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Park City community discussion on ICE arrests being held this Thursday
There is an upcoming meeting regarding the recent arrest of four individuals by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officials. It is being held this Thursday (2/23) at 6PM at St Luke’s. If you are interested, the information is below: In response to very real fears expressed by many in the aftermath of Friday morning arrests of …
Washington Post Covers Sexist Comments By Wasatch County Republican James Green
You know you’ve either done something extraordinary or you’ve really screwed up when you’re not a national figure, live in a fly-over state, and you get coverage from the Washington Post. It appears former Vice Chair of the Wasatch Republican Party, James Green, has done the latter. The Washington Post’s Kristina Guerra wrote a scathing 1,300 word article …
Wasatch GOP Vice-Chair Resigns Over Criticism of Equal Pay for Women
Fox 13 is reporting that James Green, Wasatch County GOP Vice Chair, has stepped down amid criticism over comments he made about women. According to Fox 13, Green said, “You wouldn’t believe the hateful vile comments and messages I’ve received.” We’re pretty sure that most people felt the same way about his letter to the …
A Park City woman’s place is in the home …
So I was watching Leave it to Beaver on TV Land and Ward was really upset that June didn’t have dinner on the table when he arrived home from work. How dare she not have dinner ready when he got home from work! Didn’t she know how hard he worked all day? Then I read …
Spring is here in Park City.
Spring has arrived in Park City. How do we know? The Chamber of Commerce has declared it.
Why we care AND DON’T care about Park City school rankings
As you probably know, Park City High, long considered one of the best schools in the state, fell out of the “US News Best Schools” rankings a few years back. According to US News, the best high school in the state is Skyline (near the base of Parley’s Canyon). There are a total of 26 Utah …
Letter to parents, students, and community on Park City School District grade realignment from Superintendent
A reader forwarded this letter sent in the past few days from the Park City School District. If you haven’t read it, you may find it interesting. Thanks to the reader who sent this in… Parents, Students and Community, We (Board, administration and staff) are in full support of grade realignment — independent of when it …
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 …
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.
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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