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The rubric was proposed to bring an empirical, consistent framework to difficult decisions about boundaries and potential school closures in areas with declining enrollment, particularly on the south end of the county, Robbins said. \"This one rubric doesn't determine yes or no on what our decision is ultimately going to be. It is one factor that is brought into the decision,\" Robbins said.

Robbins and Dr. Toon described seven study criteria the committee will use: facility condition; total school enrollment; grade‑level enrollment distribution (longitudinal data); enrollment versus building capacity; special programs housed (for example immersion or special‑education hub classrooms); special‑program outcomes; and transportation logistics. The packet the board received also includes a preliminary overall scoring guide and the option to weight criteria differently based on local community feedback.

Dr. Toon explained how the rubric will fit in the study process. The board must first vote to initiate a study for a particular area. District staff and a boundary committee will collect data and produce a boundary recommendation; the board gives preliminary approval, which opens a public‑input period that includes school‑level outreach, community‑council meetings and open houses. After the second public input window the board will consider final adoption. \"We don't launch into this process unless the board says study use area,\" Dr. Toon said. He added that if a school closure is proposed the district must hold a public hearing at the site being closed.

Board members pressed for additional considerations they said matter locally. Board Member Mercer asked the district to provide demonstrations or help tables at back‑to‑school nights and community nights to assist families who do not yet use myDSD and to gather feedback. Board Member Ms. Mercer also urged the rubric to account for the \"sense of community\" a neighborhood school provides; Dr. Toon suggested that element could be addressed by examining out‑of‑boundary versus in‑boundary enrollment and magnet or special‑program enrollment that draws families to particular schools.

Several board members recommended the rubric include projected enrollment for three to five years so that plans last beyond short‑term fluctuations. Dr. Toon said the district aims for boundary recommendations to be stable for three to five years when possible and that planning departments in cities provide growth projections the district uses. He cautioned that charter enrollment is a complicating factor: the district may know which addresses fall inside its boundaries but does not have reliable data for families who choose charter schools, and \"charter school enrollment is probably the big x factor in that,\" he said.

Robbins and Dr. Toon described prior work that informed the rubric, noting a multi‑phase study that included Eagle Bay and Syracuse, and referenced recent boundary changes such as those involving Sand Springs and Sunburst. Board members underscored the emotional nature of boundary changes and closures and asked that the district use community council meetings to solicit local knowledge before drawing lines.

The presentation did not request a formal vote; the document is a draft intended to guide future localized studies. District staff said they will refine the rubric based on board feedback, include three‑to‑five‑year enrollment projections, and plan community outreach before publishing boundary proposals. The board asked staff to bring updated materials and to ensure community meetings and public‑hearing timelines are clear when a study moves toward a formal recommendation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Davis School District Board of Education Meeting, Tuesday, June 17, 2025.","oneSentenceSummary","District leaders presented a seven‑criterion scoring guide to make localized elementary boundary studies more empirical and transparent. Board members asked for added focus on community cohesion, projected enrollment and outreach to families who have left district schools.","taxTitle","Davis County School District, Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",65831,"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},6197307,"Davis School District outlines myDSD upgrades, promises real‑time Canvas sync and expanded language support",2412,120000,2532000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3853521-ddcc114da14ba51716dae5c7ad4606da&start=120&end=2532","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3853521-ddcc114da14ba51716dae5c7ad4606da/thumbnail_120000.jpg","/articles/6197307/Utah/Davis-School-District-outlines-myDSD-upgrades-promises-realtime-Canvas-sync-and-expanded-language-support","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6197307-05fa7eaffce6ae8d65b286808bf971c6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770513327&Signature=SZEKu36PSMQxiw7SLuc7IHq7-juA~Eb4J~rqQbWl6Y8VCqiSvmKBH-1LqXvefnm1caM2A7PzSWfBtKxCzh2bwYJp2JGFMeJ29aeRjoIKgyrVh3Ip0Tm-EZxdXalHweGDlkHOteoan6hYhlLkYsixCn2sQVMvLRxJKc-0OvZzoWx1hOdGKpnGqoSOin4Yzlso9fVNDjBBo5tKUC8neGsAHwswYPNQo4ZfyNVhKTttbR2sJCwYdP8X8FYFUOeB2xyipMgqwQoxibcjaedDthDviGBZuIUGWV7jv5Eyk5QHxc3ysrwkOTs3ZgJLM1VLbHIPdRDMxDTyiz3DkR~lXfarJg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At a Davis School District Board of Education workshop, Technology Director Brett Singleton and members of the district information‑technology team presented usage data and a roadmap for myDSD, the district’s parent and student portal, and told the board they plan to implement real‑time syncing with Canvas and expand language and security features.

