Board Meeting Summary, Jan. 17, 2017
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Middle School Schedule After hearing hours of input from parents, teachers and students, the Board of Education voted to approve the schedules put forward by CSD’s middle schools for a one-year trial period. An update is to be given in […]
Board Meeting Summary, Dec. 6, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Middle School Schedule Update In order to squeeze two extra core subjects into the middle school day, as required by the Utah State Board of Education, Canyons District must revisit its middle school schedules. On the table are […]
Board Meeting Summary, Nov. 15, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board Honors Union Middle Faculty, Staff for Quick Actions The Canyons Board of Education recognized seven educators who played an instrumental role in de-escalating a traumatic incident that occurred at Union Middle on Oct. 25, 2016. The Board of […]
Board Meeting Summary, Oct. 18, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Indian Hills Relocation During Construction The Board of Education voted to formally relocate Indian Hills Middle, 1180 E. Sanders Road, to the former Crescent View Middle building, 11150 Green Ridge Dr., for the 2017-2018 school year. Additionally The Board […]
Board Meeting Summary, Oct. 4, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. School Upgrades Proposal A remodel of the Main Office at Midvale Elementary, the installation of carbon monoxide detectors at all elementary schools, and roofing and HVAC repairs are among more than two-dozen small capital projects being proposed for the […]
Board Meeting Summary, Sept. 20, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Report: School Grading and SAGE Scores A majority of Canyons schools, 71 percent, received an A or B this year under Utah’s school grading system, even with last-minute changes to the way the grades were calculated. Had […]
Board Meeting Summary, Sept. 6, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. CSD’s Efforts to Curb Truancy To mark the outset of School Attendance Awareness Month, Student Support Services Director Tamra Baker presented information to the Board of Education on Canyons District’s innovative approach to reducing chronic absenteeism and truancy rates. […]
Board Meeting Summary, Aug. 16 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board Approves Proposal to Use ACT For 11th Grade Measure The Board of Education voted unanimously to take advantage of the provisions of HB200, which was passed in the 2016 Legislative session. The legislation allows school districts to request a […]
Board Meeting Summary, Aug. 2, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board Mulls Proposal to Use ACT For 11th Grade Measure Director of Research and Assessment Dr. Hal Sanderson discussed the pros and cons of eschewing the current required year-end assessment in favor of using the ACT as the measurement […]
Board Meeting Summary, July 19, 2016
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Adoption of High School Earth Science Textbook After receiving public input on a new high school Earth Science textbook, the Board unanimously voted to adopt the book as the recommended text for ninth-grade Earth Science classes. The textbook recommended […]
