Board Summary, March 15, 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Student Discipline Update Canyons District’s Student Services Department, led by Dr. Brian McGill, has been tasked with addressing the spike in problematic student behaviors, such as defiance, fighting and aggression. It’s uncertain why nearly every school is […]
Board Summary, March 1, 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items COVID-19 Update A downswing in COVID-19 cases among students and employees, the loosening of coronavirus-related guidance by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and Utah’s pending shift from an “emergency response” to a “steady state” has prompted […]
Board Summary, Feb. 15 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Administrative Appointments The Canyons Board of Education approved the following administrative appointments on Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022. The appointments are: Nate Edvalson, currently Special Education Program Administrator, next year will take the helm of the Special Education […]
Board Summary, Feb. 1 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Operational Capacity Plan In keeping with changes to Utah law and local coronavirus surveillance, Canyons District has created step-by-step instructions for how and when pandemic-related safety or operational challenges would warrant petitioning state leaders to temporarily move […]
Board Summary, Jan. 18, 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items COVID-19 Update To the end of slowing spread of COVID-19 while also maintaining an in-person learning schedule, all Canyons District schools, regardless of their positive case count, will operate in the District’s already-established Tier III response […]
Board Summary, Jan. 11 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items The Canyons Board of Education approved a change in the calendar to accommodate extra remote-learning days. This is in response to the sudden spike in positive COVID-19 cases, which has led to increased student absenteeism and major […]
Board Summary, Jan. 4, 2022
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Strategic Plan Canyons Superintendent Dr. Rick Robins said a draft of a strategic plan has been sent to the Board of Education for its review and evaluation. The growth-blueprint proposal, which has been in development since […]
Board Meeting Summary, Dec. 14, 2021
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Accreditation Canyons District has passed a districtwide accreditation — a process that verifies the quality of CSD schools. School Performance Director Cindy Hanson reported that Canyons’ Index of Education Quality, as graded by the accreditation body Cognia, […]
Board Meeting Summary. Nov. 30, 2021
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Administrative Appointments Ken Rowley was announced as the new principal of Alta High. Rowley, currently Assistant Principal at Corner Canyon High, succeeds Dr. Brian McGill, who will leave his Alta post to become the CSD Director of […]
Board Meeting Summary, Nov. 9, 2021
Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum The Board of Education opted to seek a new social-emotional learning curriculum to replace “Second Step” at both the elementary and secondary levels. The majority of the Board voted to permanently suspend use of […]