Event Archive:

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December

» December 14, 2005
Emerson Elementary, 6:30pm

» December 13, 2005
Hawthorne Elementary, 5:30pm

» December 8, 2005
Bonneville Community Meeting, 7:00pm

» December 1, 2005
Uintah Community Meeting, 5:00pm
» Superintendent Update

November

» November 17, 2005
BonnevilleTeam Meeting, 7:00am

» November 10, 2005
Whittier Community Meeting, 6:00pm

» November 9, 2005
Bonneville Team Meeting, 7:00am

» November 7, 2005
Highland Park Community Meeting, 6:45pm

» November 3, 2005
Dilworth Community Meeting, 7:00pm. The school team will present their draft recommendation for the Board.

» November 1, 2005
Whittier Team Meeting, 3:00 pm.

» November 1, 2005
Beacon Heights Parent/Community Meeting, 7:00 pm. The school team will conduct this meeting.

October

» October 28, 2005
Hawthorne, Lincoln and Emerson elementaries - joint faculty meeting for their initial K-8 explorations. Held at Hawthorne Elementary at 1:00pm.

» October 27, 2005
Whittier community meeting. The timing is as follows: 6:00-6:45 PM English meeting; 7:00-7:45 Spanish meeting.

»October 25, 2005
K-8 Exploration Update from McKell Withers, Superintendent
English | Spanish

» October 24, 2005
Clayton faculty - initial K-8 exploration meeting at 3:10.

» October 24, 2005
Beacon Heights Team Meeting, 3:30 pm, Library.

» October 14, 2005
 Dilworth Team Meeting. Call school for more information

» October 14, 2005
Clayton and its feeder schools are meeting to begin their K-8 exploration process. 10:00 am, district offices.

» October 13, 2005
Nibley Park community meeting - 7:00 pm. 2785 South 800 East

» October 12, 2005
Indian Hills community question and answer session with their school K-8 team at 7:00 pm. Questions gathered came from parent and community surveys or were pre-submitted to the Indian Hills K-8 team.

» October 11, 2005
Highland Park community meeting, 6:00-7:30 pm. 2291 South 2000 East

» October 7, 2005
Indian Hills committee meeting - purpose is to review community surveys and plan for their community meeting on October 11, 2005 at 7:00 pm.

» October 6, 2005
Beacon Heights committee meeting - purpose is to review survey findings and draft pros and cons of the K-8 model.

» October 5, 2005
Dilworth community meeting.

September

» September 29, 2005
Whittier Team meeting was held. Their team generated and discussed a list of questions about K-8 Schools.  School Board member, Heather Bennett, attended. They planned their larger community meeting that will include a Spanish and English presentation. This meeting will occur on October 27, 2005 from 6-8:30 pm. The Spanish presentation will be from 6:00-7:00 pm and the English presentation will be from 7:30-8:30 pm.

» September 29, 2005
Highland Park's K-8 exploration committee, comprised of parents and educators, will present their initial reactions and opinions at the School Community Council (SCC) meeting.

» September 28, 2005
Beacon Heights community meeting was held. The principal, Sue Heath, introduced the agenda. The PowerPoint, revised to reflect input from past community meetings, was shown to the group. Questions were answered by district and school personnel on a variety of issues.

Beacon Heights K-8 Schedule: This school committee has distributed a survey, information will be gathered from the community, and Pros and Cons of the K-8 model will be developed and circulated for community input. The Board recommendation will then be drafted and circulated again for community review. Then a final Beacon Heights school recommendation will be prepared for the December, 2005 board meeting.

» September 22, 2005
Dilworth will be holding an information meeting about K-8 Schools at 7:00 PM, Thursday, September 22 in the school auditorium.
- Meeting Announcement

» September 13, 2005
Highland Park K-8 Team met to discuss their research.

» September 6, 2005
Hillside Feeder School Team Meeting
- K-8 Introductory PowerPoint

On September 6, 2005, the Hillside faculty attended an informational meeting, heard from Superintendent Withers, and received an overview of the K-8 concept through a Power Point presentation. This was followed by a question and answer period. The Hillside team will design their exploration process with district facilitators to assist them.

On September 7, 2005, elementary school teams from the Hillside feeder area met to receive information about the possibility of choosing to convert their schools to a K-8 grade configuration. The group had an opportunity to hear background information and rationale from Superintendent Withers and School Board President, Laurel Young. The PowerPoint presentation was followed by a question and answer period. Teams were given the following charge:

Expected outcomes for these teams: