My name is Julia, and I am a junior at Park City High School. Today I would like to give you a look at what my testing schedule looks like in the spring of this school year. The third week of April, I will have Galileo tests in my English, math, and science classes. The …

There’s a picture of an example of a Park City school lunches going around. If it does accurately represent an average school lunch, then I can see why the EATS group is petitioning the Park City School District for better food. Processed chicken nuggets, BBQ sauce, chocolate milk, kiwi, and blue applesauce (I think). MMMM …

If you are concerned with the school lunches at Park City schools, you may want to check out their Hungry for Healthy Campaign. They are trying to get the following 7 types of ingredients eliminated from Park City School District school lunches: Trans Fats and Hydrogenated Oils High Fructose Corn Syrup Hormones and Antibiotics in …

We’ll file this one under “You get what you pay for.” I was perusing the Park Record this weekend and noticed an ad from the Park City School District: A Communications Specialist may help the district, if they use the person correctly. A person with enough experience and understanding of our community can probably find ways to educate the public …

During this week’s Park City School Board meeting, the board was discussing policies related to discipline on buses. During that conversation they discussed whether this policy decision should be lumped in with other policy considerations to increase bus ridership. They specifically mentioned discussing a current rule that requires families to pay a couple hundred dollar …

Last week, I wrote on changes the Park City School Board were considering to their process for making policies. Currently, the board has a stated requirement that a bevy of people will participate in their policy decisions. These people include everyone from school board members, to the public, to teachers, to staff. The changes desired by …

One of the charges against the School Board during this year’s bond election was that they were too insular. They didn’t take into account the public’s views and generally pushed through what they wanted from the outset. That was one of the chief problems that led to this year’s failed school bond election. So, it may not be surprising that …

In Tuesday’s School Board meeting, members discussed the facility needs of Treasure Mountain Junior High (TMJH). During the discussion board members tried to understand what needed fixed at the school. One of the big ticket items discussed was the TMJH school walls, where an estimated 15% of the schools aren’t up to current earthquake codes. Talk shifted to the …

What was the one thing that almost everyone agreed on about this November’s school bond? Tearing down Treasure Mountain Junior High. Now, some people didn’t want it moved. Other’s thought perhaps it should have a different makeup. However, generally people agreed… THE CURSED SCHOOL MUST BE RAISED! A month later, maybe not. During yesterday’s school board meeting, …

In the wake of the school bond defeat in early November, some of the school board members have done an admirable job meeting with the public to understand why people were against the bond. This is a very encouraging sign that hopefully the relationship between the board and the public won’t be adversarial going forward. Yet, …