There is some progress â and hope â in the latest data.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) East High lets out on a rainy day on Monday, April 26, 2021. Salt Lake City School District has seen an improvement in grades, including at its high schools, since students have begun returning for in-person learning this spring.
  | May 3, 2021, 1:07 p.m.
Student grades have started to rebound in Salt Lake City School District after taking a dramatic dive this fall when learning was entirely online due to the pandemic.
The most recent academic term ended in March when students were back in school in person for the first time. For that period, about 500 fewer middle school and high school students received an F than at the beginning of the school year. And those who got all Fâs on their report cards decreased by 90%.
SALT LAKE CITY The COVID-19 vaccination rates in Utah look different based on the county. And this week, more high schools around the Wasatch Front are offering clinics for ages 16 and up to get a COVID-19 vaccine. It adds to the numbers of Utah s biggest still unvaccinated age group.
The majority of Utahns over age 70 are fully vaccinated, but they ve been eligible longer. Utahns ages 16 to 49 have been eligible for the last month. Almost 880,000 Utahns are fully vaccinated. That s 37% of the eligible population 16 and up. Photo: Utah Health Department
But it varies by the local health department. In some areas of Utah, counties report percentages of people fully vaccinated in the low to mid-20s, out of their total populations.
Utah parents worry over school mask exemption note doctor shopping
Some Utah parents are doctor shopping for mask exemption notes
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School is weeks away from ending for the year, but the mask-wearing controversy continues to stir contention just as strongly as it did eight months ago. As some parents show up to school district meetings and make a push to end the mask mandate in schools, others are expressing concern over a new kind of doctor shopping that they say is happening across the state.
Parents allege that medical professionals are handing out mask exemption notes for students some without ever meeting the child or parent face-to-face.
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SALT LAKE CITY – Between online learning, school closures and other challenges brought by the pandemic, many students are struggling. In some Utah districts, the number of failing grades more than doubled from the previous school year. Schools are now taking extra measures to get students caught up.
Ask any student how the school year was, and you ll get similar answers. This year has been kind of hard with having motivation, said Davion Washington, senior at Jordan High School. It s kind of crazy, especially going online and offline, said Logan Baker, senior at West Jordan High. It s definitely difficult.