The Alpine School District will send a two-way split configuration to the Utah County clerk for certification. The move garnered a 4-3 vote during Tuesday’s school board meeting and narrows down their options to divide the district from two proposals to just one.

On April 30, the board met and recommended to look at two different configuration options but had to wait before submitting a plan for certification. The school board was advised that an entity can only submit one proposal for certification, Superintendent Shane Farnsworth explained during Tuesday’s meeting.

The configuration would form one district made up of schools essentially on the west side of Utah Lake, Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain, Fairfield and Cedar Fort. Another new district would encompass cities to the east from Lehi to Orem.

Meanwhile, 10 of the 14 cities in the district voted late last month to form separate interlocal agreements.

During the school board’s April 23 meeting, Lance Richards of the MGT consulting firm, which conducted the study, told board members that a majority of respondents voted to keep the district in tact as one; but if a split were to happen, a two-way option was preferred. “Based on all this, we’re comfortable in recommending that ASD bring forth a vote on two, (a) potential two-way configuration,” Richards said at the time.

The vote doesn’t assure a spot on the ballot for the district split proposal. Pending certification by the Utah County clerk, the board would hold an additional meeting May 28 and begin a 45-day public comment period. Citizens then would have opportunities to weigh in at public hearings — the first potentially to be held June 11 and another June 25.

From there, the board could decide in mid-July whether the configuration proposal makes the November ballot.