Nicki Brammer - Aspen Peaks School Board

09/28/2026

**FINAL DAYS FOR FEEDBACK**
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If you'd like to share your ideas about school boundaries in our Aspen Peaks School District, the last day to do that is Oct. 1st!

My board seat covers all of Highland and part of northeast Lehi. This area has been split between various elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools for decades. We are extremely fortunate to have excellent schools in our community, but strengthening our feeder school system is a priority to support student & family relationships with our school communities and to continue building robust schools and programs.

Here are some school boundary challenges that I see in my school board area right now:

1) Mountain Ridge Jr. High has half the student population (900ish) of American Fork Jr. High (1800+), mostly because the feeder system has not been adapted for growth for many years.

2) Freedom Elementary has an imbalance in its feeder system, splitting into 3 different junior highs (Mtn Ridge, AFJH, & Lehi Jr.) and then 3 different high schools beyond that (Lone Peak, AFHS, & Skyridge).

3) The east side of Highland north of Timp Hwy sends its elementary students across Highland's main commercial district and SR-92 for elementary school (to Highland Elem) but then those students are sent in a much safer walking/biking path with a sidewalk to Timberline Middle School in Alpine. That group makes up less than 20% going into Timberline, which makes the social transition into junior high hard; on the other hand, there is another elementary school (Westfield) with room to grow almost kitty corner from Timberline with a 100% feeder to Timberline.

4) In the next few years, the open land east of Texas Instruments will become new homes (the Inverness housing development)and we'll have to decide where to send those students. Viewpoint MS immediately to the west of Inverness and Timberline MS to the east are operating at capacity.

These are some of the boundary issues just in my area that I hear about frequently, but we'd appreciate more feedback before we open official boundary studies down the line.

Please fill out the Boundary Survey by Oct. 1st!

09/23/2026

I had so much fun at Ridgeline Elementary's Chalk Art Festival this week!

09/22/2026

Great news for parents who have done BACKGROUND CHECKS to volunteer in our schools and how those will transfer over in our new school district!

Update: we have learned that parents can’t see their birthdates in Skyward, so check your name and home address as it appears and if you are wondering about your birthdate just ask us in the office.

We have some great news about background checks. Alpine School District is working with all three of the new districts and background checks will transfer to the new district you reside in.

To have your background check transfer over, your information in Skyward must match exactly what is on your legal identification. Please take a moment to check the information you have entered in Skyward so that yours will transfer over.

Call the office if you have any questions.

09/10/2026

WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!

Our next big project will be looking at all the school boundaries in the Aspen Peaks School District, and we need YOUR feedback - our local community - to help us know 1) if we need to change any school boundaries, and 2) where those adjustments should be made. We're thinking about strengthening feeder schools and adapting for student enrollment.

We created a boundary feedback page on our website to make it easy for you to learn more & share your thoughts: Feedback | Aspen Peaks School District https://share.google/ebyss6jTAC4IaeFTf

Also, we have study session at 4pm and board meeting at 6pm today and you're welcome to join us in person at the Alpine School District Boardroom or online at: http://www.youtube.com/

09/08/2026

This is a great opportunity for our high school students to contribute their ideas about effective AI policy to the ongoing discussions that will form future laws. Cash prizes will be given! Submissions due by October 1st!

08/26/2026

Board meeting is tomorrow (Thursday)! Join us on our YouTube channel or in-person at Alpine School District's Boardroom. Here's a copy of the agenda for both our Study Session (4pm) and Board Meeting (6pm):

08/20/2026

Happy 1st Day Back to School! I hope you and your students enjoyed being back in class and are ready to hit the ground running!

I've had a busy summer with our Aspen Peaks School Board, but I wanted to share this post today to honor the Alpine School Board and Alpine District leadership - they are still running all of our schools, making important decisions, and supporting our staff and students in critical ways. I'm grateful for all that they do.

I loved this message that Alpine's Superintendent shared previously at the District Admin meeting about being "At the Summit" and honoring the climb that they have traversed over many years. We are in transition - just today I've had the chance to connect with two different Alpine School Board members and five Aspen Peak Board members across different committees and issues, and our work is very much focused on our individual districts and tasks in front of us, but also very much open and supportive of each other. And I'm so grateful for their efforts on our behalf.

So today I salute the Alpine School District, and remind my constituents that Alpine is still very much running the show this year, while our Aspen Peaks leaders are busy planning, listening, studying, and preparing to begin our new district next year (July 1, 2027). Let me know if you have any questions or ideas for our new district opening next year!

07/15/2026

Join us for tomorrow's board meeting in person or through our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/?si=Rzf4mMM6HWBVyHIS

07/10/2026

Our business administrator, Bea Twede, has been hard at work to create short videos to help everyone understand how our district and schools are funded. Here's a link to the playlist of all the videos shared to date:

Understanding the inner workings of school finance operations can be a bit tricky. In the hopes of building Aspen Peaks on the foundation of transparency, th...

06/12/2026

Meet our School Board! Big thanks to the amazing Zac Durrant for putting this together for us! 📽️❤️🙌🏽

Welcome to Aspen Peaks School District. As we begin this exciting n...