OGDEN — Ask Amy Meunier, a kindergarten teacher at Heritage Elementary School in Ogden, whether full-day kindergarten outweighs the benefits of partial-day kindergarten and there's no hesitation. "It's super worth it," she said. She has previously taught partial-day classes but now ...
LAYTON — Four high-ranking employees at Layton Christian Academy, including the head of the school and the secondary school principal, have been fired from their jobs due to alleged “financial malfeasance.” The firings were announced Monday in a letter from the Rev. Myke Crowder, senior ...
OGDEN — Proposed new boundaries for Ogden schools for the 2023-2024 school year — factoring the expected recommendation to close James Madison Elementary — are to be unveiled at an Ogden school board work session on Thursday, when the public is also invited to comment. It'll be a ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's Republican governor on Saturday signed bills that ban youth from receiving gender-affirming health care and allow families to receive scholarships to pay for education outside the public school system, both measures that are part of larger nationwide ...
OGDEN — Weber State officials have instituted additional changes in the support system for students of color with creation of a series of cultural centers serving different race groups at the university. The new official tasked with overseeing the cultural centers, Tammy Nguyen, executive ...
Just after the Utah Senate education committee voted 7-2 to advance House Bill 215, the Utah Fits All bill that would to let students use public funds for private education, myriad eduction-focused interest groups held a joint press conference opposing the bill. Leaders from the Utah School ...
OGDEN — Much of Arlene VanDyke’s life has been dedicated to nurturing and molding the young minds of kindergartners. She's been a fixture in Ogden schools for generations, turning 90 years old on Jan. 16. VanDyke joked that she was delighted the schools and half the town was shut down for ...
OGDEN — For the first time in a long time — maybe ever — the Ogden School District is led by an all-female board. What that means, if anything, to the sorts of decisions school officials make remains to be seen. Stacy Bernal, who defeated incumbent school board member Douglas Barker in ...
OGDEN — As has been hinted, Ogden school officials will recommend closure of James Madison Elementary at the end of the 2022-2023 school year as part of a proposed revamp of district school boundaries to be unveiled next month. The aging state of the building, first built in 1941, and ...
The Weber School District is investigating a racist chant, along with several additional chants and jeers, allegedly made by Roy High School students toward an Asian American student on Hunter High’s boys basketball team during a game at Roy on Jan. 13. In a 25-second video posted to social ...
