PROVO, UTAH (AP) — School district officials in northern Utah have said a public meeting in American Fork was disrupted by protesters who characterized the use of masks and facial coverings in schools as “child abuse.” Alpine School District Superintendent Assistant Kimberly Bird said the protesters were welcomed to participate in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a substitute teacher in Utah has been fired after berating a fifth-grade student who said he was thankful for being adopted by his two dads. The Salt Lake Tribune reports a staffing company that employed the unidentified teacher said in a statement Monday the woman […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A former Pleasant Grove High School volunteer teacher is accused of soliciting nude photos from teenage girls. The Daily Herald in Provo reported Monday that 23-year-old Luis Mendez-Gamino is facing more than a dozen charges of sexual exploitation of a minor. According to court documents, he used […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most of what Tasheena Savala wore to honor her Navajo heritage was covered by the billowy folds of her graduation gown. Under it, she had on a traditional velvet dress that her grandmother had sewn for her and a turquoise and silver belt of her […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Data shows the number of students home-schooled in Utah has more than doubled. The Daily Herald reported Tuesday that the Utah State Board of Education recorded more than 16,000 home-school students during the 2015-16 school year, the most recent year with available data. Nearly 17% of the students […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district is praising two elementary school students who reported to a school bus driver that they’d found a handgun in a snow bank at their bus stop. A note sent to parents by the Alpine School District calls the boys heroes for […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — A student in Lehi is recovering after being hit by a school bus. Alpine School District spokeswoman Kimberly Bird told Salt Lake City’s KUTV the incident occurred around 7:20 a.m. Monday. The student was darting across the school bus lanes at the time. Bird says it appears the […]
