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Discussion on the disposition policy centered on whether the list of considerations in section b might be read as a ranked priority that minimizes community input. One trustee said community members had expressed concern that community input appeared to be the district's last priority. District staff and trustees clarified that the list was not intended to be a ranked order; \"if you wanted to see a priority, it would be district, community, private interests in that order,\" a staff member said, but they agreed the policy text should explicitly state the items are not ranked.

A motion \"to approve Article 2, disposition of real property, as a second and final reading with the addition of 'in no particular order' in section b\" was made and seconded; the board moved forward with that amendment and the vote was approved during the meeting. Trustees said they would consider adding explicit language to make the non-ranked nature clear for future readers and board members.

Separately, staff presented an update to student dress guidelines (Article 8A15) to restore language allowing schools to develop uniform dress codes in partnership with community councils. The board heard the presentation and invited a motion; the transcript does not record a final vote on the dress-guidelines policy during this meeting.

Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: motion and second to accept the consent agenda; chair called for ayes and the consent agenda was accepted (no roll-call tally in transcript).
- Article 2M, Disposition of real property: motion and second to approve second and final reading with addition of \"in no particular order\" to section b — motion passed (specific tally not recorded).
- Article 8A15, Student dress guidelines: presented; no final recorded board vote in the transcript.

Board discussion emphasized community engagement around closed and repurposed school properties and staff described the district's preference for district uses first, then community reuse and private development if applicable. The board also agreed to consider clearer policy language to avoid misinterpretation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","July 1, 2025 Board Meeting Live Stream","oneSentenceSummary","The Granite School Board voted to approve a revision to the district's disposition-of-real-property policy (Article 2M), adding clarifying language to indicate the listed guiding principles are not in ranked order.","taxTitle","Granite School Board, Granite School District, Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",75979,"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},6709641,"Board hears strategic-plan update as trustees debate attendance goals and supports",253,1667000,1920000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5113399-37a5865bff229637c873b0cd27486b42&start=1667&end=1920","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5113399-37a5865bff229637c873b0cd27486b42/thumbnail_1667000.jpg","/articles/6709641/Utah/Board-hears-strategic-plan-update-as-trustees-debate-attendance-goals-and-supports","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6709641-ab3a5a4de8f6e990fbd30c59c80ae4be/orig.mp4?Expires=1771190043&Signature=lhdDh4Wk4Z4gq9MXNEHyCJC9Bd3NbAyuHXoWadv5LUOpqv3FouhYL~zd~Pe4CuvajjP~PoIwNUnRdk9RJBtIV1bmPFBm-mslpFa3~gjKQDc4jriaz3pOxQYSrdAwaEkPXOK6D9HAXQxN5zgwgRJhXOn9H2v1XEKC8vi5s3vRLnGCFaCQs2L-n8Chrh~5nY~QsVTW6nIcbmIZ5tpsVNKSWG4EXtwUgnRw8r~J-4oGtpQONoc0fQl8qkWzpM9LoJGgamBLsLD7V3bI94zcjn2MH5TtXdeL6vNnhD-Kldj3hfdiexAlLnVSIOj2AHOHxUwojLnCy4lXaQfJu-lzLAuT3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent staff updated the Granite School Board on the district's strategic plan, offering a review of academic priorities, social skills and dispositions measures and talent-development indicators, and prompting an extended discussion among trustees about chronic absenteeism and possible legislative solutions.

Staff said data available now show promising trends for graduation rates and certain high-school outcomes, while math and English language arts proficiency figures for the most recent year will not be final until December and publicly available in January. \"We don't have ELA or math data, until the end of, probably more likely until January,\" a district staff presenter said. Staff highlighted growth in student speaking scores and said several high schools' local tactics, such as setting individual goals, had shown measurable gains.

Attendance emerged as the most contested topic. Staff described district attendance rates as a continuing challenge: \"By the end of the school year, we're at 55% [with 90% or better attendance],\" one presenter said, and some schools see chronic absenteeism rates of roughly 30% in specific locations. The district reported 74% of schools at a PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) sustainability score of 70 or above in one year, rising to 85% the next year.

Trustees debated whether to keep the goal of 90% student attendance or to reconsider the metric and the district's strategies for improving attendance. Board Member Julie said she did not want to lower the bar for attendance, while other trustees urged exploring legislative changes and practical alternatives such as improving tier-1 instruction, home visits and family engagement. One trustee noted the juvenile justice reforms had already limited the court system's ability to act on truancy referrals, and staff said courts previously were uncertain how to handle referrals despite statutory allowance.

Finance staff explained the funding link: average daily membership (ADM) is calculated from daily attendance and influences state funding. \"They go back and look at the school year to see what was our attendance like; that is converted into an average daily membership,\" Todd, a district staff member, said. Board members emphasized the academic impact of students missing instruction. \"It's hard for our educators to do their job if kids aren't in seats,\" a board member said.

