In June 2025, over two dozen trees were cut along the driveway at the School District of Phillips.
Many residents inquired about why the trees were cut. My Price County asked the school's superintendent, Rachel Hoffman, for the reasoning.
She stated that the trees were cut because they were causing a number of issues with the pollen impacting the surface of the tennis courts, plus limbs were snapping off during windstorms.
In August 2023, the school board began discussions at the committee level given concerns were raised about trees near the tennis courts and also at the track. At that time, the board moved forward with removing trees that were causing concerns. The buildings and grounds supervisor removed the trees by the track and limbed some of the trees by the tennis courts. The trees by the tennis courts were too large to handle without specialized equipment.
In June 2024, during the large windstorm that caused damage across Phillips, a large tree broke off and fell on the fence and a tennis court. At the next school board meeting, the topic was revisited, and the board voted to remove all the trees along the driveway by the tennis courts. Over two dozen trees were cut in June 2025.
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