Board Meeting Summary, May 10, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Negotiated Agreements The Board unanimously approved tentative negotiated agreements for 2016-2017 with the Canyons Education Association, the Canyons Association of Education Support Professionals, and District Administrators. The tentative agreement with the Canyons Education Association for the 2016-2017 school […]

Board Meeting Summary, April 27, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Changes to Programming for Students at Midvale’s Homeless Shelter With passage of SB169, the Midvale overflow shelter of The Road Home will remain open year-round, instead of serving solely as an overflow shelter in winter. As a […]

Board Meeting Summary, April 12, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs  by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Technology Plan Update Education Technology Director Dr. Darren Draper and Information Technology Director Scot McCombs delivered an update on progress with Canyons’ technology plan. The District’s technological footprint has grown tremendously since the District’s inception in 2009. In […]

Board Meeting Summary, March 29, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs  by clicking the corresponding agenda items.   Mill Hollow Summer Camp Discussion The Board of Education heard a report on Mill Hollow, an environmental learning center owned by the U.S. Forest Service.  The camp, located about 77 miles from the Canyons Administration Building-East, was […]

Board Meeting Summary, March 15, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs  by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Administrative Appointments As part of the consent agenda, the Board of Education approved administrative appointments for the 2016-2017 school year. Misty Suarez, currently the Director of Student Services in Salt Lake City School District, will become the new […]

Board Meeting Summary, March 1, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board OK’s Logo, Colors for Diamond Ridge High Diamond Ridge, CSD’s new alternative high school, has a sparkling new logo, colors  – and a fierce mascot to match.  Communications Director Jeff Haney unveiled logo designs developed by the […]

Board Meeting Summary, Feb. 16, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Hillcrest Feeder The Board of Education gave approval to an innovative $461,000 program that will launch a targeted effort to bolster the achievement of the schools in the Hillcrest High feeder system. The pilot initiative will put into […]

Board Meeting Summary, Feb. 2, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. University of Utah Partnership The Board of Education told the Administration to begin work on a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Utah that would allow Alta High to launch an early-college high school program in 2017. […]

Board Meeting Summary, Jan. 19, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. University of Utah Partnership The Board of Education heard a partnership proposal that would give Alta High students a jump-start on college. If the first-of-its-kind plan is realized as currently configured, a group of Alta-enrolled students would soon be […]

Board Meeting Summary Dec. 15, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Recommendation: Continue 24-Credit Diploma for Special Circumstances Assistant Superintendent Dr. Robert Dowdle reported on the Board’s pilot program to offer a 24-credit diploma to students at risk for dropping out in the Class of 2015. Last June, 53 […]