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You’re going to pay more taxes to the Park City School District than you should
Park City School District’s clarity and trust continue to take hits. Let’s say 20 years ago PCSD took out a loan and the final payment is this month. They could either acknowledge that they have paid off their debt and let taxes drop because the school district’s loan has been paid off. Or PCSD could …
Park City School Board is likely violating First Amendment rights with its public comment policy
Tuesday, Park City parent Kris Choi spoke to the Park City School Board during the open comment portion of the board meeting. Her concern was regarding the superintendent’s new contract. When Ms. Choi stated the responsibilities of the superintendent and then asked why her contract was renewed given the sexual abuse scandal, school board member …
If the Park City School District settles its child abuse cases, it’s an admission of failure for our children.
Three cases of child abuse in Park City have allegedly gone unreported by the Park City School District. This led Margaret Olson, the Summit County Attorney, to file charges against our school district. Reportedly, the number of unreported cases has grown due to the investigation. Recently we heard from Mark Moffat, Park City’s Criminal Defense …
Here we go again with even more Epic Passes being sold.
On a day where the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 are getting crushed, Vail Resorts is up over 1%. Why? Simply, Vail has sold 9% more passes, through May 31, than they did in the same period last year. Here we go again. Last year they sold over 2.1 million more passes by decreasing pass …
Want to talk about Park City Schools? Let’s meet at the Jeremy Ranch Elementary School Playground this Saturday between 4:30 and 6:00 PM.
Hi I’m Josh Mann, and I am running for Park City School Board. I’d love to better understand your concerns with Park City Schools and wanted to provide a way we could speak face to face. If you’d like to talk, I’ll be on the playground behind JRES from about 4:30 PM until 6:00 PM …
No, you didn’t miss out on the lowest EPIC prices of the season
If you are like me, you are trying to determine whether you missed out on the lowest prices of the season at Vail Park City Mountain Resort. Vail’s marketing said May 30 was the day to lock in the lowest prices of the season. It is now, May 31st. Well, at least for the Epic …
Park City school class sizes may be a problem next year. It’s time to reach out to the Superintendent and the School Board.
Two weeks ago, I made the plea for parents to register their children for next year at Jeremy Ranch Elementary. Since that time I have heard from teachers and administrators across the district who are sounding warning bells. There are genuine concerns from educators that some elementary classes in Park City schools could have 35 …
Is this the type of behavior we want from a member of the Park City school board?
On Tuesday KPCW published an article titled “Candidates decry opponent’s appointment to Park City school board.” One of those candidates was me, Josh Mann. I, along with Meredith Reed and Mandy Pomeroy, are running for Park City School Board. Ms. Reed and I felt appointing one of the three of us to the board, didn’t …
A light agenda for today’s Summit County Council meeting
As is typical of Wednesdays, the Summit County Council is meeting today in an open session. If interested you can join the meeting via zoom at around 4:25 PM. Today’s larger topics include: Discussion and approval of the 2023 Behavioral Health Area Plan. The report on this can be viewed here. Creating the Summit County …
Register your kids for Jeremy Ranch now to help decrease class sizes
Each year, it’s important to register your children for Park City Schools to help the district plan for the next year. However, this year, if your child attends Jeremy Ranch Elementary it is more important than ever to REGISTER NOW. Word on the street is that the older grades may not have enough sections to …
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