The group has proposed splintering five schools in Draper off from Canyons to create Draper City School District. It would be Utah’s 42nd public district.
A student makes his way to the back of the school at Canyon View Elementary in Cottonwood Heights where they lined up on the playground for the first day of classes for the Canyons School District on Monday, August 24, 2020. A "citizen group" is looking to create a new school district in Draper.A “citizen group” is looking to create a new public school district in Utah.
The group is a collection of parents and business owners in Draper led by Paul McCarty, a former Canyons School District Board member who was involved in its, splintering five schools in Draper off from Canyons to create Draper City School District. It would be Utah’s 42nd public district. Canyons is currently the seventh largest district in the state, according to data from the Utah State Board of Education. It oversees 45 schools and more than 33,000 students. Rough estimates McCarty provided in a presentation Wednesday show the new district would have about 6,000 students, and one teacher for every 17 students instead of Canyons’