I received a letter from a Friend of the Park Rag. She has been involved in the Park City School District for many years. She wanted to make sure that the community was aware of many of the good things the school district is doing in order to help our Hispanic kids. I just finished reading …

Below is a chart of the most recent SAGE (standardized test) for each school in Park City. SAGE is described as a rigorous test designed to test the proficiency of students in specific subjects. As was the case last year, the high school is doing well, Jeremy Ranch elementary show the most proficiency of any school …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

In Saturday’s Park Record, the Editorial Staff expounded on the Park City School District’s desire to create a $56 million bond for upgrades to its facilities. It was a good editorial that explained history of school bonds in Park City, what a bond would cost an average Park City taxpayer, and what the School District wanted …

On Tuesday, the Park City School Board will be meeting at 4 PM to discuss a number of items related to their Master Planning Committee, grade realignment, tearing down of schools, rebuilding schools, etc. Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend, but I would encourage you to be there to voice your opinion. Public comment will begin …