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The district said SALT includes every district-level director and will use a three-year average of proficiency to identify schools that need intensive support. \"We will take a 3 year average of proficiency with those particular schools. We'll identify which schools need additional support,\" a district official said, adding the initiative will initially target 10 elementary schools, two junior highs and two high schools. The district described the work as coaching, professional development and in-school leadership support intended to improve \"tier 1\" classroom instruction and prevent schools from slipping into state- or federally-identified turnaround status.

Parents asked how the program would be paid for and how the district would communicate plans to families. Officials said teachers already receive paid collaboration time under the contract and the district is negotiating additional planning time with the teachers association to strengthen PLCs (professional learning communities) and shared instructional planning. The district acknowledged that cultural and systemic issues in some schools require sustained coaching and, if necessary, staff reassignment: \"If they're not getting on board, then I have the authority to move them,\" a district official said.

Community members also raised broader concerns: some parents asked whether the growing number of charter schools that draw students away affect neighborhood school outcomes; district officials responded that many charters perform in line with their neighborhood demographics and that a small number of charter schools outperform others statewide. Residents also asked about possible federal changes, including proposed reductions in the U.S. Department of Education and the role of the Office for Civil Rights in enforcing protections for students with disabilities. The superintendent said the primary sources for Title I and special education funding come through ESEA and IDEA and that oversight from the federal Office for Civil Rights provides enforcement and complaint investigations; parents said losing that oversight would worry families who rely on federal enforcement to protect special-education services.

The forum also included discussion of professional development and use of one-time federal ESSER funds; parents questioned optics of conferences and travel costs, and district staff said some training was provided locally and that sending teams to PLC training was intended to prepare school grade-level teams to function together and share practices across cohorts.

District officials emphasized that the \"boost schools\" approach is intended as support rather than punishment and is focused on improving instruction and student outcomes through coaching, collaboration and targeted resources.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Town Hall Meeting with Granite Superintendent and Board of Education - Granger High - 4/22/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Granite School District officials said they have created a Student Achievement Leadership Team (SALT) and a \"boost schools\" initiative to identify low-proficiency schools and deploy coaching, professional development and leadership support.","taxTitle","Granite School District, Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",65942,"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},6263992,"Granite School District projects enrollment decline to 47,000 by 2029; adopts conservative staffing model to avoid midyear teacher moves",89,371000,460000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3099660-bb5e099f406079410cd7bedd079719cc&start=371&end=460","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3099660-bb5e099f406079410cd7bedd079719cc/thumbnail_371000.jpg","/articles/6263992/Utah/Granite-School-District-projects-enrollment-decline-to-47000-by-2029-adopts-conservative-staffing-model-to-avoid-midyear-teacher-moves","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6263992-2df1f91a5aa54ad12740b8ab0b858850/orig.mp4?Expires=1770411976&Signature=iz6IxzFFY5ZpSaqMh1afoUpPG1OajJg9cfIE2te98S8Cx~0ur5Aat9NRW4hV9SG42EvscJqLTdwEdxjofsbnvk4vC8~BQoCQD-DDwzg6cOLgeSzwHGDpd~jH3iRLzYt91eLid74t6BJVR9Gbi-4wDSkTo2v~~RgddNA1srWIZhsDoFfnLSNdKcR1m6o650jSRUmqDOgG41hmR4p96XYJAkKzDUAyxB2dReZlhKa0oUKcetWyBZ2jQ4U0g-MwpBk~TbgEch~7QPXwaZ00piKEjbXOf55~nWTy1EzOD8TZDMi~LKdCLW0Xa-5bzQpzhaZPq2l1YsGNhuIMLgeY7JFfmQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Granite School District officials told parents at a community forum that the district's five-year enrollment projection shows continuing decline and that the district is changing its staffing process to reduce disruptive midyear teacher moves.

The district said it contracted MGT (formerly Davis Demographics) for a five-year projection and that the firm projects the district will be \"down to 47,000 students by 2029.\" Officials said next fall the district expects to lose another 1,200 to 1,400 students, roughly a 2 percent decline, and that the district's projections have historically been off by about 2 percent districtwide.

To reduce classroom disruption, the district described a new staffing approach that is more conservative at the start of a school year: instead of using a \"false staffing adjustment\" that sometimes required moving teachers after the October 1 count, the district will hold staffing harmless on the front end and keep reserve capacity to post and hire additional teachers immediately as kindergarten and other enrollment figures come in during July and August. \"If our kindergarten enrollment is higher than we projected, we'll immediately in July ... be able to post and hire a new teacher at that point in time instead of waiting till October 1,\" a district official said.

