October, 2000
Attention Provo City School Board, Provo City Mayor and City Council:

We, the undersigned residents of Provo, are concerned about the Provo City School
Board's  commitment to providing quality education for children in the central
neighborhoods of the city.   By abandoning older schools in traditional neighborhoods
and building new schools in the city's suburbs and outer fringes, the board is
potentially forcing hundreds of children to be bused out of the central city.  The
actions of the Board, and other possible actions now under discussion, are counter-
intuitive and constitute a serious threat to Provo City's efforts for central
neighborhood revitalization.  The children of these neighborhoods appear to have become
mere pawns in the board's demographic maneuvers to appease political and economic
pressure from parents in newer suburbs.  We request that the Provo City School Board:

1.  Engage central neighborhood residents and city officials in a meaningful dialogue
about the future of their schools and their children's future in the Provo School
District.
2.  Make concerted and creative efforts to educate children in established neighborhood
schools.
3.  Assure that the central city neighborhoods have direct representation on the School
Board, by residents living in the area, including the Hispanic community.


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