The presentation matters because myDSD is heavily used by families and students and the district said delays in syncing grades between Canvas and myDSD have caused confusion. \"Our student information system ... is customized to the programs we use and we feel like it's really awesome and effective for us and we think that myDSD is really the best parent student portal out there the money could buy,\" Technology Director Brett Singleton said.

Singleton said the district logged nearly 80,000 unique visitors on the last day of school and roughly 450,000 page views on that date, and that mobile devices are the primary access method—hence the district’s “mobile‑first” approach when it rewrote myDSD about a decade ago. Tyler Bradovich, the district’s Lehi analyst for the student information system, told the board the district recorded more than 20 million assignments scored in Canvas last year, which creates a large volume of data to move between systems and has been a cause of the lag.

To address that, Bradovich said the district is developing \"real time syncing from Canvas. As soon as a student signs into myDSD, their data will be updated instantly.\" Singleton described that work as the team’s top priority for the upcoming school year. He said earlier improvements—moving teachers to automatic nightly Canvas syncs—reduced delays, but some parents still saw a 12‑ to 24‑hour lag.

The presentation reviewed features families use daily: online course requests and built‑in validation to enforce prerequisites, document signing for permission slips and disclosures, attendance reporting that lets guardians excuse absences, access to lunch balances and report cards, a graduation summary indicating on‑track status, and pages that expose special‑education progress documents. Singleton said adding a federal‑property confirmation feature into myDSD increased the district’s federal impact aid return rate from about 65% when handled on paper to roughly 85% through the portal.

On security and access, the district said it will add multifactor authentication for guardian accounts to reduce unauthorized access. \"Multifactor authentication ... is widely adopted best practices that significantly reduce the risk of unauthorized access,\" Singleton said. He also said the team is preparing tools to let new families complete registration digitally through myDSD and that the platform already supports English and Spanish; translations into Portuguese, Marshallese and Chuukese are in progress.

Board members praised the system and suggested usability improvements. Board Member Joni Stevens called myDSD \"an incredible resource\" and asked whether the district would restore a native app; Singleton said the district removed the separate app to maintain a single web code base and now offers an \"add to home screen\" shortcut to mimic app behavior. Vice President Emily Price said she still uses the app on her phone and noted limited functionality remains for some users.

Parents on the board asked practical questions about features: whether official transcript requests could be routed through myDSD, how long post‑graduation access lasts (students: one year; guardians: at least seven years), and whether lunch payments could be charged automatically each time a child uses lunch services. Bradovich said the district stores ACH accounts for payments but does not store credit‑card numbers for PCI reasons; he agreed to investigate recurring‑charge options.

Board Member Mercer urged the district to offer demonstrations or help tables at back‑to‑school nights and district events to assist parents who have not adopted myDSD. \"We could connect with our PTAs to get people in the schools with families to just get those late adapters,\" Mercer said. The presenters said they will provide usage‑rate details on request and welcomed the suggestion to reach families directly.

No formal board action was requested or taken; the presentation was informational. District staff said next steps are to continue work on the real‑time Canvas sync, implement guardian multifactor authentication, finish targeted language translations, and pursue digital student registration tools. The presenters invited further feedback and agreed to bring usage breakdowns and implementation timelines to the board on request.","District technology leaders told the school board they plan to roll out real‑time syncing with Canvas, add multifactor authentication for guardians, expand language translations and improve features after showing usage data that underscores myDSD’s central role for families.","actionData","errors"]

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Davis School District unveils boundary‑study scoring rubric; board members press for community and enrollment considerations

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