Speakers praise Troy for role in Canyons School District–city collaboration

Speakers at a Canyons School District meeting praised Troy, a former Draper City Council member and mayor, for his long-standing role in fostering cooperation between the district and neighboring municipalities.

District official (unnamed) said, "Well, Troy has been with us since the very, very beginning of the district, before the district started actually. He was on the Draper City Council when they were 1 of the cities that supported us in becoming a district. He is been a fantastic mayor. He's been a champion for how people work with us, how we work with cities, with elected officials, and he has really contributed to us becoming good public stewards and knowing how to work with elected officials and with our municipalities."

The speaker emphasized Troy's restraint in policy roles and his interest in understanding the boundaries between city and school-district responsibilities, saying, "He has a real self awareness, if you will, of of what his lane is and the city's lane is and what Canyon's Lane is. And he has never had a desire to cross over to the education lane. He calls and ask us what we do, why we do it, what decisions we're making. And it's not that he doesn't always disagree with us or or want to agree with us. That's not the case."

An unnamed mayor who spoke at the same meeting credited the creation and operation of the Canyons School District with benefits for multiple communities, including Draper and Midvale, and noted the difficulty of splitting the prior district. The mayor said, "From Midvale to to us, I mean, the opportunity to have a Canyon School District and the way that you the district operates and the quality of the schools has benefited every community. I district operates and the quality of the schools has benefited every community. I mean, I think I talked to my fellow mayors about it and we're just, we feel blessed really, frankly, to have it. It's been a great thing and I know it was a very difficult thing to split a district. And we were the first ones to do it in, I think, a 100 and whatever it was."

The mayor added, "Right? And so we paved the way in a lot of ways, but the paving was good. It was a good road that we paved."

During closing remarks the mayor reflected on receiving recognition for that work, saying, "Obviously, I wasn't thinking I'm gonna do this for an award. But, you know, I've been committed to canyons and the success of our school districts in every phase of my elected office. As a council member, I most definitely was as mayor. I have been. But to be recognized for what I think has been a passion of mine, I really appreciate it." He added, "It's it's it means a lot to me. It's it's probably 1 of my pinnacle awards I've gotten."

No motions or formal votes were recorded in the transcript excerpts provided; the remarks were acknowledgments and praise rather than actions or decisions.