Board of Education

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Distance-Learning Report Canyons District recognizes the “new now” prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced a period of adjustment for school communities. To the end of easing minds of students and parents, Canyons will put into place a modified grading structure for the final term of the school year. The plan, presented to the Canyons Board of Education by the District’s Academic Team, was designed so that no student would receiving a failing grade for a current class. The aim is to “do

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Midvale Middle Proposal Midvale Middle Principal Mindy Robison proposed $231,250 in additional funding to reduce the school’s class sizes and provide after-school programing three days a week. Robison seeks four additional Full-Time Equivalent employees to provide interventions, especially in mathematics. In response to current student achievement data–29 percent are making expected growth on the Math Inventory–Robison wants to hire two additional math teachers, for sixth and seventh grades, and two additional teachers for Midvale’s English language learners. The afterschool programming would provide interventions

Note: Recordings and documents for agenda items can be accessed via BoardDocs by clicking on the corresponding agenda items. Dual Language Immersion Signaling Canyons’ firm commitment to dual-language immersion programs in the coming school year and beyond, the Board of Education approved a two-school expansion of CSD’s Spanish-English DLI program. After receiving positive feedback on the proposal from the Altara and Midvalley elementary school communities, the Board of Education voted to launch Spanish DLI classes at those two schools in the coming school year. Canyons’ Instructional Supports Department will now start the process to hire teachers and conduct a special springtime lottery