Canyons School District

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Canyons School District
Address
9361 South 300 East
Sandy
, Salt Lake County, Utah, 84070
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
SuperintendentDr. Rick L. Robins
NCES District ID 4900142 [1]
Students and staff
Students34,383 [1]
Other information
Website www.canyonsdistrict.org

Canyons School District is a school district in the southeastern portion of Salt Lake County in Utah, United States. The district includes the cities of Cottonwood Heights, the Salt Lake County section of Draper, Midvale and Sandy and the townships of Alta, Brighton and White City. Residents of those communities voted to create the district in 2007, making Canyons the first school district to be formed in the state in almost a century. Canyons has approximately 34,000 students in 50 schools. [2] There are 29 elementary schools, eight middle schools, five traditional high schools, and eight special programs schools, including one technical school, a special education school and a high school for adults in prison. The district covers 192 square miles and employs 6,000 people.

Contents

The district officially started operating on July 1, 2009, with students attending Canyons schools for the first time that fall. [3] [4]

History

Canyons District was created after residents voted in 2007 to leave the Jordan School District, which was the largest district in Utah at the time. [5] David Doty, a former high school Spanish teacher and assistant commissioner and director of policy studies for the Utah System of Higher Education, was chosen by the new board of education to be the district's first superintendent. [6]

In June 2013, Doty resigned his position to join an education consulting firm. [7] Deputy superintendent Ginger Rhode was appointed as interim superintendent. [8] After a national search, James Briscoe became superintendent on July 1, 2014. [9] In July 2020, Rick Robins was appointed as CSD's new superintendent, replacing Briscoe, who retired. Robins came to Canyons from Juab School District, where he was superintendent for six years. [10]

The Canyons Board of Education includes Ann Shill - District 2, Kristine Millerberg - District 1 [11] , Amanda Oaks - District 6, Nancy Tingey - District 3, Andrew Edtl - District 4, Karen Pedersen - District 5, Holly Neibar, District 7. [12]

Boundary

Canyons includes Alta, Brighton, Cottonwood Heights, Midvale, Sandy, White City, and the portion of Draper in Salt Lake County. [13]

Assets, bonds and debt

Canyons School District and Jordan School District entered an arbitration process to divide assets between the two districts after Canyons' creation. [14] As a result of that process, Canyons School District received 41 percent of the overall assets, based on student population. Canyons also agreed to pay 58 percent of a $281 million bond debt — incurred in 2003 by the formerly combined district — until 2022. Voters approved tax-rate-neutral bonds of $250 million in 2010 and $283 million in 2017 for repairs, rebuilds and upgrades to facilities throughout the district.

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

  • Albion Middle School [15] (Sandy)
  • Butler Middle School [15] (Cottonwood Heights)
  • Draper Park Middle School [15] (Draper)
  • Eastmont Middle School [15] (Sandy)
  • Indian Hills Middle School [15] (Sandy)
  • Midvale Middle School [15] (Midvale)
  • Mount Jordan Middle School [15] (Sandy)
  • Union Middle School [15] (Sandy)

Elementary schools

  • Alta View Elementary School [15] (White City)
  • Altara Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Bella Vista Elementary School [15] (Cottonwood Heights)
  • Brookwood Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Butler Elementary School [15] (Cottonwood Heights)
  • Canyon View Elementary School [15] (Cottonwood Heights)
  • Copperview Elementary School [15] (Midvale)
  • Crescent Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Draper Elementary School [15] (Draper)
  • East Midvale Elementary School [15] (Midvale)
  • East Sandy Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Glacier Hills Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Granite Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Lone Peak Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Midvale Elementary School [15] (Midvale)
  • Midvalley Elementary School [15] (Midvale)
  • Oak Hollow Elementary School [15] (Draper)
  • Oakdale Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Park Lane Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Peruvian Park Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Quail Hollow Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Ridgecrest Elementary School [15] (Cottonwood Heights)
  • Sandy Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Silver Mesa Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Sprucewood Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Sunrise Elementary School [15] (Sandy)
  • Willow Canyon Elementary School (Sandy)
  • Willow Springs Elementary School (Draper)
  • Goldminer's Daughter Lodge (satellite school in Alta Township)

Specialty schools

  • Canyons Online [15]
  • Canyons Technical Education Center (CTEC) [16] [15]
  • Canyons Transition Academy [15]
  • Canyons Virtual Academy [17]
  • Entrada Adult High School [18] [15]
  • Jordan Valley School [15]

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  11. ↑ https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/board-meeting-summaries/board-summary-march-26-2024/
  12. ↑ https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/leadership/board/
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  14. ↑ "Arbitration ruling issued in Jordan School District split". KSL. March 18, 2009.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 "Schools". Canyons School District. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  16. ↑ "CTEC". Archived from the original on June 3, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  17. ↑ Canyons Virtual Academy
  18. ↑ Entrada Adult High School
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