When North Layton Junior High School opened

IT was Tuesday Sept. 2, 1969 when North Layton Junior High School first opened for students.
Some Layton students had previously attended either North Davis Junior or Central Davis Junior High schools. Located at 1100 Antelope Drive, there was little else in this area of town when the school open. There was no nearby retail stores and even the Davis Hospital to the west had not been developed yet.
The only students originally bused to the school were those students from Hill Air Force Base/Hill Gate Terrace trailer court and those from the northeast area of Layton, near Church Street. All others had to walk to school, or be driven by their parents or in car pools.
Even students coming from the Holt and Vae View subdivisions, where the distance was in places more than a mile away, students were not initially bused.
However, there was a sidewalk on the south side of Antelope Drive to Main Street and sidewalks in the nearby Camelot subdivision. At least one crossing guard was stationed on Main Street, to assist students.
John Turner was the school's first  principal. Also, all of the kitchen facilities at the school were not yet ready when the school opened. Thus, cold lunches only were served during the first week of school.