The City Council approved funds this week to study the feasibility of uniting with the county, Holladay and South Salt Lake to peel off from the state's second largest school district.

"We could go that direction or we could do our own feasibility study," now that the Legislature has lowered the population threshold for a new district from 65,000 to 50,000, Taylorsville Mayor Russ Wall said Thursday.

"Things have happened very quickly in the last few days," he added. "We have to kind of digest what's happening and then make a decision."

In July, Taylorsville, a west-side city of 59,000 people, threatened to sue if the county put the east-side-only defection on November's ballot, arguing that everyone in Granite should get to vote on the district's fate.

But the city's stance on a district division has softened since it was invited to possibly be part of one.

"Taylorsville is going to work aggressively with other members of the community and find a reasonable solution to the problems of Granite School District," Wall said. "If it requires a split, we'll look into that. If there are other ways to fix it, we'll certainly be a participant at the table."

- Rosemary Winters