Entries Published On October, 2014
If You Don’t Want 5 Story Buildings in Bonanza Park You Better Speak Up
This morning Park City City Manager, Diane Foster, was on KPCW and was asked about the Bonanza Park form-based code redevelopment. Ms Foster said that people were concerned that there would be “8 story buildings” accompanying a Bonanza Park redevelopment and they were happy to learn that they would actually be 3 story buildings with …
Is Summit County Poised to Knowingly Violate Utah Election Laws?
Is the County about to violate Utah law by proceeding with having the Basin Recreation Bond on this year’s ballot? Utah Statute UCA §11‐14‐202(1)(a) states that in any election where there is a bond on the ballot, that notice of the election has to be made to the public 21 days before election date. This formal notice has to …
Jeremy Ranch Has Best SAGE Results of all Park City Elementary Schools
Utah’s SAGE test was taken last Spring by Park City students. Results were released this week. For our elementary schools, it appears Jeremy Ranch did the best overall. The numbers on the Y-Axis of the chart are percentage of students proficient in each subject.
Summit County Isn’t Being Transparent in Reporting Employee Compensation
Each level of government in the state of Utah is required to report financial data to the state in a timely manner. This includes all revenues, expenditures, as well as employee compensation. This information is then available to the public via the Transparent Utah website. Want to know what little Suzie’s teacher makes? This website …
Hope Your Kid isn’t Hispanic or Economically Disadvantaged in a Park City School
We’ve pointed out that the new Sage standardized school test by the state of Utah is like any other standardized test. At 35, your kid won’t even remember they they took it and it’s likely the result won’t alter their lives. However we are struck by the disparity in proficiency between CAUCASIAN and both HISPANIC and ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED …
How to see your child’s school Sage results
The State of Utah has posted an interactive system to see how your child’s school did on the SAGE test. We are seeing reports “that the sky is falling”. Please keep in mind that many of the news outlets are reporting that it’s likely “your child isn’t college ready”. Only you really know that. With …
Park City High School Ranks Between 14th and 19th Best Utah High School in Sage Results
The State of Utah released Sage standardized test results today. Park City High School was ranked: 19th best High School in the state in Language. 51.6% of students were proficient. 15th best High School in the state in Math. 44.6% of students were proficient. 14th best High School in the state in Science. 54.4% of students were proficient.
Zoom Restaurant Inspection
Summit County Health Department inspected Zoom on 9/16/2014. We have created a page on how to read the Inspection Report. We’ll highlight the things that may be of interest. Please read the full report below for a complete and accurate report. Good Practices: Insects, rodents, and animals not present Toilet facilities properly constructed, cleaned, supplied. …
A Park City School Board member says we are wrong about PC CAPS Building Discussion
We received a comment from a Park City School District Board member on our story School Board Postpones Decision on Professional Studies Building Indefinitely Without Any Discussion?. We had said that we didn’t feel there was discussion regarding the PC CAPS building because the meeting seemed to move from a letter stating that the vote …
Park City Chinese And Thai Restaurant Inspection
Someone asked if we had a restaurant inspection for Park City Chinese and Thai. It looks like we do. Here you go… Summit County Health Department inspected Park City Chinese and Thai on 9/16/2014. We have created a page on how to read the Inspection Report. We’ll highlight the things that may be of interest. …
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