committee met until midnight to "discuss" the final proposal to send to the school board. In the end, it was between option B and option K. All but three of us who represent Butterfield Canyon voted for B, which made me livid. The only difference between B and K was in which areas of Butterfield Canyon were going to Herriman and which ones would stay (they were an exact mirror image of each other).

Anyway, after about ten minutes of discussion, Michelle Taft and I (who both live in the affected areas) looked at each other and just knew everyone was going to vote for B. After a few hours of discussion, we were right. It didn't matter what we said, how valid our arguments were, or anything. They were bound and determined to vote for B.

B did get the most votes last night, but not by much. And we kind of ended up feeling that the votes for J or K were diluted because we had two good choices, whereas those who wanted B only had one. Not that that mattered either, becaus when Michelle and I brought up the fact that since it is our area that is affected most, we should really look at the feelings of those living here, we were told that you all came last night just to voice an opinion, and that we didn't have to go by that at all. We could simply discount that if we thought it in the best interest of everyone.

As you can probably tell by now, I am completely disgusted at what happened with this boundary change. Why even have an open house if you're not going to look at how people in the only affected area feel about the change?

Anyone who is interested, I'll try to make sure I know when the school board meeting is. If you feel strongly enough, you can attend and voice your concerns to, hopefully, a more unbiased group.