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S.L. School Board Lets Public Watch Its Self Evaluation (Tribune)

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  BY LISA SCHENCKER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PUBLISHED: JANUARY 14, 2014 07:05AM UPDATED: JANUARY 13, 2014 10:30PM After many friction-filled meetings, the Salt Lake City School District board conducted a self-evaluation Monday evening in public, eschewing earlier thoughts of possibly doing it behind closed doors. The board’s agenda had labeled the self-evaluation portion of the meeting as “closed” to give the board the option to go into closed session if need be, said board vice president … Continue reading →

Amid Turmoil, Salt Lake City School Board Wants to Close Part of Meeting for Self-evaluation (Tribune)

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Education • Member at center of friction says the criteria to exclude public have not been met BY LISA SCHENCKER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PUBLISHED: JANUARY 13, 2014 01:01AM UPDATED: JANUARY 13, 2014 01:01AM Following months of turmoil among board members, capped off by accusations of racism last week, the Salt Lake City School District board might close a portion of its meeting to the public Monday to conduct a “board self-evaluation.” It’s not unusual for … Continue reading →

Civil Rights Complaint Over Boy Scouts Resolved (Tribune)

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  Allegation•District disputes Scouts were ever barred from meeting at Mountain View Elementary BY LINDSAY WHITEHURST THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 10:23AM UPDATED: SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 10:24AM A federal civil rights complaint alleging a Salt Lake City Boy Scout pack was barred from meeting at Mountain View Elementary due to the national gay membership controversy has been resolved. Salt Lake City School District officials invited the Cub Scouts to meet at the school, defusing the conflict … Continue reading →

Cub Scouts Invited Back to Mountain View Elementary!

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  Michael Clara received a letter from the U.S. Department of Educations’s Office for Civil Rights, advising him that the School District has reversed its position on the Cub Scouts and will now allow them to return to Mountain View Elementary. “OCR believes that the response of the District corrects any prior misapplication of the District’s policy with respect to this Cub Scouts troop and would be consistent with the corrective action that OCR would require if … Continue reading →

John Florez: Utah School Boards Get an F Grade (DNews)

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  By John Florez , Deseret News Published: Saturday, Sept. 14 2013 12:00 a.m. MDT If Utah’s local school boards were graded, they would get an F, or at best an incomplete. Some seem to suffer from chronic public absenteeism and don’t do their homework. When the law went in to effect requiring schools be given a grade for their performance, there was an immediate outcry by school administrators, teachers and some parents for its … Continue reading →

Clara: Educators’ Pessimism Doesn’t Help Students (Tribune)

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Clara: Educators’ pessimism doesn’t help students BY MICHAEL CLARA PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 14, 2013 01:01AM In recent days, many oppositional voices have been raised over Utah’s new school grading system. Mine was not one of them. As a local school board member, one of my statutory responsibilities is to “use progress-based assessments as part of a plan to identify schools, teachers, and students that need remediation and determine the type and amount of federal, state, and … Continue reading →