Entries Published On July, 2015
How Did the New 5th/6th Park City School Rise in Price from $14 million to $26 million?
Money. It’s a funny thing. It’s easy to spend it when it’s someone else’s … but a little bit harder when it’s your own. That’s what I started thinking when I began to read meeting minutes from the Park City School District Master Planning Committee. As many of us know, this committee has been meeting …
Growing Pains Are a Small Price to Pay For Better Park City Schools
It looks like Park City School District will be undergoing some pretty serious changes in the near future. Park City has grown over the years, and the larger class sizes, along with various other problems in the district, are prompting a grade realignment and construction. All-day kindergarten will be added to the elementary schools in …
Another Reason Why Making Plans for 2040 Just Doesn’t Make Sense
Scientists in the UK have just published research that seems to validate that in about 15 years the world will experience a “mini ice age.” It seems the authors of the study have studied solar activity and have developed an ability to predict changes. These changes in solar activity seem to highly correlate (perhaps even …
What Does the Park City School System Want to Hide from the Public?
Last week I tried to attend the Park City School Board’s Master Planning Committee meeting. This committee is addressing the issue of moving the 5th/6th grade school to Ecker Hill and redesigning the Kearns Campus. Much to my surprise I was told “there is no meeting.” The receptionist then called someone who asked “who wanted …
Live Blogging Wednesday’s School Board Master Planning Committee Meeting
I’ll be live blogging Wednesday’s Master Planning Committee meeting, starting at 4PM (unless they decide to “close” the meeting like last week). This is an important meeting because this is the first chance to see if the committee has decided to alter course on building plans on the Kearns campus, due to neighborhood pushback. If you …
How Much Do You Think Park City Substitute Teachers Are Paid?
I was listening to KPCW this morning and a Park City Municipal representative was talking about a group they are putting together to provide feedback on how to best use public property near Lower Park Avenue. KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher asked about how much participants are being paid. The answer, for 3 days work, was $1500. That would be …
What Do You want to See from the New Whole Foods Grocery Store?
After writing a few posts about the new Whole Foods (across from the outlet mall) … making sure it is paying its fair share for impacts from the new development, it seems I have been invited to an envisioning session about what should be offered at the new grocery store. I already said that I …
What to Do After a Dog Attacks
I was walking with my 15 year old dog, 3 year old boy (dressed as a dragon), and toddler this morning when I witnessed an australian shepherd dog grab another dog by the scruff of its neck and started yanking the other dog back and forth by its neck. Fortunately the victim (dog) escaped into a pond, …
Thanks to Dick Peek, Roger Armstrong, and Dave Ure
We have an abundance of things in Park City. Great mountains. Wonderful trails. World class skiing… One thing that is often missing, though, is DISSENT. Take, as a prime example, that nobody has voted NO on the school board for over a year. They aren’t alone in local government. I haven’t specifically calculated the other groups’ voting …
Our Government Leaders Are Now Responsible for the Outcome of Mountain Accord
Last night the Summit County Council, like the Park City City Council before them, approved an agreement that keeps our community in the Mountain Accord process for the next three years. The decision will likely prove to be very courageous, very stupid, or perhaps both. No matter the outcome, one thing is clear, our governments have …
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