Jordan School District
| Jordan School District | |
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7387 S Campus View Drive West Jordan, UT 84084-2998 Southwestern part of Salt Lake County, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′22″N 111°56′10″W / 40.606°N 111.936°WCoordinates: 40°36′22″N 111°56′10″W / 40.606°N 111.936°W |
| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1905 |
| Superintendent | Patrice Johnson |
| Schools | 53 (2012-2013) |
| Budget | 397,300,000 (2012-2013) |
| District ID | 4900420 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 52,300 |
| Teachers | 2,687 (2012-2013) |
| Staff | 2,578 (2012-2013) |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.jordandistrict.org |
Jordan School District was the largest of Utah's school districts (before splitting in 2009). It now employs 2,631 teachers and other licensed personnel who educate more than 52,300 students. An additional 2,610 employees provide support services for the system. Boundaries include the communities of Bluffdale, Copperton, Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan and West Jordan in the southwestern part of Salt Lake County, from the Canyons School District on the east to the Oquirrh Mountains range on the west.
One of the fastest growing districts in the state, Jordan School District consists of 55 schools: 34 Elementary Schools, 10 Middle Schools, 6 High Schools, 2 Technical Schools, and 3 Special Schools.
The district was created in 1904 with 3,354 students. Its name and original boundaries were taken from the Jordan Stake of the LDS Church, which at the time spanned the breadth of the Salt Lake Valley from east to west, and the length of the valley from roughly Midvale to the south end of the valley.
To the north was the Granite School District, named after the Granite Stake of the LDS Church, which was divided predominantly from the Jordan district along 6400 South from the Wasatch Mountain Range to the Oquirh Mountains. A number of older students in Bennion (now Taylorsville) elected to attend high school at Jordan High during the period of 1920-60 or later.
When Jordan's east-side communities voted to break from the district and form their own, Jordan lost 44 of its 84 schools and a large part of its property tax base. This split caused a loss in property tax revenue; together with $16 million in state budget cuts, this created budget problems for the district. As of August 13, 2009, the district faced a $33 million shortfall. Jordan teachers lost nine days' pay, and were paid an average of 4.5 percent less in the 2009-2010 school year than they were paid in 2008-2009, and taxpayers faced a large property tax increase.
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