Board Meeting Summary July 8, 2014
Wilcox Named Business AdministratorThe Board of Education approved Leon Wilcox as the District’s new Business Administrator, effective immediately. Wilcox has been serving as the Interim Business Administrator and Chief Financial Officer since September 2013. Wilcox brings to the post 20 years of governmental accounting experience, with an emphasis on financial reporting, budgeting, and auditing. As […]
You’re Invited! Come meet Canyons District’s New Superintendent
Canyons District’s new Superintendent is hitting the ground running. The Canyons Board of Education is pleased to welcome Dr. Jim Briscoe to the Canyons community. Starting next week, members of the Board will host public meetings to give students, parents, employees and community partners a chance to meet and get to know Dr. Briscoe. Members of […]
Dr. Rhode Honored During her Final Meeting as Interim Superintendent
In her final meeting as Canyons District’s Interim Superintendent and the last public meeting of her stellar 35-year career Dr. Ginger Rhode gave a “huge thanks” to students, teachers, staff, parents, and volunteers for their hard work in launching the first new school district to be created in Utah in nearly a century. “What […]
Board of Education Announces 3 Superintendent Finalists
The Canyons Board of Education today announces the historic selection of three finalists in the national search to appoint the District’s next Superintendent. The finalists, chosen after an exhaustive application-review and interview process, are the following veteran administrators and educators: Dr. James Briscoe, Superintendent of Schools, DeKalb Community Unit School District No. 428 in DeKalb, […]
Parents Invited to Suicide Prevention Seminar
Canyons School District parents are invited to a free Suicide Prevention Seminar. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, from 7 8 p.m. at Hillcrest High School, 7350 S. 900 East in Midvale. The event will be held in the auditorium. The seminar also will be delivered in Spanish in AT 200. […]
Superintendent Search Consultant Selected
Rickie McCandless, a respected former educational leader in Salt Lake City School District and member of the Canyons School District Educational Transition Team, has been named as the Superintendent Search Consultant to the Canyons Board of Education. McCandless was selected by the Board in September following a public RFP process in accordance with the Board’s […]
CSD Board Establishes Timeline For Superintendent Search
The Canyons Board of Education on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 established an estimated timeline for the search to replace Superintendent Dave Doty, who has resigned to join a Utah-based education-reform consulting firm. The timeline begins in July with a request-for-proposal solicitation from consultants experienced in conducting national superintendent searches. According to the plan, the search […]