News Reports
And Press Releases
From The Mayor
Oct 22, 2022
Orem Mayor Young responds to claims of Alpine School District CLOSING SCHOOLS in Orem.
Letter To Orem
Oct 13, 2022
The Orem City Council Members have sent a letter to Orem residents about their concern for Alpine School District’s proposed $595 Million Dollar Bond. Learn their insights.
Oct 11, 2022
City Council Members release their Resolution outlining their Support for a new Orem School District.
Oct 3, 2022
“claims that, if Orem were to be split into a new school district, property taxes would go up by 56%. This is patently false. This claim is based on inaccurate calculations…”
Sept 27, 2022
City Council Members release their Resolution outlining their Opposition to the 2022 General Obligation Bond for $595 Million Bond proposed by Alpine School District.
Sept 21, 2022
SALT LAKE CITY — Over a month ago, Orem City Council voted to put a decision in front of their voters,… Sen. Keith Grover says, “you have to ask the question, ‘At what point do we lose representation via school board members via 60, 70, 80,000 students?’”
Aug 2, 2022
OREM, Utah — A huge decision in Orem Tuesday night as the City Council voted to let residents decide if they want to create a new school district and break away from Alpine School District.
Aug 2, 2022
OREM, Utah (KUTV) — The voters of Orem will get to decide if a new school district will split off from the Alpine School District.
Aug 2, 2022
The Orem City Council voted Tuesday night to allow residents to decide in November whether the city should break away from the state's largest school district and form its own.
Aug 2, 2022
The Orem City Council voted tonight to let residents decide whether the city should form its own school district and split from the largest district in the state.
Orem leaders commissioned a Comprehensive Feasibility Study in February 2022, and the results of that study were presented to the Council on July 12. Tonight’s 4-3 vote comes after three public meetings...
July 14, 2022
OREM — The city of Orem has been exploring options to separate schools within their city limit from the Alpine School District since 2006.
Now, a study made public on Tuesday concluded that a split would be financially and educationally sound.
July 12, 2022
OREM, Utah — Many local residents attended a city council meeting Tuesday night as an independent consulting company revealed their findings from a comprehensive feasibility study for Orem to have its own school district.
Feb 8, 2022
For many years, Orem residents and the City Council have taken up some form of discussion on whether Orem should split from the Alpine School District and have its own school district, but it was never the right time.
It appears now is the right time.