Please Step Up Park City School District

A few days ago I wrote that the Park City School District needed to tell parents and teachers that school will be remote until the end of the school year. My reasoning is that it allows us all to make better decisions. I had some push back via email and social media that “I’m an …

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What I expect from Park City teachers in the Fall

Happy 4th of July. I hope everyone is doing as well as they can given the odd circumstances we find ourselves in. This is the time I start thinking about schools and the fall. This year, that is a particularly interesting exercise. No one knows how Park City schools will function come late-August. The Governor …

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Let them eat cake

“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche” Mary Antoinette uttered as french citizens starved in the streets in 1789. Let the starving eat cake. Yet, recent events in Park City make for an interesting discussion, given the recent Black Lives Matter murals panted on Main Street in the last week. Across the country, recent protests around police …

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Amateur hour at the Hideout town council

I have followed local government for a long time. Sometimes you hate the outcome but often you respect the people involved and the process. People throughout Summit County and Park City governments are generally competent. They know the game and are respectable. Tonight I listened to a special meeting from the Hideout Town Council about …

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