Jordan School District
Established in 1905, Jordan School District opened its doors with 3,000 students, 70 teachers and 20 community schools. Located in the southwest area of Salt Lake County, Jordan School District is one of Utah’s fastest growing school systems. It provides public education today for 57,000 students living in Bluffdale, Copperton, Herriman, Riverton, South Jordan and West Jordan who attend our 68 schools. Our motto, Lead, Educate, Inspire reflects who we are and what we are about. As our next chapter unfolds, our founding principle of providing a quality education and promoting lifelong learning will guide our future. Jordan School District will continue to lead the way in research-based curriculum and strategies. We believe education must be relevant and responsive to the ever-changing world. How we educate our students is perhaps our greatest accomplishment. Quality teaching promotes quality learning. That is evident in our students who continually outperform their counterparts across the nation on standardized tests. We inspire future generations one student at a time. Our strength lies in the hearts and talents of our employees. The teachers, support staff and administrators have developed a synergy that has fueled Jordan’s legacy of serving and educating students for more than a century. As students leave our system we hope they are inspired to continue learning for a lifetime. Jordan School District is considered a state leader in public education. Our dedicated teachers, staff and administrators serve on many statewide committees and work groups to improve the quality of education for all Utah students. We earnestly strive to strengthen partnerships with businesses, increase our ability to integrate more vocational and technical choices into education, and provide world-class development options for students and staff.www.jordandistrict.org
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Oct 29, 2026
Eric CabreraCORRESPONDENT
Eric Cabrera, KSL News.
Amanda DicksonHOST
A Jordan School District bus driver was arrested after police say he was taking inappropriate videos of a child on his bus.
Amanda DicksonHOST
KSL's Cameron Elliott joins us live with the details.
Amanda DicksonHOST
Cameron.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Amanda's 64-year-old Gabriel Bazile was arrested after police say his wife found a video of him taking from a low angle of a 10-year-old passenger on his bus.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Police say his wife confronted him, said he would turn himself in to the district, but he ended up being turned in by a family member.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
The Jordan School District told KSL he was immediately removed from his bus driving duties and reported to the police when they got word of the incident.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
And after serving a warrant on his phone, police say they found deleted videos of the same girl, as well as a text that Basile had planned to flee back to Italy had he ever been caught.
Eric CabreraCORRESPONDENT
Eric Cabrera, KSL News.
speaker_2HOST
A Jordan School District bus driver was arrested after police say he was taking inappropriate videos of a child on his bus.
speaker_2HOST
KSL's Cameron Elliott joins us live with the details.
speaker_2HOST
Cameron?
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Amanda's 64-year-old Gabriel Bazile was arrested after police say his wife found a video of him taking from a low angle of a 10-year-old passenger on his bus.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Police say his wife confronted him, said he would turn himself in to the district, but he ended up being turned in by a family member.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
The Jordan School District told KSL he was immediately removed from his bus driving duties and reported to the police when they got word of the incident.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
And after serving a warrant on his phone, police say they found deleted videos of the same girl, as well as a text that Basile had planned to flee back to Italy had he ever been caught.
Eric CabreraCORRESPONDENT
Eric Cabrera, KSL News.
Amanda DicksonHOST
A Jordan School District bus driver was arrested after police say he was taking inappropriate videos of a child on his bus.
Amanda DicksonHOST
KSL's Cameron Elliott joins us live with the details.
Amanda DicksonHOST
Cameron?
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Amanda, 64-year-old Gabriel Basile was arrested after police say his wife found a video taken from a low angle of a 10-year-old passenger on his bus.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Police say his wife confronted him and he said he would turn himself into the district, but he ended up being turned in by a member of his family.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
The Jordan School District told KSL he was immediately removed from his bus driving duties and reported to the police when they got word.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
And after serving a warrant on his phone, police say they found deleted videos of the same girl as well as a text from Basile who had planned to flee back to Italy had he ever been caught.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Amanda's 64-year-old Gabriel Bazile was arrested after his wife allegedly found an inappropriate video of one of his underage passengers through their shared Google Drive account.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
According to police documents, the 33-second video caught the Jordan School District driver secretly filming a 10-year-old girl from a low angle.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Police say when his wife confronted him about the video, he said he would delete it and report himself, and when he failed to do so, a member of his family stepped in and contacted the district themselves.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
When police searched his phone, they say they found another video of the same girl that he had tried to delete, as well as evidence that he had told his family had he ever gotten caught, he would fly back to Italy and live with his mother.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Amanda, 64-year-old Gabriel Basile was arrested after his wife allegedly found an inappropriate video of one of his underage passengers through their shared Google Drive account.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
According to police documents, the 33-second video caught the Jordan School District driver secretly filming a 10-year-old girl from a low angle.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
Police say when his wife confronted him about the video, he said he would delete it and report himself.
Cameron ElliottCORRESPONDENT
And when he failed to do so, a member of his family stepped in and contacted the district themselves.
Amanda DicksonHOST
Lynn Ward says they want to make sure any changes that SEG make to downtown go through a public process.
Amanda DicksonHOST
The future of several schools in the Jordan School District is being discussed because of falling enrollment numbers.
Amanda DicksonHOST
The schools include Majestic Elementary, Harriman Middle School, Joel P. Jensen Middle, West Hills Middle, and West Jordan Middle.
Amanda DicksonHOST
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Amanda DicksonHOST
The three things you need to know this hour.
Amanda DicksonHOST
First,
Michelle RoweCORRESPONDENT
several schools in the Jordan School District are facing low enrollment numbers, which means the board is looking closely at potential closures.
Michelle RoweCORRESPONDENT
I'm KSL's Michelle Rowe.
Amanda DicksonHOST
She also encourages all parents to talk with their kids about safety when riding e-bikes or e-motorcycles.
Amanda DicksonHOST
Several schools in Jordan School District are facing enrollment challenges, which means the potential for school closures.
Michelle RoweCORRESPONDENT
Jordan School District School Board voted to move several schools closer to closing or being consolidated with other schools.
Michelle RoweCORRESPONDENT
That's a mandatory policy based on enrollment numbers.
Michelle RoweCORRESPONDENT
Planning consultant Scott Festin named the schools currently meeting the threshold to be considered for closure or boundary change in the next three to five years.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
She went from being an educator in Jordan School District, teaching everything from hip-hop, classic, contemporary, and jazz dance, to being an associate professor of dance at BYU.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
On this episode of The Supercast, we meet up with Kori Wakamatsu.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
Hear how she is preparing the next generation of dance teachers, like student teacher Grace Bjerregaard, to take center stage, and why Cori says dance is so important in the busy lives we lead.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
[upbeat music] We are at Bingham High School today talking with a couple of people associated with the dance classes that we offer here.
Anthony GodfreyHOST
Introduce yourself and talk about your role, please.
Kori WakamatsuGUEST
I'm Kori Wakamatsu, and I'm the dance education K-12 coordinator at Brigham Young University, and I am a former Jordan School District dance teacher.
Grace BjerregaardGUEST
My name is Grace Bjerregaard.
Nate WebbHOST
What school? Are you still at that school?
David ParkerGUEST
Yes, it's Mountain Creek Middle School in Jordan District.
Nate WebbHOST
Wow.
Nate WebbHOST
Holy smokes.