Trustees asked for more detailed reporting and data stratification. A board member requested future slides stratified by school level (elementary/secondary) and focused debriefs at the Student Achievement Leadership Team (SALT) meetings to analyze what specific strategies worked where. Staff said SALT and a new Boost schools program will identify schools needing additional supports and track academic return on investment (AROI) for strategic interventions.

Board members and staff also discussed the district's measures for sense of belonging, Panorama student surveys and professional-development compliance. Staff said sense-of-belonging metrics were above targets in several grades and that 99% of teachers had completed a required professional evaluation process.

No formal action on the strategic plan or attendance targets was taken at the meeting; trustees asked staff to bring more granular data and proposed legislative conversations back for follow-up.","Superintendent and staff presented the district's strategic-plan measures, progress on graduation and proficiency goals, PBIS sustainability and attendance concerns. Trustees pressed for legislative help, data stratification and alternatives to lowering attendance goals.",{"_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},6709644,"Granite School District adopts Focus communications module to consolidate messaging",1155,1447000,2602000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5113399-37a5865bff229637c873b0cd27486b42&start=1447&end=2602","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5113399-37a5865bff229637c873b0cd27486b42/thumbnail_1447000.jpg","/articles/6709644/Utah/Granite-School-District-adopts-Focus-communications-module-to-consolidate-messaging","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6709644-6bb9e131cd6da5e098380a9938228136/orig.mp4?Expires=1771190043&Signature=Wrw5aMNzYFjK39Tg5DpZ0Lc9tF06PuUysZElDz3sCy3dRmP~BUd11VW~LCLCz7gRcHvnBMKL-X~72jDEAWkaGzYEjQ1~CXSvEvzuaGv72bujp3kU4TOy1lfBPmRf2JaB9SF91r2kueH21e8SgejSGNZuhvnBMhDrIsOunA6zMU6syxC63zpfLtz00VBDkWMHSpc8T2u-TGeiTg6MjJiMDiHN9zdqhJZ1XGSfXPdJZYuLUQTLhD9nZvuHoTCjaAaMNaYIWsYsCmIaZo573KonwgekXOPiUXABNJ4JlgdmlNhfa878BEBQKYgSvOckHUNZxGFsK1WGULisILTBXxEITA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Granite School Board on Wednesday heard a presentation on a new districtwide communications module from Focus that the district says will consolidate attendance alerts, grades, email, text and two-way messaging into a single platform for parents, students and staff.

District staff described the module as an added communications layer that \"piggybacks\" on the district's existing Focus student-information system and said the switch aims to reduce the number of separate apps parents and teachers must use. \"The biggest reason we switched was 2 way messaging,\" said Rick, a staff member presenting the product. \"This product allows us to do that where our prior solution did not.\" He added the new platform includes message templates, scheduled messages, polls and sign-ups, automatic translation into more than 100 languages and mass-notification features for emergencies.

District officials said rollout began with administrator training and will expand to teachers and families before the school year starts. \"As schools get comfortable and familiar with it, we're gonna see them drop other platforms that they've used to just use this one,\" Rick said, noting the prior vendor contract ended June 30 and the new contract began July 1. School staff will continue to be allowed to use third-party tools such as ClassDojo during the transition, presenters said.

Board members asked about pilot testing, Canvas integration and whether parents should download a new app. Board Member Julie asked for a timeline and how to tell families to connect; Rick said parents who already use the district app (listed as the Granite SD app in the presentation) will begin receiving messages through it as the district activates features. \"Parents currently already have messaging will pass through there,\" Rick said.

Several trustees pressed for a pilot or phased rollout. \"We literally just rolled it out to administrators,\" Rick said. He explained the district avoided a larger pilot because it could not afford to pay for two products at once. Board Member Chris and others urged the district to ensure the new system provides the same prior functionality and to resolve known integration issues.

Board members also asked about the district's ability to keep records of communications and to provide reporting. Rick said the module stores sent messages and can produce archived records for email, phone and app messages, which staff said will help the district respond when parents ask what was communicated.

On technical questions, staff said single sign-on and rostering will be supported to simplify setup for students and teachers. Rick said two-way texting outside the app is a feature Focus is developing but not yet available; two-way messaging currently works through the Focus app.

Board members and staff framed the addition as an incremental improvement rather than a sudden replacement. \"We are not restricting [teachers] at this point in time,\" Rick said. He encouraged principals and administrators to move teachers away from multiple third-party apps as they become comfortable with Focus. The district plans further school-level support and training during July and August ahead of the academic year.

Several trustees noted emergency notifications will still be sent via phone and text in addition to the app push. \"Even if someone's opted out, emergency still comes through,\" Rick said.

The board did not take a formal vote on the communications contract during the meeting; staff said the contract change took effect July 1 and the presentation was informational and part of implementation planning.","The Granite School District trustees heard a presentation on the district's new communications module from Focus, which will combine attendance calls, grades, two-way messaging and translation into one platform for parents and staff. Board members asked about rollout, pilot testing, Canvas integration and reporting features.","actionData","errors"]

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