Board Meeting Summary, March 1, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board OK’s Logo, Colors for Diamond Ridge High Diamond Ridge, CSD’s new alternative high school, has a sparkling new logo, colors  – and a fierce mascot to match.  Communications Director Jeff Haney unveiled logo designs developed by the […]

Board Meeting Summary, Feb. 16, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Hillcrest Feeder The Board of Education gave approval to an innovative $461,000 program that will launch a targeted effort to bolster the achievement of the schools in the Hillcrest High feeder system. The pilot initiative will put into […]

Board Meeting Summary, Feb. 2, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. University of Utah Partnership The Board of Education told the Administration to begin work on a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Utah that would allow Alta High to launch an early-college high school program in 2017. […]

Board Meeting Summary, Jan. 19, 2016

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. University of Utah Partnership The Board of Education heard a partnership proposal that would give Alta High students a jump-start on college. If the first-of-its-kind plan is realized as currently configured, a group of Alta-enrolled students would soon be […]

Board Meeting Summary Dec. 15, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Recommendation: Continue 24-Credit Diploma for Special Circumstances Assistant Superintendent Dr. Robert Dowdle reported on the Board’s pilot program to offer a 24-credit diploma to students at risk for dropping out in the Class of 2015. Last June, 53 […]

Board Meeting Summary Dec. 1, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs and by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Administrators Recommend Maintaining Middle Years Programme CSD School Performance Director Mike Sirois and Midvale Middle Principal Wendy Dau recommended that the Board reauthorize the school’s International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. While other programs and approaches to improve academic […]

Board Meeting Summary Nov. 17, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs and by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Board Approves High School Boundary AdjustmentsThe Board voted unanimously to approve high school boundary adjustments aimed at balancing enrollments at all Canyons District high schools, slowing future growth at Hillcrest and Corner Canyon High Schools while minimizing disruptions […]

Board Meeting Summary Oct. 20, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs and by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Boundary Proposal Discussed The Board discussed a proposal to balance high school enrollments, and determined that it would further consider the proposal on third reading in its November meeting. The Board also asked the Administration to clarify its […]

Board Meeting Summary Oct. 6, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs and by clicking the corresponding agenda items. Proclamation: CSD’s College Application Week Nov. 16-20 The Board unanimously approved and signed a proclamation to establish Nov. 16-20, 2015 as Utah College Application Week in CSD. During that time, CSD high schools will encourage all […]

Board Meeting Summary Sept. 15, 2015

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs and by clicking the corresponding agenda items.Secondary Standards-Based Grading Discussed The Board received a report and held an extensive discussion about the idea of standards-based grading in middle and high schools. The Board in future meetings would determine whether the District should move forward on the […]