Please be careful with comments …

At the Park Rag we get a number of comments on stories we write. We appreciate that people care enough to take the time to read and comment. We’ve also made the decision to allow anonymous commenting. We believe this serves a valuable purpose in the community because some people are afraid to speak up when …

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Fabulous Park City School District Grade Realignment Discussion

On Tuesday, the Park City School Board discussed grade realignment. They ultimately determined that they will not go forward with grade realignment next year — but it will eventually happen. It was a fascinating discussion with board members, the Superintendent, and school principals. It is quiet long but very informative. The relevant discussion starts at 17:13.

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Thoughts on the “uninformed school bond voter”

On a recent article, one of our favorite commenters made the point that he felt the Park City School District school board is desperate because the next school bond will likely fail, just like the last one. One of the reason’s he stated was due to the number of uninformed voters. The previous bond post-mortem also …

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Proposed Park City School District 2018-2021 Calendars

We received a tip from a community member about PCSD School Calendars being discussed at Tuesday’s Board meeting (2/7/2017). If you haven’t seen them, you may want to take a look. School starts and ends a bit earlier, it appears. If you have concerns, you can let your school board member know. Click on the image for …

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Park City High School Expansion Meeting

Last night, the Park City School District held a public meeting to outline options for expanding the high school. VCBO, the school district’s favorite architect led the discussion. Also providing input were members of the redesign committee and PCSD Superintendent Dr Ember Conley. We’ve enjoyed this round of “shake up the district,” because we haven’t been paying …

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Park City school grade realignment may happen this Fall

Most people in the community thought grade realignment was something that would happen in the next few years. The High School would be 9-12, there would be a 7/8 school and a 5/6 school, and our elementary schools would house our Pre-K through 4th graders. It appears that change may happen as soon as this fall. We …

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