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PCSD teachers and employees, want to voice your opinion on whether the current board should decide on renewing the Superintendent?
On Sunday, Karl Persson and I launched a petition urging the Park City School Board to delay renewing Superintendent Jill Gildea’s contract until the new school board is seated. School Board President Andrew Caplan stated that the current board intends to vote on Dr. Gildea’s contract, which we believe is inappropriate. We feel the new …
Petition to Not Renew Park City Superintendent’s Contract Until New School Board Assumes Office
On June 20th, KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher asked Park City School Board President Andrew Caplan if he was going to let the new school board decide whether to renew Superintendent Jill Gildea’s contract. Dr. Gildea is one year into a two-year contract, and the board must notify her by February 1, 2025, if they intend to …
Park City School District’s Leadership Faces Severe Criticism in 2024 Staff Survey
Update: Originally, I had written that “A group of advocates surveyed school employees about the Park City School District in 2022 and now again in 2024.” I received comments that felt this implied that all of the same people who were involved with this survey in 2022 were also involved in this iteration. I checked …
Are your kids bullied in Park City Schools?
I remember walking down a hall in Junior High in the middle of Kansas. My friend Tim and I would walk the long hall, and way too often, someone would come up behind Tim and punch his books out of his hands. Papers would fly; books would scatter. “Dork”“Loser”“Faggot” … would be shouted by the …
Since the Park City School District hasn’t removed lead-laced soil near Treasure Mountain Junior High, the EPA may take over.
The Park City School District is teaching a masterclass on deflecting, delaying, and denying responsibility. Fortunately, for our children’s sake, the class is almost over. Since 2017 the Park City School District (PCSD) has been storing soil with lead and arsenic next to Treasure Mountain Junior High. Toxic soil, or what is officially called “solid …
Maybe ‘Deadline’ was right about Sundance moving on from Park City
The Park Record is reporting that Sundance wants to delay renewing its contract with Park City. In a letter from Sundance Institute to the Mayor, they said delaying the renewal will “enable Sundance to complete our strategic planning work and can come to the table with a new vision for the Festival and the Institute …
Hazardous and contaminated soil was supposed to be removed from Treasure Mountain Junior High after 90 days, but it’s still there years later.
If you read one news story this weekend, read the Salt Lake Tribune’s “Park City School District was supposed to clean up soil years ago. Here’s how much it will cost now.” The background is that soil with lead and arsenic was put into piles behind Treasure Mountain Junior High (TMJH) during construction in 2017. …
Park City Juniors and Seniors Enjoy It
Across the open space, I heard music blasting that I barely understood. It was a high school party cranked way too high. It drowned out the music I was playing on my own deck. The party was going on in The Trails at Jeremy Ranch. For a moment, I was miffed. Then I remembered back …
Park City High School kicker kicks 58-yard field goal
Congratulations Park City football player, David Dellenbach, on your 58-yard field goal kick against Wasatch on Friday night. Just before half-time Dellenbach ran onto the field and booted the longest field goal most people at Dozier Field had ever seen. For reference, the longest field goal ever in the NFL is 66 yards by Justin …
President Biden, please don’t come back to Park City
President Biden, please don’t come back to Park City. I’m sure you secured millions in donations from Parkites, and that’s great for you. However, the impact on locals was terrible. My son couldn’t get to his reading tutor in Salt Lake. My wife waited in traffic for an hour going down Parleys. I couldn’t pick …
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