Together, we made it clear:

• The District should hit pause on Morningside closure. The plan to shut down Morningside as a neighborhood school and make it French-only Dual Language Immersion (DLI) only hasn’t been properly evaluated and puts hundreds of families at risk.
• This proposal doesn’t add up. The boundary study was meant to address declining enrollment, but the plan would slash Morningside’s utilization from 87% to just 41%, pushing out local families to recruit out-of-district students.
• Morningside’s three-track model is our strength. ALC, Traditional, and DLI programs thrive together here. Each track offers equity, opportunity, and personalized learning — but it’s the synergy of all three that makes Morningside truly unique.
• ALC students belong in their community. Families want advanced learners to stay near their friends, neighbors, and siblings — and within the same middle and high school boundaries — instead of being bussed away.
• ALC access is already too limited. Granite lags far behind national averages in serving advanced learners. Parents asked why the district would cut back further when it’s already underserving GSD students.
• ALC belongs at Morningside. Families warned that splitting it off into a magnet program would weaken the very foundation of the program and fracture families who rely on being able to switch tracks without switching schools.
• French DLI belongs at a neighborhood school. Families warned that splitting it off into a magnet program would weaken the very foundation of the program and fracture families who rely on being able to switch tracks without switching schools.
• Families will pay the price. Longer commutes, conflicting start times, and siblings separated into different schools make the logistics unworkable for many households.
• Students will bear the emotional cost. Some children have already endured two or three school moves. This plan forces even more transitions, undermining stability, friendships, and community ties.

Our ask is simple: keep Morningside’s multi-track model intact, conduct a transparent review, and work with families to find solutions that strengthen — not dismantle — one of the district’s most successful, community-driven schools.