Category: Board Meeting Summaries

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Board Approves Tentative Agreements with Employee Associations The Board approved tentative agreements with the Canyons Education Association and the Canyons Education Support Professionals Association. Both agreements include a 1 percent Cost of Living Adjustment to the base salary schedule, unfreezing of the salary schedule with Steps and Lanes for the 2012-2013 year, and no increase […]

Tuesday, May 15, 2012: Teacher Appreciation Night

2012 Canyons Teacher of the Year: Amy Bateman, Eastmont Middle Amy Bateman, an Eastmont Middle School math teacher known for her relentless commitment to a vision that all students will succeed, was named the 2012 Canyons School District Teacher of the Year. The honor came with prizes including a $1,000 check from the Canyons School […]

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Board Reiterates ‘Full and Unequivocal Support’ of Superintendent Doty The Board of Education issued a statement reiterating its “full and unequivocal support of Superintendent David Doty.” The statement, read by Board Member Paul McCarty, continues: “The Canyons Board of Education would like to reiterate its full and unequivocal support of Superintendent David Doty. We are […]

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Board Approves Middle School Boundaries, Move of Crescent View The Canyons Board of Education voted unanimously to realign middle school boundaries and rebuild Crescent View Middle School at a Draper location. The new boundary plan, which was created using community input on recommendations presented to the Board in May 2011 by the Boundary Steering Committee, […]

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

The Canyons Board of Education received a proposal for new middle school boundaries that would include building a new Crescent View Middle School at a Draper location. The proposal, created following community feedback on recommendations presented last spring by the Boundary Steering Committee, aims to better accommodate student enrollment and create cleaner school feeder patterns. […]

Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Oak Hollow Interim Principal, Alta High Assistant Principal Appointed Corrie Barrett was appointed interim principal of Oak Hollow Elementary. She has been working as an assistant principal at Alta High School, and previously worked as assistant principal of Butler Middle School. Barrett will replace Trenton Goble, who is resigning Feb. 17 to pursue other career […]

Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

Proposed Middle School Class Schedule Receives Initial Support A draft middle school schedule aimed at creating more time for core academic courses while providing sixth- through eighth-graders the flexibility to participate in a range of elective options received preliminary support from the Board. The proposed schedule is a modified five-class schedule within a school day […]

Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012

Air-Conditioning Coming to Canyons Schools The Board voted to make sure all schools in Canyons have air-conditioning. The action will place evaporative cooling at Alta View, Edgemont, Midvalley, and Peruvian Park elementary schools, and Midvale, Mount Jordan, and Union middle schools. Indian Hills and Crescent View middle schools will receive central air conditioning. The projects […]

Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011

Board Names New School Corner Canyons High; Students to Vote on Mascot, Colors The Board of Education voted 6-1 to name the new high school Corner Canyon High School. The name was selected from a list forwarded to the Board by a community committee. The committee had reviewed more than 1,000 public submissions taken between […]

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011

Board Gives Preliminary Approval to Middle School Boundaries The Board in Study Session preliminarily adopted a boundary map for Canyons District middle schools for final consideration on Dec. 6. Six of the seven members of the Board voted for a Base Middle School Map. An amendment by Board Vice President Sherril Taylor was approved unanimously. […]