Category: Board Meeting Summaries

Board Meeting Summary, August 4, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. First Day of School Postponed One Week This fall’s first day of school in Canyons District has been pushed back one week. By making a change to the academic calendar for the 2020-2021 school year, members of the […]

Board Meeting Summary, July 14, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. CSD’s Back-to-School Action Plan The Board of Education approved a COVID-19 Back-to-School Plan. This plan is required by the Utah State Board of Education, which has ordered all Utah public schools to create a plan to return to […]

Board Meeting Summary, June 30, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items.   Discussion of Approach to Equity To the end of reaffirming Canyons’ commitment to ensuring equity in its schools and programs, Superintendent Dr. Rick Robins requested approval from the Board of Education to begin a review of the […]

Board Meeting Summary, June 9, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Back-to-School Action Plan  To the end of maintaining safe, welcoming, and prepared school communities during the ever-changing era of COVID-19, Canyons is hard at work on a Back-to School Action Plan that will ensure the safety of the CSD community when […]

Board Meeting Summary, May 19, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Canyons District Teacher of the Year Eastmont Middle teacher Emma Moss is the 2020 Canyons District Teacher of the Year. As CSD’s top teacher, she will represent 34,000-student Canyons in the annual Utah Teacher of the Year selection […]

Board Meeting Summary, April 21, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Distance-Learning Report Canyons District recognizes the “new now” prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a period of adjustment for school communities. To the end of easing minds of students and parents, Canyons will put into place a […]

Board Meeting Summary, March 17, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Midvale Middle Proposal Midvale Middle Principal Mindy Robison proposed $231,250 in additional funding to reduce the school’s class sizes and provide after-school programing three days a week. Robison seeks four additional Full-Time Equivalent employees to provide interventions, especially […]

Board Meeting Summary, March 3, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. School Lunch, Breakfast Prices A small bump to the cost of meals in CSD cafeterias was approved by the Board of Education. Even though food and labor costs have risen, this is the first increase for CSD school-made […]

Board Meeting Summary, Feb 18, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Dual Language Immersion Signaling Canyons’ firm commitment to dual-language immersion programs in the coming school year and beyond, the Board of Education approved a two-school expansion of CSD’s Spanish-English DLI program. After receiving positive feedback on the proposal […]

Board Meeting Summary, Feb 4, 2020

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items.Make-Up Day The Board of Education approved a plan for making up the instructional time lost due to Monday’s snow day. The Board directed Canyons Superintendent Dr. Jim Briscoe to seek permission from the Utah State Board of Education […]