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The Salt Lake City School District’s office building is pictured in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Joel-Lehi Organista, 29, a member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education, was was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, for investigation of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
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A member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education has been arrested and accused of possessing child pornography.
Joel-Lehi Organista, 29, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
SALT LAKE CITY The Salt Lake City School District s Board of Education voted Tuesday to push start times back an hour for its high schools starting this fall.
The school day for East, West, and Highland high schools will now be from 8:45 to 3 p.m. This is really good for kids, not only academically but for their social and emotional well-being, Nate Salazar, Vice President of Salt Lake School s Board of Education told KSL s Dave and Dujanovic Show.
Salazar said they didn t want to extend the school day too late in the day, and it was a juggling act to try to meet everyone s needs.
SALT LAKE CITY A Minnesota educator has been selected as the next superintendent of the Salt Lake City School District.
The Salt Lake City Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to select Timothy Gadson III, associate superintendent of high schools with Anoka-Hennepin Schools in Anoka, Minnesota, as the district s top administrator. He will be extended a two-year contract and will start in July.
Gadson is believed to be the first Black educator to lead a Utah school district, according to the Utah School Boards Association. If it is the case, I think it s an honor and privilege. I think it s the Salt Lake City School District Board, really being bold and audacious and wanting the best candidate for the position. I think that I bring some things to the district and I m excited, Gadson said.
SLC School District appoints new superintendent
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SALT LAKE CITY â The Salt Lake City School District has selected its new superintendent.
In a meeting Tuesday night, the SLCSD school board announced that they had unanimously voted to appoint Timothy Gadson III, Ph.D., to the position. He will begin July 1 of this year pending contract negotiations.
Gadson is currently the associate superintendent of high schools with Anoka-Hennepin Schools in Anoka, Minnesota.
He has a Bachelorâs degree in business economics and secondary education from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, as well as both Masterâs and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Washington State University.