Superintendent Bates hosts multiple town hall meetings throughout the school year for parents, students, employees, and community members to ask questions and gather feedback regarding education topics in Granite School District. These meetings are structured as informal open forums. There are no set agendas for any meeting, and any participant ...
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A note to the 25-year professionals who chose careers in public education
Please indulge the author of this post as he steps into the story for a moment. Recently I had the surprise opportunity of shaking hands with my former fifth grade teacher. Many years have passed since I sat in his class, trying my best to master elementary math and English. I’m taller than him now, but certainly not wiser. Eighteen years ago ...