My kids go to Jeremy Ranch. I think the principal there, Shawn Kuennen, has done a good job of communicating about covid. Earlier this week he sent out a preemptive email warning parents that a mask mandate is coming. That got me looking into the numbers. In Tuesday’s Park City Scholl Board meeting, the district …

I grew up in a small midwestern town. Walmart took over circa 1980. It wasn’t great for the town. No, perhaps better said, it destroyed our main street. So, with some sad amusement, I received by Covid booster at Walmart today. I tried to get my booster last Friday at the Summit County Health Department …

Last night’s County Council meeting was a show of force regarding Dakota Pacific. Over 800 people took time out of their lives to show up in person and on Zoom. Most of the people who spoke were against it. I was one of those. Yet, I can’t help but think that the show of force …

This week the public won versus Dakota Pacific. Dakota wanted to build something that most people felt was bad for our communty. Most County Councilors were ready to vote for the project until 900 people showed up to vote opposition. The public stopped it. Yet, now we are moving into the nest phase. We have …

Sometimes I feel like I am living in the movie Zoolander. I am sitting in disbelief, looking around, and shouting, “Am I taking crazy pills?” Test to Stay at schools is canceled because we don’t have enough tests and we should assume everyone has been exposed to Covid. I imagine Yogi Berra saying, “We have …

Wednesday the Park City School Board met in a morning meeting to discuss staffing needs at Park City Schools. The bottom line is that there are not enough teachers and there are not enough substitutes. Human Resources Director Shad Sorenson offered potential solutions that included limiting meetings and free food. As he spoke, I couldn’t …

Are you comfortable with this symbol in our schools? Should the lessons from the hatred it represents be taught? Yes so we can all get better. Should we accept when our children create these symbols in our schools? No. As a member of the Park City community, I am appalled that an individual put hateful …

In order to conduct a fair and equitable survey with ample opportunity to explore both positive and negative feedback on a wide variety of PCSD topics that affect employees, we worked closely with an outside firm. To encourage participation, this survey was not issued by or through PCSD’s District Office and all participants remained anonymous.  Out …

Mary Morgan: Teachers appreciative of last week workdayDr Hunt is leaving and would like to see an equity director or part of CAOUEA not part of PC Stakeholders survey creationHas been divide and we need to work together Claustina Coalition for Safe, supportive schools Equity task force has been reunited Inspire and support all students …