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Chief Jake Soumi (Chief of Police) said the department created a full-time sergeant position to supervise SROs and that the new structure has enabled more non‑enforcement contacts — mentoring, summer engagement and targeted programming — in addition to traditional safety roles. He described a vision to preserve SRO continuity at individual schools when possible to maintain trusted relationships with students.

Soumi said programs planned for the Marshall White Center and summer months include Rad Kids (a short, free week-long resiliency and safety curriculum taught by officers), expanded youth‑academy opportunities, internships that expose high school students to police bureau work, and simulator-based de‑escalation training for officers. He said officers have volunteered to lead Rad Kids sessions and that the department hopes to run the first sessions this summer.

The chief and board members discussed ways to use the Marshall White Center to honor the late Officer Marshall White while embedding officers in non‑enforcement roles: camps, sports and recurring activities that preserve continuity between the school year and summer. Soumi said officers will receive training and that the department is considering a concentrated “research week” before school starts so SROs can rehearse emergency and non‑enforcement procedures.

Board members and district staff asked about coaches and whether SROs could help fill coaching roles. Soumi said full‑season coaching commitments can be difficult given staffing and time constraints, but he encouraged officer participation where feasible and emphasized that an officer’s role as a mentor or supportive presence — even when not coaching skills — can be valuable.

The Police Department also described the junior academy and a youth Citizens Academy as pathways to expose teens to law-enforcement careers and to build interest among local students for future recruitment. Soumi noted barriers — such as the minimum hiring age and potential intervening life events — but said internships and earlier exposure can improve recruitment of local, bilingual and community-rooted candidates.

Officials credited existing collaborations — an autism registry, weapons‑detection dog pilot (“Piper”), the youth court — and said they will continue cross‑agency work to place SROs and expand mentoring programs. No new funding or permanent staffing changes were approved during this meeting; the chief said planners are reviewing options and potential reallocations for summer programming.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Education Meeting | Ogden City Joint Session Feb. 6, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Ogden Police Department described efforts to expand school resource officer (SRO) non‑enforcement engagement, summer programming and Marshall White Center activities — including a Rad Kids pilot and junior academy — to strengthen relationships between officers and students.","taxTitle","Ogden City School District, Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",65972,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345317,"Ogden School District reports enrollment trends, test-score gains and expanded career programs",1690,1991000,3681000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249313-1cd4ce563ec16e248c6d6b608dd87217&start=1991&end=3681","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249313-1cd4ce563ec16e248c6d6b608dd87217/thumbnail_1991000.jpg","/articles/6345317/Utah/Ogden-School-District-reports-enrollment-trends-test-score-gains-and-expanded-career-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345317-1f5f21ffd0facbd268b0f46d3acff512/orig.mp4?Expires=1770983352&Signature=kjT8QGqpLxbFugdmRwUNjZJXjmxtSMJFph6KyzJe3I4Xi~LHD3o8fwsyUtxD63ztQVRWQ2Hlcs4wfFhLJh5bdM3bsnMjM~aUT90kaFxYg9DRDiFtdQie9Wl6iQ50TRKy4DADMcb0cDf2GgmhMRuEnfZs4QMHHHXxURULhA1FeptOtb-cFNlkG4UdbldiGZ1UTYb-oFHZLAi7vfpSLanMbWsw2MPLa4Z9VH9lc7mWitprWKx9HmpxDJP75GV5Vql2mQbtv1XOsry47I1W79P72jAiXT94NwZ9yEjM2vewhis-WamjHKVU1Bp-pVZToqgWv4~gszbR0xp97gjjIlcYXg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent Rasmussen provided a wide-ranging update on student enrollment, demographic composition and academic programs for the Ogden City School District, citing recent gains in early literacy, rising participation in concurrent enrollment and improvements in teacher retention.

Rasmussen said the district counted about 10,045 students as of Oct. 1 and is on a long-term downward trend statewide that appears to be stabilizing. The superintendent described the district as about 51 percent Hispanic and roughly 65 percent minority-majority overall; he said about 67 percent of students are economically disadvantaged and roughly 23 to 24 percent are learning English as a multilanguage learner. Rasmussen said the district’s mobility rate averages about 21.2 percent (students who change schools during a 160-day school year).

On academic outcomes, district leaders said the district met a key state reading-growth goal for the first time. “Sixty percent of our students in grades 1 through 3 were typical or better in reading growth as measured by our state assessment,” Rasmussen said, calling the result “the first time that that has ever happened in the history of Ogden School District.” He added that grades 1–3 showed a year-over-year growth increase of about 9 percent.

Rasmussen reviewed specialty and postsecondary programs at length. He said the district has a full International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum (primary, middle, and diploma programs) in select schools, a growing concurrent-enrollment profile with 568 seniors enrolled in college-credit courses, and a robust career-technical education (CTE) program that places students in credential and certificate pathways. He described OTEC High School — a partnership with the local tech college — where students take core courses at the tech college while remaining attached to their home high schools for electives and extracurriculars; students there can earn substantial college credit toward an associate degree.

The superintendent said the district has moved from a narrowly focused strategic plan to “Nexus 2030,” a portrait-of-a-graduate framework organized around three anchors: academic excellence, positive behavior supports, and talent development. He named Adam (academic excellence lead), Nicole Lovell (positive behavior supports lead), and Jessica (talent development lead) as staff heading those anchors.

Rasmussen also discussed graduation-rate improvements at several campuses, noting George Washington High School’s rise from a historically low graduation rate to a higher, improved rate in recent years. He credited targeted interventions, literacy work and expanded postsecondary opportunities for the gains.

