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Schools are emptying on the Salt Lake Valley’s east side and overflowing in the west. Here’s why.

Districts face decisions about building new schools in growing communities while also considering consolidations and closures in aging neighborhoods.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lindsay Godsey walks her children to school in Holladay on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Godsey, like many other parents who live on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, has seen enrollment at her children’s elementary school dwindle over the last five years.