Category Archives: Parkview Elementary
Agenda Request: Honoring Sgt. Rocky Herrera
TEXT OF LETTER TO BOARD PRESIDENT: 16 September 2014 Delivered Via Electronic Mail Kristi Swett, President ℅ Board of Education 2256 South King Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 Re: School Board Agenda Request Dear President Swett, I am requesting that the issue of renaming Parkview Elementary, be placed on the October 7, 2014 School Board meeting action agenda. As you are aware, Eagle Scout candidate Erick Olivas (East High student) has spent the … Continue reading
Clara: Salt Lake City Minority Parents Left Out of Principal Selection (Tribune)
As the Salt Lake City School District hired new principals this spring, it wrongly excluded minority parents from the process, a district board member alleges in a complaint to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. It’s an allegation district leaders have refuted, saying no policies were violated. Michael Clara, a member of the school board, sent the complaint Monday after questioning the hiring of new principals at Parkview Elementary and other west-side schools at … Continue reading
Flawed Principal Selection Process (video)
School Board Meeting discussion on the hiring of four new principals … Continue reading
Flawed Principal Selection Process for Westside Schools
At last night’s school board meeting, the board voted to approve the attached list of new principals. Sadly the bureaucracy bypassed parental, teacher and local staff input as per policy. Chalk this up as another “The Central Office Knows What is Best”. This is the text of a letter I submitted to the board. Supporting documentation appears in the PDF version of the letter: 6 May 2014 HAND DELIVERED Kristi Swett, President Salt Lake … Continue reading