Salt Lake City School Board

The board unanimously voted on Dec. 10 to renew support for its 2017 Safe Schools Resolution. It was also reaffirmed in 2019 during the last Trump admin.

On Monday, the Utah Attorney General’s Office filed an indictment against Mohamed Baayd, who won reelection in November.

Even if a fourth high school isn’t feasible, district Superintendent Elizabeth Grant says things need to change in order to better serve students.

Earlier this year, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law a massive school security bill that only has $100 million of one-time funding. Some school district officials say it won’t be nearly enough.

Currently, students can bring their phones on campus. But they can’t use them during class unless their teacher says so.

The parents allege a key member of the Salt Lake City School District closure study process had significant conflicts of interest because his wife is a principal at a school not chosen for closure.

Students from Hawthorne, Mary W. Jackson, M. Lynn Bennion and Riley Elementary will find new schools and boundaries will be redrawn.

The district is proposing closing Hawthorne, M. Lynn Bennion, Mary W. Jackson and Riley elementaries.

“A group of loud parents is not a reason to keep a school open. It is also a useful data point for the people who are making this decision,” Emerson Elementary parent Joey McNamee said.

The latest Utah news from Thursday evening, June 3, 2021.

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