Utah Educators Question Pitch to End Compulsory School Attendance (Tribune)

Senator says state shouldn’t force kids to go to school; rivals say his plan would create “subclass of illiterates.” By Annie Knox And Ray Parker| The Salt Lake Tribune  First Published Jul 17 2013 09:04 am • Updated 56 minutes ago Utah educators question state Sen. Aaron Osmond’s assertion that the state shouldn’t force students to go to school, saying they are concerned about children who might miss out on an education or forfeit help with … Continue reading

Board President: Where Are We Empowered to Make Changes?

In our July 9, 2013, School Board retreat up at Snowbird, I brought up the issue of the OCR complaint in the midst of audible sighs from a fellow board members Laurel Young and Heather Bennett. I have already documented the Superintendent’s reaction in a previous blog posting . In this blog posting, I would like to highlight the Board President’s inaction:   2013-07-09-Board-MeetingOCR1      04/09/13 School Board Meeting (audio) Board member Tiffany Sandberg who was elected with … Continue reading

Board Retreat: Evasive Maneuvers on OCR Complaint (Audio)

School Board Annual Retreat  2013-07-09-Board-MeetingOCR1 Audio #1 starts about 55 minutes into the meeting   2013-07-09-Board-MeetingOCR2 Audio #2 starts 5 minutes after the previous one  In this blog I have posted two short audios of the July 9, 2013, School Board annual retreat. In this meeting the school board sets the list of priorities of issues that they will address in the coming school year. In these two audios you will hear the superintendent and … Continue reading

Michael’s Response to School District Attorney about OCR Complaint (Letter)

  The attached letter is in response to a letter I received earlier this month from the School District’s attorney, claiming that the board wanted to ‘dialogue’ about the issues raised in the OCR complaint. The original letter that solicited this response is included as enclosure #1. It is also listed as another Blog Post. PDF Link of Michael Clara Letter to Attorney   PDF Link to Enclosures 1-8 PDF Link to Enclosures 9-14 … Continue reading