Alpine School District is moving forward with plans for a new elementary school in Eagle Mountain, but it won't be at Cedar Pass Ranch.

"We have several options. We hope to have an announcement in a day or two," Robert Smith, assistant superintendent of business, said at an Alpine School District board meeting on Tuesday.

A contract was approved by the Alpine school board on April 12 for a building site in the Cedar Pass Ranch subdivision. However, a neighborhood outcry after the approval caused the school board to look at other possible building sites. Residents told the board that the school would create too much traffic in a neighborhood not zoned for a school.

The school was originally planned for 2009, but growth in the area moved up the date to 2008.

Jennifer Webb, a PTA president, has said that the city is growing so fast that by the time the new school is built, "there will be 1,500 students in a school meant to hold 800."

Superintendent Vern Henshaw said the district is still committed to opening the school in fall 2008.

"I am very excited for Eagle Mountain. This is a great option and I don't think it will offend anyone. We are excited to move forward," said Gary Seastrand, assistant superintendent of education for the district, about the new option for a building site.

Smith said avoiding controversy was part of the reason the school board decided to look at other options. He said the school district is also looking at other future school sites in Eagle Mountain.

"We have been very active. We also have long-term plans for Eagle Mountain. We have four other sites we are negotiating on for future projects," said Smith.

Eagle Mountain City Council members Heather Jackson, David Blackburn and David Lifferth and City Administrator John Hendrickson attended the meeting and spoke with school board members.

"We felt it was important to make sure that you understand that we want this school," Jackson said.

David Blackburn said that along with more elementary schools, a middle school and high school, he would like to see "additional facilities" for the existing schools.

He said, "In the process of education we need to make sure that there are facilities for recreating."