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District staff described local school-level family-engagement activities — reading events, family literacy nights and school celebrations — and outlined two goals for the coming year: implement a district-specific family‑school partnership model and create family‑school partnership teams in each school.

James Yapias, director of the Salt Lake Education Foundation, described community partnerships and detailed results from the district’s Community Learning Centers (CLCs). He said the foundation invested $120,000 to support schools through closure and boundary transitions. The CLC network provides extended learning, food access and health services. Yapias reported 61,700 monthly UTA on‑demand trips and roughly 4,300 distinct users for 2024–25 year‑to‑date figures in the district partnership with UTA; trip peaks are concentrated in morning and after‑school hours.

Clinic and CLC service statistics were presented: 8,058 vision screenings (236 new glasses), 470 dental screenings with 143 follow-up dental care episodes, 1,805 clinic visits at West High, 1,126 primary-care visits, 337 sports physicals completed at no cost, and hundreds of behavioral-health visits. District staff contrasted clinic wait times — roughly 16 days from referral to first behavioral-health appointment at the West High clinic — with community averages of months for private therapy and psychiatry.

Staff emphasized the expanded community-school model and called attention to significant volunteer and partner contributions: more than 700 volunteers fingerprinted through district processes, 99 partner organizations and an estimated $166,000 in charity care and more than $432,000 in discounts on medical bills reported through clinic partners.

Communications staff also briefed the board on outreach efforts to elevate the district’s public perception: a redesigned website with prioritized icons, a districtwide rollout of ParentSquare to centralize family communications, and a plan to form a quarterly communications council with community partners to broaden messaging beyond families to the broader Salt Lake community.

Board members thanked staff and partners and asked for follow-up on issues raised during the presentation, including ensuring administrators encourage family events in all schools, addressing translation and accessibility (alt text for social media images) and confirming clinic and partnership legal implications related to recent legislative changes.

District and foundation leaders asked the board to continue support for CLC partnerships and to promote use of ParentSquare and district communications resources.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","SLCSD Board Meeting, March 18 2025 5:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","District staff and the Salt Lake Education Foundation presented a Pillar 3 update showing increased family engagement activities, stronger community partnerships and robust use of Community Learning Center services and UTA on‑demand transit for students and families.","taxTitle","Salt Lake County School Board, Salt Lake School District , Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",75161,"location","Utah","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6124752,"District outlines preliminary 2025 property tax rate; recommends no change to certified rate",356,1690000,2046000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446&start=1690&end=2046","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446/thumbnail_1690000.jpg","/articles/6124752/Utah/District-outlines-preliminary-2025-property-tax-rate-recommends-no-change-to-certified-rate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6124752-25ca21140e8d4013f45c8ee7e2878f5d/orig.mp4?Expires=1771112042&Signature=ShH3f1Fo5yqw9PlzZQ6usWrW4a7RHn2KnD5iz~SDlHKH7kzEHoi6PGW~aoeuu-E5V-S9qY6ZftpYoP6kt9U-S1M6s18Csoc77m1rHHr0XD3leTk9VMubvpicINeQvqA6XWxQVorukzTkq9csvinTkcwPDXZA~CvM0KJm8UFnNCYWP2uDrys8O3Jul8UZKg8R5MIWTgVQNbqz9EPARPV0zB5pvVnmuZXBbg1iOb5fnUzpvkXfjPgjEe1WcBXqmMN8nCmEwlbyN~Jo5fwIXNIoG-yW1pcMtVMCrGKw42dkUzSEKeeqMiCebivW1kYI~CpgNs28h1XkeV1Srdajer7ihg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Salt Lake City School District finance staff presented preliminary property tax rates and a timeline for the budget process, recommending no change to the district’s certified tax rate for the 2025 tax year.

Alan (Kearsley) told the board staff is estimating a 4.8% increase in assessed valuation for the 2025 tax year. Using the district’s calculation, the 2025 calculated tax rate is 0.004139, an increase in the rate per the slide deck compared with the prior year but — because assessed values are rising — the district recommended no change to the certified tax rate this year.

Alan explained a major state policy change for 2025: beginning with the 2025 tax year, the state will deposit the basic school levy into the state general fund and then allocate the funding to local education agencies as state revenue rather than sending property‑tax receipts directly to districts. Alan said the district will show the basic levy as a “taxes pass-through” fund entry (net zero) on district books while the general fund receives the corresponding state revenue allocation.

