—- Update: November 29, 2023 at 2:06 PM —- The Lockout Protocol has been lifted. Police were able to identify a suspicious individual off campus and have taken them in custody. The Lockout Protocol is no longer needed. To be clear, no threat was made to the school or students. School will be ...
Emergency Notifications
Welcome to the Granite School District Emergency Notifications page. We will post all emergency notifications for schools and updates to those notifications on this page. As a reminder, in an emergency situation, our first priority is to secure our students and school campuses, and then to communicate as quickly as possible. Initial information about an emergency notification may be limited, but we will continue to post all new and pertinent updates as soon as possible.
Are you getting our emergency text alerts? Some parents may have initiated this block not realizing that they were blocking all district text messaging. Text messaging is the primary avenue for reaching parents during emergency situations, i.e. Weather closures or delays, and emergency protocol (lockout, lockdown, evacuation). If you have blocked this form of messaging and would like to start receiving messages again, please follow the instructions below:
- Phone calls: Call the Finalsite Phone Hotline at "855-502-STOP (855-502-7867)" from the phone line that has been opted out.
- Text (SMS) messages: Reply "START" to "60680" from the phone line that has been opted out for non-emergency messages. Reply "START" for emergency Messages.
Pleasant Green & Magna Elementary – Lockout
Pleasant Green Elementary and Magna Elementary briefly entered Lockout Protocol this afternoon due to police activity in the area. There were no direct threats to the schools and the protocols were enacted out of an abundance of caution. Both protocols have been lifted and school will be released as ...
Hunter Elementary – Lockout
—- Update: November 10, 2023 at 1:34 PM —- The Lockout Protocol has been lifted. Police were unable to identify any individual who matched the description. To be clear, no crime was committed and no threat was made. Police will continue to look for the individual in the neighboring area. There is ...
DRILL – Western Hills Reunification
Dear Western Hills Parents and Families, THIS IS ONLY A DRILL – Please follow the below instructions: We are notifying you that because of a Reunification Drill we will be releasing students early today. At this time, we invite parents to come to the school to pick up their ...
Crestview Elementary Evacuation
—- Update: November 8, 2023 at 2:56 PM —- The building has been cleared and students are back in the building. School is proceeding as normal. Thank you again for your patience and support as we work to keep our students and school safe. —- End of Update —- Crestview Elementary has been ...
Hillside Elementary Lockout Protocol
—- Update: November 8, 2023 at 2:30 PM —- The Lockout protocol at Hillside Elementary has been lifted. Police investigated suspicious circumstances near the school and found that there was no credibility to the report. School is proceeding as normal. Thank you again for your patience and ...
Kearns High School Evacuated
Kearns High School was briefly evacuated around 12:10 PM today due to a fire alarm being activated. The evacuation was precautionary in nature to ensure student and staff safety. Students began returning to the building around 12:25 PM once the situation was resolved. School will proceed as ...
Hunter High Lockout Protocol
---- Update: October 5, 2023 at 1:39 PM ---- The Lockout Protocol at Hunter High School has been lifted and school will release as usual at 2:10 PM. To reiterate, there was never a direct safety threat to the school and this protocol was precautionary in nature. Thank you again for your ...
South Kearns Elementary Lockout
---- Update: September 29, 2023 at 2:18 PM ---- The Lockout Protocol for South Kearns Elementary has been lifted. All students have left the school safely. ---- End of Update ---- ---- Update: September 29, 2023 at 3:07 PM ---- UPD is dealing with a situation in the neighborhood approximately 2 ...
West Lake STEM Power Outage
Dear West Lake STEM Families, There is a power outage in the area of Taylorsville where our school is temporarily located. We have natural light in most classroom spaces and additional emergency lighting is being brought in. The District is preparing bag lunches as necessary. Rocky Mountain Power ...
Olympus High Lockdown Protocol
---- Update: September 5, 2023 at 10:47 AM ---- Law enforcement has lifted the Lockdown Protocol at Olympus High School. Again, this Lockdown was precautionary in nature due to suspicious circumstances between students. There was never a direct threat to students or campus. The protocol was ...
Hunter Sr. / Hillside El. – Lockout Protocol
---- Update: August 28, 2023 at 2:05 PM ---- Lockout protocols at Hunter High and Hillside Elementary have been lifted. School is proceeding as usual. Both schools will release at their regular times. Thank you for your patience and support as we work to keep your students safe. ---- End of Update ...