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Canyons presents Access & Opportunity focus‑group findings; teen centers and AVID expansion highlighted
Summary
The board received an update from the strategic-plan focus group on Access & Opportunity, which highlighted AVID expansion, teen-center services (nearly 20,000 visits tracked), professional-development offerings, and gaps in parent engagement that the district plans to address.
Sandy, Utah — At the May 5 meeting the Canyons Board of Education heard a strategic-plan update from the Access & Opportunity focus group. Han, director of federal and state programs, outlined four priority areas: student access and supports, educator development, parent engagement, and equitable distribution of resources.
Han said the AVID expansion in the Jordan feeder system had strong early results and that adjustments to ABS classrooms and boundary changes were starting to show positive outcomes. The district’s teen centers—four physical locations plus services at other high schools—are being tracked for usage and services. Han reported “almost 20,000 visits” across the centers this year, including 44 showers, 115 uses of laundry facilities, 262 wellness visits and thousands of study visits. The centers provide access to food, hygiene supplies, showers, laundry and telehealth at high‑school sites.
Professional development remains a district focus despite legislative cuts: the district had more than 900 participants at its last Elevated Teaching Summit, and staff said they will prepare impact information to support advocacy for PD funding. Han and board members discussed trying low‑barrier parent feedback mechanisms (QR-code ‘question of the month,’ front-desk iPads, social-media prompts) and the difficulty of survey fatigue; the board requested communications staff to bring options for increasing parent engagement.
Next steps: staff will continue to refine tracking of teen‑center usage, finalize parent‑engagement pilots and align professional-development priorities with the board’s strategic plan for the coming year.
