SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education has agreed to budget nearly $600,000 for strategic communications.

The Davis School District launched a new website this fall that will cost $75,000 annually.

Most Weber County kids living in poverty reside inside the Ogden School District boundaries, according to new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau.

OGDEN — Brad Mortensen has been named the next president of Weber State University.

OGDEN — Everything you need to know is in the description of John Kelly’s YouTube channel.

OGDEN — The Ogden School District is fighting chronic absenteeism this school year.

BOUNTIFUL — The Davis School District is considering shuttering Washington Elementary School and sending its students to schools in the southern part of Davis County.

OGDEN — The Ogden School District is breaking ground on a new technology innovation center at Mound Fort Junior High School.

OGDEN — Weber State University is close to naming a new president, narrowing a broad field of candidates from across the nation down to four finalists.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Auditor’s Office released a report Monday on the Ogden School District’s 2017 bond proposition and reported misuse of public resources to promote the district’s proposed measure that later failed.

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SALT LAKE CITY — A former Davis High School teacher convicted of having sexual relationships with her students asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit against her and the Davis School District, according to court filings.

The same technology used to train self-driving cars is being used to help people discover if their ancestors were World War I veterans.

OGDEN — The Weber State University Community Education Center is open in central Ogden.

Utah’s public schools added more than 7,500 students this year, according to October enrollment numbers released by the Utah State Board of Education.

OGDEN — Right around the time Janice Bukey was appointed principal at Bonneville Elementary School, the school was placed in a turnaround program for low-performing schools.

SALT LAKE CITY — The state auditor's office says a number of local education agencies in Utah failed to report misconduct complaints made at schools over the past 10 years. The auditor's office also found that those educators who have been recently punished have received larger reprimands re…

OGDEN — As an associate professor of theater at Weber State University, Jennifer Kokai said she feels awful when students come to her years after a performance with stories of sexual harassment backstage.

OGDEN – A screening of a documentary featuring Ogden basketball legend Wataru Misaka will be held Wednesday at Weber State University. 

OGDEN — Journalist Ronan Farrow will be speaking in Ogden in January.

FARR WEST — You can't miss it. A massive new building is under construction near the Remuda Golf Course. While it’s mostly brick and metal right now, in less than a year, it will house hundreds of elementary school students.

In March, the Ogden School Board approved the purchase new English language arts curricula for the 2018-2019 academic year, costing about $1.4 million for all grade levels.

OGDEN — The Ogden School District’s test scores fell below the state average last year.

The Weber School District is going to change some elementary school boundaries to account for the addition of two new schools currently under construction.

The Weber School District is hosting open houses this week to gather input on elementary school boundary changes.

OGDEN — Weber State University's enrollment has increased for the third year in a row according to recently released data.

OGDEN — At an open house on Tuesday night, parents of Taylor Canyon Elementary students were able to learn more about the potential closure of the school, which will occur if the $87 million Ogden school bond election passes in November.

OGDEN — Ahead of next month’s general election, the Ogden School District’s multi-million dollar bond proposal now has an important public endorsement.

OGDEN — With a student body that's more than 50 percent Hispanic, Rich Nye, superintendent of Ogden schools, is mindful of seeking a staff that represents the district's demographics.

OGDEN —  A second lawsuit has been filed against the Ogden School District regarding a former teacher convicted of sexually abusing two students. 

OGDEN – Several Ogden School Board of Education candidates are in support of an $87 million bond initiative on the ballot in November.

PLEASANT VIEW — Numerous police and fire agencies responded to a Pleasant View charter school Wednesday afternoon after a threat of a school shooting was placed to 911 dispatchers. 

ROY – Weber School Board candidates introduced themselves to the community on Tuesday at an event hosted by the League of Women Voters. Only candidates in contested districts participated.

ROY — The candidates in Nov. 6 elections for the Weber and Ogden school boards will be meeting in separate candidate forums, giving parents and other voters a chance to hear and meet them.

At South Clearfield Elementary, Kirk Redford’s classroom was buzzing as his sixth-grade students settled down after a class change.

OGDEN — The Ogden School District’s $87 million bond proposal will likely have the formal support of Ogden City.

OGDEN — Last year, the prospect of tearing down Polk School on Ogden’s East Bench and rebuilding it, bigger than the original, filled Susan Garner, a neighbor, with dread.

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WASHINGTON TERRACE — Weber School District officials want kids to stand up and speak out, to feel empowered when they hear or see an instance of racism or discrimination.

OGDEN — A former Weber State University faculty member from Pakistan alleges in a federal lawsuit that he was discriminated against because of his race, national origin and Muslim faith and suffered retaliation after he complained.

OGDEN — The Ogden School District has scheduled 13 open houses to give the public a chance to learn more about the $87 million bond proposal on the Nov. 6 ballot.