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Parents, SCC members demand transparency after West High principal removed
Summary
Three West High parents and a school community council member urged the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education to explain the abrupt removal of West High principal Jared Wright and to restore him, saying the move fractured the school community and that parents have received little information.
Parents and community members urged the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education on Jan. 21 to explain the district’s decision to remove West High principal Jared Wright and to restore him, saying the abrupt action has fractured the school community.
At the board’s public comment period, Tessa Stewart, a parent of two West High students, said the district has given “such little information” about the removal and that the decision appeared to have been made “in secrecy.” “This really has fractured the community at West,” Stewart said. “It just feels like it’s been done in secrecy and I don’t feel like it’s been done to protect Doctor Wright, but to protect the district.”
Jason Wheeler, another West High parent, told the board he has watched Wright at “so many events” supporting students and staff and said Wright’s community…
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