(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Work begins tearing down the old West Jordan Middle School, 7550 S. Redwood Road, the oldest school in the Jordan School District on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
After more than 60 years of classes, the old West Jordan Middle School is being torn down, a process that should take about a week. An excavator started knocking down the brick walls Tuesday. The school was the oldest one in Jordan School District.
The district has constructed a new school on the same property and it will be ready for students when classes start on Aug. 20.
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