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Parents and school community press board for answers after West High principal removed
Summary
Multiple West High parents and School Community Council members urged the Salt Lake City School District board for transparency and reinstatement of West High principal Dr. Jared Wright, saying the removal fractured the community; the board had earlier held a closed session citing personnel and litigation.
Several parents and a School Community Council member at the Salt Lake City School District Board of Education meeting on Jan. 21 urged the district to explain why West High principal Dr. Jared Wright was removed from his post and called for greater transparency and community involvement.
Tessa Stewart, a parent with two children in the district, said she was “really troubled by this decision” and called for clearer communication from the district, noting a petition circulating with about 1,500 signatures in support of Dr. Wright. “You’ve removed a beloved principal from our school and we don’t know anything,” Stewart said during public comment,…
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