The presentation included examples of homeowner impact and business tax treatment: homeowners receive a 45% homeowner exemption on assessed value before the rate is applied, and the district showed an example of $227.65 per $100,000 of assessed value (district example). Businesses do not receive the 45% exemption and are taxed on 100% of assessed value.

Alan reviewed next steps in the budget calendar: an April 15 review of capital projects and debt service; small-group budget meetings for board members; a May 6 executive summary; a May 20 final budget review; and an anticipated June 3 board approval of the revised current-year budget, the original budget for next year and the tax rate — subject to final assessed-value reporting by the Utah State Tax Commission.

Board members asked clarifying questions about the timing of calendar approvals and parent notification for asynchronous testing days; staff said schools had already included those testing days in school calendars distributed to parents and the board would align future annual calendars to avoid one‑off approvals.

No formal tax-rate action was taken at the meeting; staff sought guidance and will return with final figures after the state reports assessed values in June.","District finance staff presented preliminary property tax calculations showing a calculated rate of 0.004139 for 2025, an estimated 4.8% increase in assessed values and noted a major state change: the basic school levy will be routed through the state beginning 2025.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6124757,"Salt Lake City School District postpones decision on Nibley Park 7–8 reconfiguration after heated debate",1241,10689000,11930000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446&start=10689&end=11930","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446/thumbnail_10689000.jpg","/articles/6124757/Utah/Salt-Lake-City-School-District-postpones-decision-on-Nibley-Park-78-reconfiguration-after-heated-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6124757-6d5475b280148e3f66e9985c471c2b30/orig.mp4?Expires=1771112042&Signature=kcRspyuv18hpUdpeehVH3lhs2EcKDVv~fnBHy74bE3F6sNZcG5QBd5aECQ9-eqWqToGnZCgLL2vFn~bsr1kC7aWP8LCkrsdHuUw4ZGdJP2lLUjLqeBrblIA3oFxPUn9Qh2OZJrh6tPv1N7dp2fvBnLkxeltSd9P1W1gy-oH7NLS5d6HCccwWxrNaLaNWRmt~dakQi7ruS3mj1fJcBC3RsB51gM5lfTBooryyTmCLGKSUX58zNOG6WSs2vNHXXGPfsk8uRPDcrOiDZIbLy2PiEbYTp9nv1vE8TkrnIV-whSMItPLLihThzEfJfMPhNnDDzTnYt73zRJC-0JrMQIKcsQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Salt Lake City School District Board of Education postponed a final decision on whether to reconfigure Nibley Park School from a K–8 to a K–6 program, after extended public comment and a lengthy board discussion that raised concerns about staffing, student access to electives and the timing of any change.

District leaders told the board that enrollment at Nibley Park has not reached levels envisioned when the K–8 model was created and that the district struggles to offer a full middle-school program to a small cohort. “We believe students would be better served in middle school,” District staff member Doctor Grant said, describing the administration’s recommendation to reconfigure Nibley Park to K–6 for the upcoming school year.

The recommendation prompted pushback from an employee representative and from board members worried about the short timeline. Mike, speaking as a representative of the district’s largest employee group, said educators and parents “most affected by these changes have not been included in most of the discussions,” and warned that staffing reports were already due and teachers could be displaced if the decision moved quickly.

Board members asked detailed operational questions. Members pressed staff about when elective classrooms and cooking equipment at Nibley became unavailable for 7th–8th grade instruction, who made those space decisions and whether the seventh–eighth grade program had been delivering middle-school electives as a daily class or as periodic elementary-style specials. Area director Darren Miller said some rooms had been repurposed when they were not in regular use and described one former electives room that was functioning largely as storage.

District staff and several board members described Nibley Park as a neighborhood program rather than a magnet that actively recruits outside the attendance area; the administration said past efforts to grow the program had not produced the enrollment levels needed to sustain a broader middle-school curriculum. Staff cited a historical staffing calculation that 50 students in the 7–8 cohort would be the minimum for a fiscally responsible, fuller middle-school program. Doctor Grant said the district would provide the board copies of the original 2006–07 planning documents that referenced that 50‑student estimate.

The board held multiple procedural votes on the item. First, members voted to put the Nibley Park grade-level reconfiguration on the action agenda so the board could consider a binding decision. That motion passed on a roll-call vote. Later, when board members moved to postpone a final vote until a later meeting — citing the need for more time for community engagement and to align process with recently discussed policy changes — the motion to postpone passed on a roll-call vote.

