On Tuesday evening, the Project for Deeper Understanding held a debate about the proposed Park City School District Bond. Here are some thoughts from the evening: Dr John Hanrahan did a great job of moderating the debate. He asked good questions. One of the hardest parts of moderating session like this is asking pointed questions …

In today’s Park Record, citizen Peter Yogman wrote a Guest Editorial regarding the Park City School District Bond. Since his editorial was published in print, the length was limited. Mr Yogman was kind enough to provide Parkrag with his full paper on the subject. School Realignment – Academics The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly …

Tonight, I’m live blogging the discussion and debate on the Park City School District’s proposed bond. This is part of the Project For Deeper Understanding at St Luke’s Church. The moderator is Dr John Hanrahan. School Board representatives include Phil Kaplan and Tania Knauer. Pro Bond representatives include Moe Hickey and Katherine Hoggan. Representatives opposing the …

If you are looking for a comprehensive overview on what areas will be impacted by the bond, why the school district feels we need it, and many other details, I would encourage you to view a powerpoint presentation members of the school district will be providing to the County Council on Wednesday. You can view …

I had previously written that the total school bond interest would be $44 million. A reader corrected me and indicated that bond interest would likely be in the $25 million range… I will post his information below: You need to go look up how amortization on a loan/bond works, because this isn’t it. So yes, you are …

Note: This post was updated to reflect a comment provided by a reader indicated I did not calculate interest correctly. I like to check out citizen comments on the Park Record. There is always something to learn. Today I was looking at the heated conversations on the “No School Bond” group article from Saturday. Commenters …

Many of you probably think I am anti-school bond because I rail against it so often. Yet, my family is in the perfect position to benefit from this bond. I have two children, the first of which will enter kindergarten in a couple of years. Both my wife and I work, so I need full day …

At the heart of the Park City School District plan for rebuilding schools is the concept of grade realignment. Grade realignment means that Pre-K to 4th grade will be in elementary schools. There will be a new 5th/6th school, a 6th/7th school, and the high school. We’ll be moving schools around, adding on to them, and …

I usually love the Project for Deeper understanding events. Their Ski Link event a couple of years ago was outstanding. However, I have grave concerns over the setup for their discussion of the Park City School Bond. They are inviting 6 guests to speak and “debate” the issue: two citizens “for” the bond, two Park …

I was sitting in a Park City School School Board meeting and someone said, “do you know how many kids ride the bus to McPolin? 10.” I took it as a joke, but it may not have been given current school board policies regarding student busing. A Snyderville Basin resident had begun a campaign to change …