Weber School District proposes competency‑based Weber Innovation campus, seeks state innovation grant

Weber School District officials on Tuesday described plans to expand programming at the Twelfth Street Weber Innovation site into a combined competency‑based personalized learning high school and a catalyst center that would partner with industry, and said they will apply for a competitive state innovation grant to help pay for capital costs.

Superintendent Gina Butters told the board the district has “received a $5,000,000 grant from Intermountain Health” and plans to apply for what she described as an “innovation grant” from the legislature; she said the legislature has set aside $65,000,000 for that competitive program. Butters said the Twelfth Street site could house a retooled Weber Innovation PCBL (personalized competency‑based learning) high school, an expanded Weber Online program under the Statewide Online Education Program (SOEP), and a catalyst center where students work with industry partners on real projects.

District leaders said the proposal has three linked pieces: convert the current hybrid/part‑time Weber…