Ignoring or bypassing school bus stop arms is an egregious traffic violation that puts students at risk. Most drivers understand they must stop when traveling in the same direction as a school bus and the stop arms are activated. But what about when you're traveling in the opposite direction? What if the road has more than two lanes? What if ...
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Inclement Weather Closure Procedures
— Please read this article in full — First and foremost, please know that Granite School District aims to keep schools open whenever possible. Snow storms are a reality in the Salt Lake Valley, and though winter weather may present challenges, school closures or delays are rare. If you do not receive a notification of any kind of a school ...
School & Snowy Weather
--- Please read this article in full --- We expect an annual average of 50 inches of snow in the Salt Lake Valley. Although we live in a climate with snowy winters, there are occasions when our area is hit by a sizable storm. In the midst of snowy weather it may seem peculiar for schools to keep their doors open. While snowstorms do ...
GSD Buses Rollout New Technology To Eliminate Idling
Granite School District began the 2018/2019 school year with idle-free technology installed on 40 buses—nearly a third of the entire fleet. Granite is the first school district in Utah to install the Utah-invented and patented Idle Free Heat Technology in its buses. The installation was made possible through grant funding from the Utah Clean Air ...
Snow closure practices in Granite School District
***Please read this article in full*** The Salt Lake Valley experiences about 50 inches of snowfall annually. Although we live in a climate with snowy winters, there are occasions when our area is hit by a sizable storm, even by our standards. While snowstorms do present obstacles, Granite School District aims to keep schools open whenever ...
Granite’s weather closure procedures
We expect an annual average of 50 inches of snow in the Salt Lake Valley. Although we live in a climate with snowy winters, there are occasions when our area is hit by a sizable storm, even by our standards. In the midst of snowy weather it may seem peculiar for schools to keep their doors open. While snowstorms do present obstacles, Granite ...
Help us keep the air clean for our students
You can reduce air pollutants with the turn of a key. Although it may seem like your individual effort to reduce emissions won’t have an impact, the collective actions of each person can help our students breathe easy. The bulk of wintertime inversion pollution comes from mobile sources (cars on roads). Tailpipe emissions enter the ...
Transportation Department rolls to victory in district wellness challenge
Staff members with the Transportation Department lost a combined average of 5.8 percent of their body mass during the Waist Management challenge. Tom Given, Director of Transportation, was the top male participant in the competition for whole district, and led his staff to claim 'The Rock.' Here are this year's winners: Top ...
Here’s how you can help our students breathe easy (infographic)
Some folks enjoy summer, others prefer a snowy winter; but there’s complete consensus on at least one weather condition: valley inversions. Inversions are an unpleasant reality everyone, especially young children, senior citizens and those with respiratory conditions. Although the issue occurs on a broad scale, there are simple ways you can help ...
This is how schools determine snow closures
Here in Utah we expect an annual average of 50 inches of snow in the Salt Lake Valley alone. Needless to say we are a little more accustomed to snow than some of our friends in other parts of the country. However, there are occasions when our neck of the woods is hit by a sizeable storm, even by our standards. In the midst of snowy weather it ...