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Audit praises Alpine schools’ strategic plan and administrator training, urges focus on achievement gaps and campus security
Summary
An audit of Alpine School District highlighted strong overall proficiency rates and district‑level strategic planning, recommended scaling practices that narrow achievement gaps, improving school safety where district property abuts public parks, clarifying bullying procedures and reconciling payroll reporting conventions. Alpine officials said
Auditors reviewing Alpine School District told the Legislative Audit Committee that the district achieves above‑average proficiency but should target persistent achievement gaps, clarify bullying and safety policies where campuses share public space, and tighten some financial reporting conventions.
Darren Underwood and Lindsay James of the Office of the Legislative Auditor General presented findings from the systematic LEA audit of Utah’s largest district. The report commended Alpine for district‑level focus and implementation of a strategic plan (the district’s “coherence map”) and for administrator mentoring and professional learning communities. “We think that it is imperative that we look to school administrators and teachers to find what is happening best and then…
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