Category Archives: School to Prison Pipeline

Is the Salt Lake City School District Misappropriating Title I Funds?

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As we went through the budget process earlier this year I asked several questions that to this day remain unanswered. One of the questions that I asked, was in reference to Title I funding; on May 1,2013 – I sent an email to Janet Robert, Business Administrator asking how many Academic Coaches was the District employing and how were they funded. On May 2, 2013- Janet Roberts sent me a document stating that the 14 … Continue reading →

School Board Responds Via Attorney: OCR Inquiry (Letter)

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Six months later the so called School Board Responds. I say “so called” because the attorney claims to be speaking for the School Board. Yet, I am a member of the School Board and don’t recall any meeting where we discussed this issue or voted on it and came to a consensus on a direction that we should pursue. Yet the attorney claims to be speaking for the School Board. Ironically, I wanted to discuss … Continue reading →

Truancy In Salt Lake City is alive and well

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Had a great conversation this afternoon with Salt Lake City Police at the Smith’s grocery store in Rose Park. I believe that the Salt Lake City School District should establish a collaborative relationship with the Salt Lake City Police Department in an effort to improve school attendance by decreasing truancy and reconnecting students with their neighborhood schools. If we start the discussion now, we can be ready for the start of school this fall. Currently, … Continue reading →

Salt Lake City School District Says No Scouts Were Banned From School (Tribune)

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Federal complaint » Board member Michael Clara says pack was denied equal access. By Sheena McFarland| The Salt Lake Tribune  First Published Apr 03 2013 06:45 The Salt Lake City School District is firing back against a federal complaint stating it denied a Cub Scout pack permission to meet at one of its elementary schools. School Board Member Michael Clara on March 29 filed the complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after two … Continue reading →

School Board Member Says Cub Scouts Should Be Allowed At Elementary School (KSL)

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Audio: Mary Richards Reporting SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake school board member said he had to act after hearing that the Cub Scouts aren’t meeting at Mountain View Elementary school any more. Michael Clara has sent a complaint to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, claiming the principal is acting inappropriately in not letting the Scouts meet there this year. It appears principal James Martin wants to wait until after the … Continue reading →