Alpine wrestles with charter school, public land lease

JACKSON — With the Town of Alpine signaling that it will consider a lease on city-owned property for the construction of a charter school, two powerful allies, Sen. Dan Dockstader, R-Afton, and Alpine Airpark resident and developer Steven Funk, have championed the Utah-based American Preparatory Academy for consideration of the only available western Wyoming charter school slot.

While there has been broad, longstanding support in Alpine for a new public school, even a charter, not all residents support the application from American Preparatory Academy Charter School. Residents have questioned...