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Park Rag’s Position on Basin Rec
With a meeting tonight by the Summit County Council on the Basin Rec Bond coming up, and the number of critical stories written over the past few weeks on the Basin Rec and the Bond, we wanted to clarify our position on the organization, bond offering, and our stories. First, we like the people at …
Park City High School SAGE Results
Park City High School SAGE results are in the graph below. SAGE is the new standardized test that everyone is freaking out about. The high school ranged from 39% of students being proficient in Secondary Math II to 66% being proficient in Physics.
Park Rag Will Keep Comments Open
If you’ve been following us for a while, you will know how we reluctantly added commenting to Park Rag a few weeks ago and planned on giving it a couple of weeks to see how it went. We were worried that people would be rude or that no one would use it at all. The latter …
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.
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