‘We can’t afford these luxuries’: Parents blast Jordan school board’s $30 million tax increase

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‘We can’t afford these luxuries’: Parents blast Jordan school board’s $30 million tax increase
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“It frightens me to death that my grandchildren are coming to these public schools — they’re going downhill,” Andrea Hughes told the board. “Because you’re teaching them things like gender confusion and to be embarrassed of their race.”

Jessica McCall was in Riverton High School’s second class of graduating students. As an adult with a young family, she was excited to buy her parents’ home and move into the neighborhood where she grew up.

Many also emphasized their suspicion of school counselors, social-emotional learning programs and the overuse of tech in schools; asked for plain school buildings and a focus on basic education rather than offerings like dual language classes; and asserted that administrators are overpaid and the district is mismanaged.

A screenshot from the Jordan School District's 2022-23 budget presentation shows the differences in the value of assessed property in each Salt Lake County school district.The board said the additional $30 million would fund three priorities: competitive salaries for teachers; additional support staff, from assistant principals to counselors; and continued special programs, from an arts academy to virtual schools to accelerated learning classes.

“That music program you were talking about? That’s not your job,” she said. “I have six kids. If my kids want to learn music, whose job is it to pay for my kids to learn music?” “Put the kids back in school. Why do another online program?” Pettit asked. “... “Sometimes we just can’t afford those luxuries.”

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