Category Archive For "Schools"
With Park City schools, spread the word and not the virus
Guest Editorial Call to Action: If you or someone in your household testspositive for Covid-19, pick up the phone and spread the word.Don’t wait for someone else to do it. Contact tracing during the widening spread of Covid-19 is hard,if not impossible at this point. If you test positive, remember who you could have exposed …
PCSD response about outsourcing substitutes to EduStaff
After the news broke that Park City School District’s substitutes would no longer be working for the school district, we reached out to the Superintendent’s office to see if they had a comment on the situation. Dr Gildea’s office responded quickly with the following comment. We may not like the decision to do this but …
PCSD says, “Happy Thanksgiving, you’re fired.”
It’s hard to believe that PCSD students are into their third month of in-person school – that’s a huge victory for kids, the district, and working families. In-person school tops our household list of things to be thankful for this year. That’s due to hard work (and some luck) at many levels – and a …
Park City School District enrollment was down again this year
As we entered the 2020-pandemic-school-year, fear was palpable. If you had a kid in school, you probably worried about how they would social distance. Then we heard word from some teachers that their classes were packed. We heard there were more than 700 new kids at Park City Schools this year! It was going to …
20 Minutes with Andrew Caplan, Park City School board candidate
On Thursday, I had the chance to speak with Andrew Caplan and Thomas Cooke, who are competing for Park City School Board District #2. If you are in District #2, you can either vote for either candidate. If you don’t know if you are in District #2, here is a map. This is the discussion …
20 Minutes with Thomas Cooke, Park City School board candidate
On Thursday, I had the chance to speak with Thomas Cooke and Andrew Caplan, who are competing for Park City School Board District #2. If you are in District #2, you can either vote for either candidate. If you don’t know if you are in District #2, here is a map. This is the discussion …
Park City School District needs to provide Covid-19 numbers daily
I’ve generally felt that the Park City School District (PCSD) has done the best job they can of managing back-to-school in a Corona world. There are a lot of moving parts, people, directives, orders, and government organizations that are all interacting to dictate the path forward in our schools. It’s not perfect, but there has …
Do you have a question for the Park City School Board Candidates?
There is one contested race for the Park City School Board. Write-in candidate Thomas Cooke is challenging incumbent Andrew Caplan for seat #2. Both Thomas and Andrew have agreed to do casual video interviews via the Park Rag. My goal is to provide voters with as much information as possible to make informed decisions. The …
Should Park City school quarantines be shortened?
Today I received an email from the Park City School District asking whether quarantines should be shortened. Currently, if your kid (or a teacher) is in close proximity to a person who has tested positive for Covid-19, then they can’t return to school for 14 days. According to the school district, there are about 200 …
Park City School District Covid-19 numbers are no longer available from the district
Update: It looks like as of 10:50 AM the numbers are back online. We heard from the Superintendent’s office that they were editing the spreadsheet for a couple of hours and that can take it offline. Thanks, PCSD for getting this back up and running. Many people in our community find this information extremely useful. …
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