U.S. Department of Education In 1867, President Andrew Jackson signed legislation creating the Department of Education, and the following year, the department was demoted to the Office of Education to address worries that the newly created agency would exert too Read More …
Category: Superintendent’s Corner
Here is where you can get the latest news from Superintendent Ben Dalton.
NESS Funding
The Utah Legislature provides additional state funding to Necessary Existing Small Schools (NESS). All the Kane County School District’s schools, except Kanab Elementary are NESS schools. Our district received approximately $3.4 million from the state to provide essential support services such as Read More …
Legislative Update
The Utah Legislature has been discussing many educational bills this session. One bill that has received attention is S.B. 178 Devices in Public Schools. S.B. 178 is sponsored by Senator Fillmore and if this passes, it would prohibit cellphones in school. Read More …
School Fees for 2025-26
The Kane County School District is in the process of reviewing school fees for the 2025-26 school year. Parents should have received a notification from the schools with a link to the proposed fee schedule for next year. The proposed Read More …
Autism Conference
Kane County School District has partnered with Southwest Educational Development Center (SEDC) to provide parents and teachers with the opportunity to attend an Autism Intelligence Conference at Cedar Middle School on April 26. If you have a student who has Read More …
Cosmetology School Graduates
Congratulations to recent graduates of the Kane School District/Snow College Cosmetology School; Livi Bundy, Makenli Dutton, Hadley Barnson, and Maci Fox. Through our program these graduates have all passed their State Board exams to be licensed and also received 46 college Read More …
Third Grade Reading Success
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) recently released the top-performing districts for the number of 3rd-grade students reading above grade level at the end of the school year. The number of 3rd grade students reading above grade level in Read More …
Glazier selected as UHSAA 2A representative
We would like to congratulate Mitchell Glazier for winning the election to the Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) Board of Trustees (BOT) representing 2A in the state of Utah. The election took place at the Utah School Board Association Conference last week Read More …
CPR/AED Certification
On January 6th, 2024, the Kane County School District faculty and staff completed CPR/AED Certification, Stop the Bleed, and EpiPen training. We would like to thank our district nurse, Whitni McGuire, and JR Quarnberg at the Southwest Technical College for Read More …
Donation Appreciation
The students in the Kane County School District will be the beneficiaries of a very charitable donation from an anonymous donor. A $1,000 donation was given to the Friends of The Library, who in turn donated it to the Kane Education Foundation for distribution through their Read More …