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Tuesday’s special school board meeting for approving bonds
Well, there appears to be an emergency PCSD school Board meeting coming up tomorrow (Tuesday), but it’s not for the purpose I hoped. Regardless, let’s look at what’s on tap. The only topic on the docket is approving the PCSD’s use of lease revenue bonds to facilitate $42 million in additional construction of our schools. …
Where is the emergency school board meeting?
As you are probably aware, seven Park City School District employees allegedly failed to report child abuse as required by law. This included one case where a boy’s penis was touched and two cases of rape. The Summit County District Attorney charged the school district with failure to report child abuse and stated that they …
A dark time for Park City’s children
Imagine you wake up this morning to the charges that seven Park City School District employees failed to report child abuse, which is required by law. These include one incident of a teacher allegedly touching a boy’s penis and two other alleged cases of rape. You may ask yourself, “Could this happen to my child, …
Survey highlights problems with the Park City School District
A group of Park City parents, teachers, and others created a survey on how our schools are doing. They sent the survey to teachers and other staff members on Valentine’s day. Approximately 80 employees responded to the survey and gave feedback on our school district. You can view the survey results here. There appears to …
What’s on tap for Tuesday’s Park City School Board Meeting
On Tuesday, March 15th, the Park City School District Board of Education will meet at 3:30 PM. While usually we are warned to “Beware the Ides of March,” there is nothing particularly scary scheduled for this meeting. However, there are a number of topics being discussed that may interest you. The items below are from …
It’s time for Park City Superintendent Dr. Gildea to ride off into the sunset
All good things come to an end. Unfortunately, so should be the tenure of Park City School Superintendent Dr. Jill Gildea. That’s the conclusion I come to after reading Michelle Deininger’s KPCW article on how the Superintendent handled the mask mandate this December at Parley’s Park Elementary school. Here are the key takeaways from the …
Park City’s Powder Bouy isn’t predicting good things
Do you even want to ski anymore? Are you already considering biking as we approach February? Are you looking forward to shorts-weather? Well, the Powder Bouy supports your resignation. For those who don’t follow an NOAA buoy that sits off the coast of Kauai, here is the primer. When this little piece of plastic, that …
PSA: You can order Covid test kits from USPS for free starting now
If you want to prepare for the next Covid wave in Park City, you can get free tests from USPS. Click here to order them
Park City School Board to consider switching to remote learning tomorrow at 10 AM
Earlier today, Utah Governor Spencer Cox opened the door for schools to return to remote learning due to the Covid Omicron variant onslaught. The Park City School Board has scheduled an emergency board meeting for tomorrow at 10 AM to discuss whether schools should go remote. This could mean that one, some, or all of …
Vail is desperately stupid in Park City
This imagery from KPCW is the funniest thing I have seen in weeks. Mountains. Check. Well-dressed CEO posing on a multi-million dollar deck. Check. A couple of dollars for employees. Check. Yes, Vail employees, if you will work until the last day, whether there is snow or not, and if we continue to employ you, …
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