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Park City Schools are Ranked Between the 14th to 18th best School District in the State per 2015 Sage Test Results
The State of Utah has released 2015 Sage Test Results for our schools. The Sage test is a standardized test that attempts to tell whether students are proficient in subjects like Math, Science, and English. When the results came out last year, the school district did a massive campaign to try to walk people off …
Has the Park City School District Considered the Impact on Hispanic Children of Having 5th-8th at Ecker Hill?
I was having a debate with a friend over whether the additional travel time that will be required for 5th and 8th graders to travel from areas like Prospector to Ecker Hill was discriminatory toward our Hispanic kids, since that population is a minority and Park City’s Hispanic population is higher near the Kearns campus …
Modern Day Activism
I saw this today on Reddit and had to chuckle… When I saw that my mind immediately thought of two people: the ‘Smile You are Beautiful’ kid and the ‘Park City Pedestrian Passage’ Woman. One held up a sign for a few days, his message went “viral”, the school recognized him at an assembly, a …
Is Uber the Real Solution to Park City’s Carmageddon
You may have heard stories about Carmageddon. You may have even experienced it and lived to tell the tale of waiting in traffic for two hours as you tried to make your way home after one of the best snow days in 2014. Since that fateful date, Park City and Summit County leaders have made every …
To Solve Transportation Problems, You First Have to Accept Density
I was talking with a Friend of the Park Rag and he said something quite profound: “If you want to solve our transportation problems, you have to have to create density.” What does that mean? It means that if we want to use typical transportation solutions (like buses and rail) to decrease traffic, people must …
What Career Should Your Kid Pursue if They Want To Live in Park City After School
It seems many parents and their children dream of a day when their child could come back from college (or grad school) and live in Park City. Of course, that may mean working in the valley but that’s a small price to pay (for many) to be able to live the Park City lifestyle. First, …
Summit County Employment Remains Strong
The Utah Department of Workforce services released July unemployment rates last week. Summit County has the second lowest unemployment rate in Utah, with 3.2% of the population unemployed. That translates into 740 people unemployed (seasonally adjusted). The only county in Utah doing better is Cache county. The following list shows all counties in Utah. Currently Wayne …
Suggested Reading: The Brutal Costs of Raising the World’s 631st-Best Tennis Player
One of the things Park City cherishes is its athletics, whether that is individual sports like giant slalom or team sports like lacrosse. Yet, I often cringe when fellow parents will tell me that that their little Suzie, who plays on the 3rd-string soccer team, is going to pay her way through college using those soccer …
Are You or Your Group Against the Park City School District Bond?
I’ve heard that there may be multiple groups forming to oppose the Park City School bond. If you happen to read the Park Rag and are interested in working together, let me know and I’m happy to put the groups in contact with each other. Also, just to put it on the record, the Park Rag …
I’m So Tired of Hearing How Property Values Will Increase If We Pass the Park City School District’s $56 Million Bond
It’s everywhere. “The upcoming school bond is great because it will make our schools world class and thus raise our property values. Who can argue with that?” It must be some talking point coming out of the School District’s “YES” campaign for their bond because you hear it everywhere. Most recently I read it in the Park …
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