Author: Travis Terry

The media has reported that Governor Cox proposes a $6,000 increase to all teachers for the FY23 school year. You can read more about it here: https://www.ksl.com/article/50535577/year-of-the-teacher-cox-proposes-historic-funding-pay-raises-for-utah-educators We support the Governor’s budget and appreciate the additional funding proposed for public education. It is important to note that the Governor’s budget gives Read More …

The Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Board of Trustees recently passed the first consideration of regions for 2023-25. The initial placement proposals can be found on the UHSAA website and the Kane School District’s Facebook page.  For all extra-curricular activities except football, it Read More …

The Kane County School District recently held its sixth annual Christmas card contest, where middle and high school students from across the district were encouraged to submit an original artistic design for the cover of the district Christmas cards. School districts across Read More …

The state of Utah provides an app called “Safe UT”, which provides free, confidential, anonymous tipping and reporting, and a crisis counselor 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This crisis tip line provides real-time crisis intervention for students, parents/guardians, and educators Read More …

The Utah High School Activities Association recently announced the Academic All-State for the 2022-2023 fall sports seasons. Congratulations to the following students from the Kane School District for receiving the distinguished award. Jordan Cornell; 2A boys golf, Max Lee; 1A boys Read More …

With the recent discussion on school classifications and alignment for extracurricular activities, I wanted to discuss some of the issues facing our schools. First and foremost, I fully support the movement of the parent petition to the Utah High School Activities Read More …

Kane County School District students continue to take advantage of concurrent enrollment (college classes taken in high school). Last year students in the district earned 1527 college credits equating to $1,221,600 in tuition savings, where eleven students earned their college Read More …

According to data recently released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the National Report Card, Utah fourth-grade students dropped from the fourth-best state in 2019 to seventh place in reading in the nation. Eight-graders rose Read More …

The Kane County School District is currently offering construction walk-through tours of the new elementary school to address the safety concerns raised by community members entering the site unaccompanied. The building is approximately 70% completed, which facilitates the visitor’s visual concepts Read More …

The Utah State Board of Education recently released School Letter Grades for all public schools across the state as part of its annual report. School letter grades are based primarily on student proficiency levels on the end-of-year state assessments. This Read More …