Board Report - August 6, 2024
Welcome to the Board Report for Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Clicking on the heading of each section will take you to that specific report or discussion on our YouTube channel.
2023-24 Title IX Report: Student Participation in Interscholastic Sports
Each year, the district reports on the sports programs in its schools, including the number and types of sports available at each school and the number of students participating. The report for 2022-23 presented information about equitable participation and access at the district’s high schools and middle schools. This year, the district will hire an Athletics and Activities Program Supervisor to oversee the sports programs at East, Highland, and West High Schools.
The Board of Education will ask voters this November to approve a $730 million bond. Bonds are loans for large amounts of money that are repaid through property taxes. They must be approved by voters and can only be used for projects related to buildings and facilities. In this case, the bonds would fund the following projects:
- rebuild Highland High School with solar power and ground-source heat pumps,
- rebuild West High School with on-site solar power,
- build an athletic field house at East High School, and
- fund energy conservation projects to help the district meet its sustainability goals.
You can learn more about the bond at https://www.slcschools.org/board-of-education/2024-bond-proposal.
The board discussed potential topics to adopt as board goals:
- Literacy
- Attendance College
- Career Pathways
The board will discuss potential goals again at a future board meeting.
Superintendent and Business Administrator Evaluation Tool
The board will be using the services of the Utah School Boards Association (USBA) to assist in the evaluations of the superintendent and business administrator. Over the next few weeks, board members will provide feedback and information to USBA, which will be used to customize the criteria and questions for the evaluations.