Is Furburbia in a State of Turmoil?

We’ve heard rumblings around the community that with the the departure of Cathy Clark, things aren’t pretty in the Friends of Animals world. If you check out the Park Record discussion on the topic you may agree… Park Record: Turnover at Furburbia

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Should further detail be provided about school class sizes?

We received a submission from a citizen: We agree that having detailed information is important in order to make good decisions. Therefore we support the effort to obtain class sizes and ratios related to dual immersion. We would recommend that this citizen contact the School Superintendent, Ember Conley, at . If you don’t get the run-around she’ll …

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During yesterday’s school board discussion regarding dual immersion, it was stated that Europe’s standard is that students learn two foreign languages. Is that true?

“The standard now for Europe is that kids know 3 languages, 2 plus their own.” -Update on the status of dual immersion 10/7/2014 Park City School Board Meeting Dual immersion seems to be a hot topic with many people concerned about it for different reasons. Some are worried because their kids can’t get in. Some are …

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Current Class Sizes and Enrollment Growth of Our Elementary Schools

The School Board has published updated stats about elementary school class sizes and enrollment numbers as Park City Schools. Some take-aways include: All of our elementary schools average 23 students per class, with the exception of McPolin at 21 District-wide 4th grade had the largest student/teacher ratio at 25 The lowest was 17 students per teacher in …

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