Alpine School District split: Here are the proposed boundaries ahead of final vote

UTAH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Alpine School District is being split into three districts, and their proposed boundaries were publicly released on Wednesday exactly two weeks before the final vote.

Utah County Commissioners released the proposed maps ahead of their possible adoption on March 26, providing a space for the public to react and respond before a decision is finalized.

This comes after Utah County voters approved the proposition to split the largest school district in the state during the 2024 November election. The boundaries were then drawn by three committees, all chaired by Mac Sims, which met several times during the month of February.

Each district will have seven school board members with the newly released maps illustrating how each area section of the district will be represented.

The proposed boundaries are as follows:

• West District: Eagle Mountain, Saratoga Springs, Cedar Fort, Fairfield
• Central District: Lehi, American Fork, Highland, Cedar Hills, Alpine, Draper
• South (Timpanogos) District: Orem, Pleasant Grove, Lindon, Vineyard

Sims presented the proposed boundaries before the Utah County Commissioners on Wednesday, March 12, explaining that the committees worked to make each district approximately equal in population, contiguous, and compact. Committee members sought to follow city lines where possible and combine communities with similar economic, cultural, and geographic interests.

Sims said they also considered school, geographic, and structural boundaries when drawing up the boundaries, working to keep neighborhoods and communities available and account for future population growth.

According to the most recent population data, the West District encompasses a population of nearly 110,000 with the South and Central Districts covering larger populations between 162,000 and 173,000. Sims said the West District has several areas in particular where potential population growth is anticipated.

While each redistricting committee unanimously agreed on the proposed boundaries, county officials are opening it up to public feedback before voting on the maps on March 26. Residents who wish to comment should take this two-question online survey.