While the health department currently recommends that schools shut down when they meet certain coronavirus positivity thresholds, a new bill under consideration in the Utah Senate would raise those requirements and create a presumption of openness allowing students who test negative for COVID-19 during an outbreak to return to class and requiring those who test positive to stay home.
SALT LAKE CITY Two men and one woman were named finalists Wednesday for the next superintendent of the Salt Lake City School District. What has been at the forefront of my mind is to make sure that we find a leader who can truly represent our vibrant community here in Salt Lake someone who knows how to listen, someone with integrity and someone who will put our students first. I feel that each of the three finalists . meets the criteria we ve been searching for, said Salt Lake City Board of Education President Melissa Ford.
The finalists are:
Jharrett Bryantt, an executive leader in the Houston Independent School District, the seventh-largest school district in the United States.
Samuel Hanson: Salt Lake City schools a victim of legislative extortion
School board was wrong to vote to return secondary schools to in-person learning.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Larry Madden, Interim Superintendent of the Salt Lake City School District, details the district s restart plans for the 2020-21 school year at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Thursday, July 30, 2020. At rear is Melissa Ford, president of the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education, and Nate Salazar, board vice president.
By Samuel Hanson | Special to The Tribune
| Jan. 22, 2021, 3:45 p.m.
In what I am about to say, I mean as no disrespect to the other six members of the Salt Lake City School Board. Several are dear friends and I know they have a difficult job.