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Calara remembered learning about history in fun ways, like the 50’s dance where the girls all wore poodle skirts, and a unit about the Middle Ages where the boys dressed as knights and had to be “very chivalrous” to the girls.

Calara remembered all her teachers’ names. She loved the atria where ducklings come each spring and where she helped plant things in the garden.

Over in the gym, current principal Kip Carlsen and his band, The Superintendents of Rock, played live music while people wandered the school, shared memories and ran into old friends.

This was Carlsen’s only year as principal at Spring Lane, but it was an event- ful one. Granite District spent the fall introducing ideas about possible school closures. Since then, Carlsen has fielded questions and comments—some very passionate—from the community.

“We knew they were doing population studies, but all of the proposals about the possible closure and then the final decision were done at the district level. We got the news the same time as the rest of the community,” Carlsen said.

Carlsen will go to Fox Hills Elementary this fall. But until then, helping the student body transition to Oakwood has been his focus. The PTA and community meetings for Oakwood and Spring Lane have been combined since January.

“I’ve worked closely with Eric Bailey (the principal at Oakwood) since we found out that Spring Lane would close. We’re trying to make the transition as smooth as

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Even those not currently in the school have noticed the effort to merge the two schools. “My kids are all done with Spring Lane, but I stay in touch with the community and the Facebook page. It looks like they’ve been combining their PTA and activities,” Carpenter said.

The school district plans to retain the land, but the school itself will likely be torn down. It will be hard for those in the neighborhood to drive by and not see it anymore.

“We’ve loved it here,” Carpenter said. “It’s a great community and it will be missed.” l

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