PDF LINK TO LETTER PDF LINK TO GRAMA REQUEST 14 February 2014 Delivered via Electronic Mail & USPS Kristi Swett, President Salt Lake City School District, Board 2256 South King Street Salt Lake City, UT 84109 Re: A Call for an Independent Investigation! Dear President Swett, On behalf of my neighbors, I am asking you to exercise the authority of your office and call for an outside independent investigation into the … Continue reading
“As an individual board member, you have no authority, we are a body corporate, you are only a board member when the board is in session” The Utah School Board Association (USBA) has indoctrinated new school board members into believing that they do not have authority outside of a convened school board meeting. See blog link to new board member orientation process: What Really Happen at the December 1, 2012 -USBA Orientation In the picture … Continue reading
The manner and results of our new school grading system does not match the legislative intent. This is one of the things I learned this past Thursday, while participating in the school grading working group chaired by Senator Stuart Adams (Senate sponsor of SB 271 School Grading Amendments [2013]). I was particularly intrigued with the presentation by Frank Anderson of Timpanogos Academy. Mr. Anderson demonstrated that the current manner in which school grades are calculated, … Continue reading