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The district is proposing closing Hawthorne, M. Lynn Bennion, Mary W. Jackson and Riley elementaries.
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When students at East, West and Highland high schools in Salt Lake City return from fall break on Oct. 17, they’ll be met with new weapons detectors and security guards.
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“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.
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How short? The Salt Lake City School District needs 7 bus drivers and the city is looking for almost 20 crossing guards.
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Elizabeth Grant is now the fifth superintendent to lead the district since 2020.
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As Utah lawmakers debate which books should and should not be in school libraries, the focus is often on removals. Librarians, however, say a lot of thought goes into choosing titles in the first place.
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Due to the unintended association with the TV show South Park and because the Utah State Prison moved to a new location, South Park Academy decided it was time for a fresh start.
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The Salt Lake City School District is studying which elementary schools to potentially close in fall 2024. The district has not yet identified any specific schools.
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Salt Lake City School District used federal COVID relief funds to open Salt Lake Virtual Elementary School in 2021 as a pilot program.
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There was an attempted kidnapping at Whittier Elementary in West Valley City on April 6 and another later that month in Salt Lake City while a student was walking to Liberty Elementary.
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Lehi, Valley View, Lindon, Windsor and Sharon elementaries could all be closed as soon as this year.
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The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute projects that by 2060, 5-to-17-year-olds will make up a smaller percentage of the population than they do now.