Davis School District

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Davis School District
Davis School District logo.png
Address
45 East State Street
PO Box 588 [1] : 72  [2]
Farmington
, Utah , 84025
United States
District information
TypePublic
MottoLearning First!
GradesPK - 12
Established1911
SuperintendentDan Linford
Governing agencyUtah Department of Education
Schools
  • 59 elementary schools
  • 17 junior high schools
  • 8 high schools
  • 4 special schools [1] : 72–79 
NCES District ID 4900210 [3]
Students and staff
Students72,987 [1] : 72 
Teachers2,769 [1] : 72 
Other information
Website www.davis.k12.ut.us

Davis School District is a school district serving Davis County, Utah, United States. Headquartered in the county seat of Farmington, it is the 61st largest school district in the United States and the 2nd largest school district in Utah with 72,987 students attending Davis schools as of 2019. [1] : 72  It is located almost entirely within Davis County. Students attend elementary school from kindergarten to 6th grade, junior high from 7th grade-9th grade, and high school from 10th grade-12th grade. [2]

Contents

History

In 2006, the Davis School District received recognition for having the nation's top graduation rate among the 100 largest school districts in the United States, according to a survey by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Also in 2006, the superintendent, Dr. W. Bryan Bowles was awarded superintendent of the year in Utah. [Note 1]

In 2012, district administrators were sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for deciding to remove the book In Our Mothers’ House by childrens’ author Patricia Polacco from the shelves of their elementary school libraries due to its content about lesbian mothers. [5] [6] The district returned the book to shelves a few months later. [7]

For the 2016-17 school year, Reid Newey moved from the Weber School District to become the superintendent of DSD.

In 2019, a Davis school bus driver closed the bus doors on the backpack of a boy, pinning him outside the bus and dragging him forward over 150 feet. His family sued the driver, alleging this was done intentionally to racially harass the boy, who was biracial. They pointed to previous instances of racial harassment by the driver and attempts at retaliation for reporting him. [8] [9] The district settled the suit in 2021 for $62,500 and acknowledged the racial assault. [10] The incident also sparked a three year investigation into the Davis School District by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). That investigation found that racial harassment was widespread in the school district and hundreds of complaints were intentionally unaddressed. [11] Black and Asian students in the district faced a hostile environment where they were subjected to racial slurs, and Davis School District employees responded to complaints by telling them "not to be so sensitive or [making] excuses for harassing students by explaining that they were 'not trying to be racist'". [12] The DOJ required the district to create a plan to address the systemic problems moving forward which included changing its policies, offering more training, and creating an equity department for racial discrimination complaints with a director that is approved by the federal government. [11] [13]

In 2021, a ten-year-old black girl who attended the District's Foxboro Elementary School committed suicide due to racist bullying, sparking national outcry. [13] An independent investigation that was commissioned by the district found that staff had joined in on the mistreatment of the girl. In 2023, her family was awarded $2 million in a civil rights settlement, to be paid by Davis School District. [14]

In 2023, the district removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools while keeping it in high schools after a committee reviewed the scripture in response to a parental complaint. The district has removed other titles, including Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and John Green’s Looking for Alaska , following a 2022 state law requiring districts to include parents in decisions over what constitutes "sensitive material." [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Communities

Davis School District, which has the same boundaries as that of Davis County, serves the following communities: [20]

Schools

The following schools are part of Davis School District: [1] : 72–79 

Elementary schools [Note 2]

Junior high schools

High schools

Special schools

  • Family Enrichment Center - Kaysville
  • Mountain High School - Kaysville
  • Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center - Clearfield
  • Renaissance Academy - Kaysville
  • Vista education campus - Farmington

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Until 2016, Dr. W. Bryan Bowles was the superintendent of Davis School District. [1] : 72  However, effective 31 August, he retired and a replacement had yet to be named. [4]
  2. ↑ As of 2016, Fruit Heights was the only city within Davis County which does not have an elementary school located within the city. (All the communities within Davis County, except Hill Air Force Base are classified as cities.)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Davis County, Utah</span> County in Utah, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clearfield, Utah</span> City in Utah, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farmington, Utah</span> City in Utah, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Layton, Utah</span> City in Utah, United States

Layton (/ˈleɪʔɪn/) is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 81,773, with 2022 Census Bureau estimates showing an increase to 82,601. 2024 estimates place Layton's population at 87,392. Layton is the most populous city in Davis County and the ninth most populous in Utah.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Syracuse, Utah</span> City in Utah, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Bountiful, Utah</span> City in Utah, United States

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A high wind storm which began early in the morning of December 1, 2011, reached wind speeds as high as 102 miles per hour (164 km/h) in Centerville, Utah, United States and surrounding cities. Fruit Heights, a neighborhood just 15 miles from the Utah State Capitol, saw gusts of up to 146 mph (235 km/h) during the event. Damage was reported throughout Davis County, and extending into Weber and Salt Lake counties, ranging from Ogden down to Salt Lake City. That morning Mayor Ron Russell of Centerville declared a local state of emergency. Due to the extensive damage, Davis County declared a state of emergency later that evening. The windstorm extended throughout the Western United States, with power outages and structural damage also reported in California and Nevada.

William Robert Allen was an early 20th-century architect in Utah. His most important work, the Davis County Courthouse, is no longer extant, yet a number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Allen received training through the International Correspondence Schools which was based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but allowed him to receive training and continue work in Utah.

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  20. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Davis County, UT" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 3, 2023. - Text list
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