Officials said the previous process sometimes forced teachers and students to change classrooms several weeks into the year; under the revised approach the district aims to subsidize the temporary mismatch up front rather than displace teachers midyear. The district said it has in past years subsidized between 20 and 40 teacher positions to smooth projection errors.

Officials also noted other factors behind enrollment declines, including increased charter-school enrollment and migration patterns that have moved growth out of Salt Lake County and into other Utah counties. The district identified the mobility and unpredictable kindergarten show rates as reasons some individual-school predictions are harder than district-level forecasts.

District leaders said principals with more experience tend to project more accurately, and the district will monitor school-by-school returns and post hires as soon as early kindergarten numbers signal higher-than-projected enrollment.","District officials said an independent demographer projects district enrollment will fall to about 47,000 by 2029; the district said it will adopt a more conservative front-end staffing approach so schools are \"held harmless\" initially and the district can add teachers quickly if kindergarten or other cohorts exceed projections.",{"_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},6263996,"Arcadia parents say paraeducators being cut; district cites school bookkeeping, points to October 1 funding rules",2778,144000,2922000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3099660-bb5e099f406079410cd7bedd079719cc&start=144&end=2922","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3099660-bb5e099f406079410cd7bedd079719cc/thumbnail_144000.jpg","/articles/6263996/Utah/Arcadia-parents-say-paraeducators-being-cut-district-cites-school-bookkeeping-points-to-October-1-funding-rules","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6263996-bf75507447216c76f72701abb86717bc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770411976&Signature=cWj1VN5h7C5G-c-LwKj6G69d0Mz-yrgmtZ5di5aBp8oc7kOaH~wrO2jxAB1DVeX-sQdiZ7m50MD0RLnsA8zSm5FWCNmBGBnmPafQGNWg6oZ8CTiWYz8c-rpK8tHJ2f37ZR0pOOJItNVw5rVmQLZse7dJcCKYM2txGwpAS7ebznZVmebGgHSgiXPzvrdfE15tJGEG-TSXrcYxa~SEChjmxxHId2C118hM2YwS6f-dqH~bVH794hXdA5~9c5flBDury8Z6m-Ssia7JBJHqBaPb2QhOuVutESaZtgvxe88QVjZnwebwPXbaKnMcYCsLpTdk0f3GlatHj9Zfsv7F7mMlNg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Arcadia Elementary parents told Granite School District officials at a community forum that several paraeducators and classroom aides are being moved off payroll at the end of the school year, leaving classrooms short of support.

The parents said land trust funds and local staffing are not covering the gap. \"We are drowning. We don't have the resources we need,\" one Arcadia PTA member said, describing aides who \"are now volunteering because they cannot let the school just bail.\" The parent added that projected enrollment figures used for funding have repeatedly undercounted Arcadia.

Granite School District administrators told the meeting the immediate problem appears to stem from a bookkeeping error at the school level that failed to make required retirement contributions; that shortfall could require the school to make back payments. \"There was a bookkeeping error at the school level where they were not making the appropriate contributions to retirements,\" a district official said. The district representative described handling the matter as an HR/accounting issue that originated at the school and said district staff are gathering details on the total cost and remedy.

District officials also explained how land trust and state funding calculations work: land trust allocations are based on a legislature-derived forecast that is ultimately \"trued up\" to the October 1 student count and are therefore not directly determined by the district's short-term projection process. The district said it will seek to save funds and minimize harm while it determines whether back payments to retirement accounts are required.

Parents asked how the district will stop year-end staffing losses, noting that aides and teachers already leave when schedules change. A district administrator said the district is investigating the specific Arcadia accounting entries and will follow up with parents once the total cost and remedy are known. The official asked parents to provide contact information so staff can continue the conversation outside the public meeting.

District staff and parents also discussed how enrollment projections affect school staffing: the district said land trust allocations for a given year are derived from the prior year's funding and from October 1 counts, not from the district\u000fall staffing projections used to manage teacher assignments.

District staff promised additional follow up and to provide contact information for parents who want details about the bookkeeping review and any corrective payments.

Residents who raised the issue said they will continue to press for immediate answers and remedies while district staff complete their review of payroll and retirement contributions.","Parents at an Arcadia Elementary community forum said paraeducators are losing paid hours at the end of the school year; Granite School District officials said the reduction appears tied to a school-level bookkeeping error and reminded attendees that land trust funding and the state\u000funding trues up to the October 1 student count.","actionData","errors"]

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District outlines "boost schools" plan and addresses charter competition and federal funding worries

Granite School District projects enrollment decline to 47,000 by 2029; adopts conservative staffing model to avoid midyear teacher moves

Arcadia parents say paraeducators being cut; district cites school bookkeeping, points to October 1 funding rules