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A response on Teacher Turnover by the Park City School District
On Friday, Park City School District Superintendent Ember Conley sent an email to employees in regard to teacher turnover. It seems citizen, Meg Leaf, hit a nerve with her editorial in the Park Record regarding purported turnover of teachers in the district. Ms. Leaf noted turnover rates of over 50% of teachers, assistants, and aides …
Are you a Park City teacher who has left (or is planning to leave)? Why did you make that decision?
We recently posted an article on teacher turnover. Using data provided by a local citizen, we looked at turnover rates of teachers in Park City. Rates seem high. We speculated on why teachers are leaving, but we’d rather hear directly from teachers. If you are a teacher, assistant, or aide that has left Park City Schools …
Comments now enabled on Teacher post
Sorry everyone… comments weren’t enabled on our most recent teacher post. We are having an issue that is causing all posts to disable comments. We are trying to figure out what is happening. Anyhow, we have manually enabled comments on that post. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Why do Park City teachers leave?
With ever-present issues surrounding the Park City School District during the last few years, one of the things we’ve fallen back upon is the notion that at least we have good teachers. The people our children are directly in contact with are typically teachers and that counts for a lot. Thank goodness we have good teachers. …
Why we love Mountain Trails Foundation
Almost everything Mountain Trails does is done well. Case in point is the following sign found at Round Valley. It explains the issue. It’s concise. It’s friendly. Most importantly we saw no mountain bikes on the trail today. Good job, as usual, Mountain Trails.
Is Park City Damned?
Did you know Park City is damned? At least that’s the claim of San Diego Free Press writer, Will Falk. Mr Falk recently penned an article called Park City is Damned: A Case Study in Civilization. It paints a bleak picture of Park City … and the world. Mr Falk uses Park City as an example …
What Faustian Bargain will be made on Bonanza Flat?
Park City Municipal has wagered $3 million dollars of public money that it will be able to find enough cash to buy the $38 million Bonanza Flat area. The purchase has to be completed by June 15. So far the effort has stalled. Park City residents have agreed to pay $25 million in a bond. Summit County …
Why Park City may not be in the top 20 in next year’s Ski Magazine rankings
Every year Ski Magazine ranks ski resorts. This year, Park City Mountain fell to #13. This was unexpected since Canyons and PCMR had been combined into THE LARGEST SKI RESORT in the known universe the U.S. This ranking is also important for our town, because we share our name with the ski resort. While locally, Vail …
Bias in design is something the School Board needs to be aware of
We were watching the March 7 Park City School Board meeting video and the board was discussing how they would educate the public on various locations for a new 5/6 school. A board member said that they should consider providing the public with pros and cons of each location (Bear Hollow, Ecker hill, etc.). School Board …
Is consensus decision making the best route for our schools?
Over the past few years, the Park Rag has been critical of our Park City School District for a few different reasons. One of those reasons is that historically the school board has voted in unison on major issues. We have taken umbrage at that. It all seemed too programmed and processed. We would hope …
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