Entries Published On July, 2020
The Utah Governor’s guidelines on school reopening borders on insane
Ok Park City Teachers, now I’ll forgive you if you strike, just don’t come to school, or lobby hard to be one of the remote-teachers. In what may be some of the craziest talk I’ve heard from a Utah official (and that says something), Governor Herbert today provided 102 pages of guidelines on reopening schools. …
Utah Education Association demands schools be online-only this fall
The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that “The largest teachers union in the state is calling on Gov. Gary Herbert to keep Utah schools closed this fall — saying it’s too dangerous for educators and students to return while cases of the coronavirus remain high.” The union wants schools to start ONLINE-only in August. My …
Are your kids going in-person at PC Schools? Time to order a thermometer.
My six-year-old was standing in line this morning to get his temperature taken at today’s camp de jour. At every summer camp we have attended this year, all kids have their temperature taken each morning by the camp’s staff. That’s a good thing. It may not be perfect but it likely screens out some kids …
Some information on what Park City remote learning looks like for elementary schools
Every student in the Park City School District has two district-offered options this fall. Students can attend in-person school or students can attend remote school. If parents don’t choose an option, their students will be enrolled in in-person school. If parents choose the remote option, they need to declare that by August 7, using this …
My notes from Park City School Board meeting on reopening schools
If you have kids in Park City schools, you’ve probably been following the school reopening plans. School will go on — on August 20th. It sounds like schools will continue throughout the year over hell and high water. You have two options, in-person and online. In-person will be a corona-ized version of what we are …
Opening Park City schools full-time is a polarizing issue
I’ve said before that I commend the Park City School District on giving people the heads up that schools will be open for business this fall. However, I am hearing from teachers with major concerns about safety. I also get that. We won’t really know the details about how schools will operate until the Park …
Park City Schools will be full-time and in-person as of August 20
I have been writing about what other school districts in Utah have been doing regarding their back-to-school measures. Today, I read what the Park City School District plans to do: “As a result of our collaboration with health agencies and the hard work of our educational Return to School Task Force Teams, we are plan …
Update on school reopenings: Wasatch County School District provides options
Well, our friends in Heber have made a decision on schools for next year. Their decision could be described as “whatever you want, you got it.” According to a Facebook post from the School District, “Wasatch County School District plans to bring students back for a traditional school schedule as our primary model. This model …
An update on schools: SLC School District fires a shot across the bow
Thursday, the Salt Lake City School District announced their plans for reopening In a Covid-19 world. If Salt Lake City is at the Orange level (or above) of Governor Herbert’s reopening plans, schools will be completely remote. Better said, parents will be trying to teach kids with some help from teachers. This flies in the …
School districts start laying out plans for the fall
We’re about a month out from Park City schools starting the fall semester. This year will obviously function differently, given Covid-19. We’d expect the school district to come out with plans soon, so we parents know what to expect. However, we know the school district likes to wait and be told what to do from …
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