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Board members reviewed updates to emergency-preparedness, homeschooling notification, child-abuse reporting, and employee-leave policies during the Oct. 13 meeting; most items remain in the 30-day review period.
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The board held a public hearing on a proposed Coral Canyon–Hurricane boundary adjustment (area currently without residents) and voted to initiate a separate boundary review that would move parts of the Desert Colors neighborhood to Bloomington Elementary and shift undeveloped tracts toward Little Valley Elementary.
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The Washington County School District board agreed to initiate consideration of two elementary-boundary adjustments: moving roughly 50 students from Desert Canyons to Bloomington Elementary and designating vacant land east of White Dome for Little Valley Elementary, with further hearings and analysis to follow.
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Jennifer Shepherd, a district social worker, told the board the district's critical behavior support program has grown from one classroom to a multi‑site model with a reported 75–100% improvement in target behaviors for many students and plans to pilot middle‑school classrooms.
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The board recognized third-grade teacher teams that met a state reading benchmark and honored individual teachers and paraeducators with state awards. PTA leaders urged education and outreach on small-vehicle safety after recent local accidents.
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Board members and athletic officials told the Washington County School District board that a chronic shortage of lacrosse officials — particularly for girls games — is forcing schools to bring officials from northern Utah at high cost and could make the sport unsustainable unless local recruitment accelerates.
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District staff told the board they will adopt the state public-education hotline and update district policy language to comply with a state board rule; the board also reviewed updates to several policies including child-abuse reporting language and employee leave accruals.
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The board approved a framework to free capital funds for a multi‑year slate of facility projects, with staff to bid and return for individual project approvals. The vote to authorize the capital project funding framework passed by voice vote.
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District staff presented attendance data showing the district average at about 94%–95% and described local strategies — incentives, home visits and targeted family outreach — credited with improving attendance post‑pandemic.
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District staff proposed a boundary adjustment — starting by moving Desert Color subdivision students — to relieve overcrowding at Desert Canyons Elementary and to manage projected growth along White Dome Drive and nearby development sites.