On staffing, the district reported an increase in teacher retention: district leaders said retention reached roughly 87 percent, exceeding the district goal of 85 percent by 2030. The superintendent said that the district now onboards far fewer new teachers annually than in previous years — roughly 30 new teachers per year compared with near 100 in earlier years — which district staff said allows greater continuity in early-literacy instruction and elsewhere.

District leaders highlighted that 77 percent of students are engaged in college- and career-readiness coursework — including AP, IB and CTE pathways — and said AP participation increased without a decline in pass rates.

Officials also outlined nonacademic supports: teen centers at Ogden High, Ben Lomond and OTEC High and a family center at Odyssey Elementary are being used for shower/hygiene services, clothing and food distribution, tutoring and casework. The district reported about 40 regular teen-center users at each comprehensive high school and 21 users at OTEC High; the family center reported 32 regular parent/guardian users. The district’s MarketStar resource center has served 1,973 unique students this school year, and the Young Automotive “Kind Fund” supplied roughly $265,000 in assistance this last year, district staff said.

Rasmussen and other officials said they will continue program mapping with the city to build pipelines that move students from early-age recreation into school-based teams and to expand opportunities (including increased female participation in athletics). He did not announce new school-district budget line items at the meeting.

The district’s leaders said they will continue to publicize postsecondary and career-pathway successes as part of outreach to families and businesses and to counter misperceptions when families consider charter or out-of-district options.","Superintendent and district staff outlined enrollment figures, demographic trends, test-score gains in early literacy, expanded concurrent-enrollment and career-technical offerings, and teacher-retention improvements during the joint meeting with city officials.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6345321,"Ogden city and school district launch joint workshop to boost youth sports participation",1298,258000,1556000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2249313-1cd4ce563ec16e248c6d6b608dd87217&start=258&end=1556","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2249313-1cd4ce563ec16e248c6d6b608dd87217/thumbnail_258000.jpg","/articles/6345321/Utah/Ogden-city-and-school-district-launch-joint-workshop-to-boost-youth-sports-participation","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6345321-780d8bf1943109b37792afc2ec5e039d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770983352&Signature=gkC9NOeXYj0NlEfHQHCNzzCvZxCeFC59svi2s~EhEUj7mciafLPF7NBk5-QqxerTns0Nc9Elc~w41F43B~48EcgPD89iSkqR0VaPoXq2M4ovKqtuy7qJUN2h5-9MKpnCfwoZ5Qc5h~Z80Z~aYKkptdZVwSJUriCI7aHsPGCIRudQBqDowSCLkrwXVnRhtzuJMlZAO-hAcyu7dTe0wWiN3Nj1GB0g0thkG55ondCJtEhNVr2lEglaNvCTSc2uy8VBeqH55FhP7ZCd8nxzZ54VFTfZbSIkdX2eHJkrn~RgQFHz4sqRmRyWqQLI0Ss0qXCJsMmpeLay1ApCe~29OaU~vA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A collaborative workshop convened by Ogden City and the Ogden City School District produced guiding principles and an initial strategic framework intended to raise youth athletic participation and make programs more accessible, city and district officials said.

The workshop, described by Chad (workshop facilitator) as an interactive three-hour session, brought city officials, district leaders, high school principals, athletic directors and community partners together to “identify common objectives” and draft shared guiding principles, he said.

City and district leaders said the workshop aimed to remove practical barriers that keep students from joining sports programs. Officials highlighted transportation, busy family schedules, competing obligations, limited local access to competitive leagues, and the difficulty of finding and retaining quality volunteer coaches as persistent problems that the new partnership will address.

“For kids. Kids first,” Mara Brown (participant) said, reflecting the meeting’s central ethos. Chad, who facilitated the session, said the group landed on five guiding principles: student driven, data informed, high quality experience, clear communication (including multilingual outreach), and alignment/collaboration across fiscal and physical resources.

Workshop participants sketched short- and long-term goals: expand intramural programming at elementary schools to build early interest, hold a coaching summit later in the year, map existing programs across city recreation and district offerings, and explore shared registration tools (for example, coordinated sign-up forms or QR-code enrollment) to reduce friction for families. Chad said leaders will reconvene in March to track progress and program mapping.

Speakers emphasized leveraging Ogden’s unique municipal boundary and school district alignment. “We are 1 city, 1 municipality, and 1 school district,” the mayor said, noting that shared constituencies create opportunities to avoid duplicative services and align resources.

District and city participants proposed pilot actions that remain at the planning stage: synchronized registration windows so after-school intramural events feed into seasonal leagues, joint advertising and outreach at school events (for example Friday-night games), and co-designed coach-recruitment and training efforts linking high school coaches with elementary intramural programs.

Several participants urged attention to the “handoff” between recreation-led youth programs and school-based teams in middle school and junior high, a gap they said can cause students and coaches to fall out of the pipeline. Chad and others said better continuity of coaching and clearer transfer of responsibilities could reduce duplication and student attrition.

Officials did not announce new funding or a formal intergovernmental agreement at the meeting; participants described next steps as planning and pilot activities to be tracked at future meetings. The workshop’s facilitators will present a progress update in March and continue refining a multi-year strategy tied to the district’s Nexus 2030 visioning work.

The workshop included school principals, city recreation staff, elected officials and community partners; participants requested additional outreach to families and local businesses to build volunteer and sponsorship capacity.

Organizers said the emphasis remains on low-barrier, inclusive programs targeted at earlier grades so students develop fundamentals and stay engaged into middle and high school. The organizers plan a coaching summit and additional program-mapping sessions in the months ahead.","City and Ogden City School District leaders described a recent collaborative workshop that produced guiding principles and near-term steps aimed at increasing student athletic participation, addressing barriers such as transportation, coach recruitment and schedules, and creating shared programing across city and district systems.","actionData","errors"]

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