The meeting record shows the board voted first to place the item on the action agenda (motion passed), and then later to postpone final action; the postponement vote carried. No final reconfiguration took effect at the meeting, and district staff said they would plan follow-up outreach and opportunities for parents and teachers to review options.

Board members emphasized that the postponement was intended to provide time to gather more information and minimize sudden disruption for families and staff. “I would rather … give families and employees time they need to make decisions that are in their best interest,” board member Charlotte Fife Jefferson said during debate.

The administration said it believed it could work with human resources and principals to place staff and provide individualized routing options for families if the board ultimately approves reconfiguration, but it also said it needed clearer direction from the board on timing and process to avoid last-minute staffing changes.

The board’s next steps: district staff will continue to brief the board and the community, and the item will return on a later agenda. The board did not adopt a final policy change at the meeting.","After more than an hour of testimony from staff, coaches, parents and board members about program quality, staffing and timelines, the board postponed a final vote on reconfiguring Nibley Park from a K–8 to a K–6 school and voted to delay action to a later meeting.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6124738,"Board approves student fee schedule and multiple agenda items; rolls include consent agenda and procedural votes",5546,1532000,7078000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446&start=1532&end=7078","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446/thumbnail_1532000.jpg","/articles/6124738/Utah/Board-approves-student-fee-schedule-and-multiple-agenda-items-rolls-include-consent-agenda-and-procedural-votes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6124738-b3c72920bca75fc2814950c444cd8bce/orig.mp4?Expires=1771112042&Signature=a3QtPQnKCb63BlOyHoMwy~~EEidQNP-fv1LcmBA0lxsCJX67BONaKypIeFAU6GkgwRT2S5-h3j89~B2qr4-m8KtLA5BfVlJISg8bNWU7Nt4Q2klL8JxEtbb2bWylQtRyavLP80Lhn7n8UbLcc04MTI~q7KshdC-SYlfjYsqO8yGJMna8bwwQSRY7Onb6srcbJq~OO~Ex2dGQC1cYRSYYtfmZh6q0L8g5sKrzjUqS93-Rqb0o8qdQQuUzjHsnDjNb3c-F39FF1lDre6wvel0izslpOzPy3vKvwsn03CUjoPi7ItT77JcF61A3rgyXdPYI~92bY9zkZMEvqfYBLgl43Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its March 18 meeting, the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education recorded several formal votes including approval of the consent agenda, approval of the 2025–26 student fee schedule (including related policies and administrative procedures), and procedural action related to the G5 Administrative Procedures.

Consent agenda: The board voted to accept the posted consent agenda. Roll call recorded: Bryce Williams, Charlotte Fife Jefferson, Ashley Anderson, Nate Salazar and Amanda Longwell voted yes; Mohammed registered affirmative confirmation by thumbs‑up. The motion passed.

Student fee schedule, policies and administrative procedures: Legal counsel reminded the board that state law requires fee schedules and associated policies/APs be approved before the end of the month. The board moved the student fee schedule, policies and administrative procedures to the action agenda and later approved them on roll call. Recorded votes on final passage included board members voting in favor (roll call recorded in meeting minutes). The student fee schedule and related APs were adopted as presented.

G5 Administrative Procedures: The board debated proposed G5 APs at length and several motions and substitutes were considered. After discussion and an initial failed motion to send G5 back to the policy subcommittee, the board approved a substitute motion directing general counsel to draft amendments proposed by board member Charlotte Fife Jefferson; if no objections are raised after dissemination, the drafted amendments will be placed on the next meeting’s consent agenda. That substitute motion passed on roll call.

The board also voted in favor of moving the G5 APs to the action agenda earlier in the meeting (a separate procedural vote had passed by roll call). The board did not adopt final G5 AP language at the meeting; instead the board directed counsel to draft the suggested amendments for possible consent approval at the next meeting.

Votes at a glance:
- Consent agenda: approved (roll call: Williams, Jefferson, Anderson, Salazar, Longwell, Mohammed — yes).
- Student fee schedule, policies and APs (2025–26): approved (roll call recorded; fees and APs adopted).
- Motion to place G5 administrative procedures on action agenda: approved by roll call.
- Substitute motion directing general counsel to draft Jefferson’s amendments and place on next consent agenda if no objections: approved by roll call.

All roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript and minutes; members voting are listed in the votes above.","The Salt Lake City School District board approved the 2025–26 student fee schedule, passed the consent agenda and recorded several procedural motions on administrative procedures (G5). A substitute motion was adopted to have general counsel draft G5 amendments for placement on the next meeting consent agenda if no objections are raised.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6124743,"Board hears 2025 state legislative recap; several bills noted that could affect district operations and curriculum",930,4712000,5642000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446&start=4712&end=5642","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2679915-67d47e8274ef8fb675a8ed252825d446/thumbnail_4712000.jpg","/articles/6124743/Utah/Board-hears-2025-state-legislative-recap-several-bills-noted-that-could-affect-district-operations-and-curriculum","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6124743-1d4f2a616ed9e42d0b9e25d385d0bc2f/orig.mp4?Expires=1771112042&Signature=bI9R1FGKkEdnK3ZqTlj5um45yYnUm7-4CV2u9mC6HVXM19Qu4DO7nMNysBFfGU6SnheFRlTLVx6KUZSdokuVpGc0tlZaXng-TOJMZoLJPLF3R0x8CkNUA3l1to2qgp5e6jLGhibUO~kcCVoGrGkUCGYMB-RVWIZeMnUtlcDbXMu9azeUQSWQU3UzsaU3yXIgr0DdYFP1WJ1ljlh~~vpnV3-dnjMgTBzZiDWb1HT8mqBtrjCGLM1Sz4wCEJRKehcSckUTiolT9q1lU8JOGbimMuuIWSL3kKzZ3WS7BJDcvukUE18lOflKIMFONZmgyjYb8-CAfbIItpjn1mJMsv7Jxg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District staff provided a high-level recap of 2025 state legislative actions that may affect the Salt Lake City School District. The presentation covered budget allocations, policy changes, and bills affecting day‑to‑day operations and curriculum.

Finance staff highlighted a roughly 4% increase in the Weighted Pupil Unit (WPU) for the coming year and listed one‑time allocations the legislature approved, including funding for teacher pay boosts and targeted grants: a $47.1 million one‑time appropriation from the economic stabilization restricted account, ongoing funds to increase teacher compensation (the presentation described a $1,400 increase per teacher in aggregate, subject to benefits), and one‑time allocations for education support professionals and credentialing and pathway programs.

Staff reviewed income‑tax cuts and expansion of a child tax credit contained in House Bill 106 and discussed several measures with local implications: tax‑increment financing bills that could be used for venue renovations in Salt Lake City (Senate Bills cited), and Senate Bill 37 that changes how the basic school levy is routed and reported (the basic levy routing to the state general fund and back to LEAs was discussed earlier in the tax presentation).

On curriculum and classroom rules, staff summarized bills that will change district responsibilities, for example: House Bill 344 (school fees) requiring at least one tuition-free credit pathway; House Bill 233 (restrictions on entities that provide instruction about elective abortions from offering materials in schools); Senate Bill 170 (codifying limits on the use of seclusion as an intervention), and Senate Bill 178 (restrictions on device use during instructional class time, while allowing LEAs to craft policies within the statute’s minimums). Staff also highlighted House Bill 124 (limits on districts selling employee information and requiring districts to provide devices if software is mandated on employee personal devices), and changes renaming some classifications as “education support professionals.”

Child nutrition and school health bills were noted: the state’s expansion to cover reduced-price meals (Hospital 100 concept referenced) and House Bill 402 that would prohibit certain ingredients in school meals but could increase meal costs and require implementation funding.

Staff advised that legal counsel will undertake a bill-by-bill review and provide specific guidance where district programs (for example, school clinics or community clinic partnerships) might be affected. Board members asked for follow-up on particular items that could affect clinics and partnerships and on which curriculum changes would require board review.

No board action was taken on the legislative recap; staff said they will circulate a master list of bills and assigned owners to ensure compliance and implementation.","District staff summarized key bills and budget items from the 2025 Utah legislative session, including WPU increases, allocations for teacher and support‑staff pay, tax cuts, school safety funds, and several bills that affect curriculum, nutrition, and personnel policies.","actionData","errors"]

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District highlights community learning centers, UTA on‑demand ridership and family partnerships under strategic plan

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Salt Lake City School District postpones decision on Nibley Park 7–8 reconfiguration after heated debate

Board approves student fee schedule and multiple agenda items; rolls include consent agenda and procedural votes

Board hears 2025 state legislative recap; several bills noted that could affect district operations and curriculum