In Salt Lake And Utah Counties, Varying Receptions For Our Schools Now Initiative’s $700m Tax Increase

Orem • When school starts for her three children each fall, Marci LeMonnier said Tuesday, she is asked by administrators to donate supplies like copy paper to compensate for strained budgets. It’s a shame, the Provo resident said, that Utah’s last-in-the-nation school spending doesn’t allow for even basic office supplies. “We claim to love and cherish our children,” she said, “but we are not willing to fund their education.” LeMonnier was among about 50 Utahns who met at Orem Elementary School t... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>