In Utah, we like to say we love our kids. But, we won’t spend money to educate them. We stack them deep and we teach them cheap.
Now a Salt Lake school is marked for closure due to “declining enrollment” and “low outcome ratings.” This assessment is according to the Salt Lake City School Board’s Building Utilization Committee.
The M. Lynn Bennion Elementary School is so marked. It is a downtown city school whose child population is mostly of low-income, diverse and immigrant parents. Its district also includes children of the YWCA’s Women’s Shelter, children who may be traumatized.