Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Canyons to Team With Department of Justice in Community Outreach The Board directed Superintendent David Doty to work with the U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS) to create a strategy for community dialogue about civil rights and respect. Rosa Salamanca, a CRS conciliation specialist who offices in Denver, was invited to share her […]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Board Issues $68 Million in Bonds The Board unanimously voted to issue and sell $68 million in bonds to allow the District to break ground on all five Phase 1 building projects this summer. The District was able to secure an extraordinarily low 3.79 percent, 20-year interest rate from J.P. Morgan on the bonds after […]
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Mountview Property Development Explored The Board is examining the possibility of partnering with Cottonwood Heights City to redevelop the Mountview Elementary property, to help fund a larger auditorium at the new Butler Middle School, and to create tennis courts on city property adjacent to Cottonwood Heights Elementary. The District is taking bids now to demolish […]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Bond Project Timeline to Stay On Track The Board unanimously voted to stay the course on its Phase 1 bond building schedule, targeting a fall 2013 completion date for the first five projects, by using some of the District’s capital fund balance. The Board approved a resolution to authorize the issuance of up to $70 […]
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011
Board Discusses Bond Projects Timeline in Light of Economic Downturn The Canyons Board of Education is discussing building schedule options for the first five bond projects after learning property values are expected to decline again this year. This would be the third consecutive year of property value declines, unprecedented in recent memory. Declining property values […]
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011
Options for Career and Technical Education Presented As the District prepares to design classrooms for the new high school and reconstructed middle schools, Superintendent David Doty proposed examining career and technical education (CTE) to ensure courses adequately prepare students for high-skill, high-wage jobs. Dr. Doty cited research showing two-thirds of the up-and-coming jobs require post-secondary […]
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011
Bond Project Site Plans Approved The Board unanimously approved site plans for the following schools being remodeled and rebuilt under the $250 million voter-approved bond: Midvale Elementary: The Board approved rebuilding Midvale Elementary adjacent to Midvale Middle School , allowing students to stay put during construction and creating a school campus that could better address […]
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
New, Returning Board Members Take Oath of Office The seven-member Canyons Board of Education began anew Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, with one newly elected member Steve Wrigley and re-elected members Tracy Cowdell, Sherril Taylor and Kim Horiuchi taking the oath of office. Board members also re-elected Cowdell to serve as Board President and […]
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010
ACT EXPLORE, PLAN Results In Canyons eighth-graders are doing relatively well in English, but have a lot of catching up to do in science if they are to be prepared for college and career by the time they graduate from high school. The results of Canyons’ first-ever implementation of the ACT EXPLORE exam for eighth-graders […]
Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010
Canyons Elementaries Implement Common Core State Standards in Math Canyons is implementing math Common Core State Standards in elementary schools. In a study session, Chief Academic Officer Ginger Rhode and Evidence-Based Learning Directors Hollie Pettersson and Amber Roderick-Landward outlined the Common Core, target dates for further implementation, and other efforts to ensure all Canyons students […]