Elizabeth Grant

Salt Lake City School District Superintendent Elizabeth Grant has repeatedly said she wants schools to not just welcome the new students in, but to build “new communities.”

Currently, students can bring their phones on campus. But they can’t use them during class unless their teacher says so.

The parents allege a key member of the Salt Lake City School District closure study process had significant conflicts of interest because his wife is a principal at a school not chosen for closure.

Students from Hawthorne, Mary W. Jackson, M. Lynn Bennion and Riley Elementary will find new schools and boundaries will be redrawn.

Elizabeth Grant is now the fifth superintendent to lead the district since 2020.