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Jordan School District, Utah is one of forty districts in
Utah.
Website evaluation
In 2011 Jordan School District earned a Sunny Award for having a perfect website transparency score.
- Main article: Evaluation of Utah school district websites
This website was reviewed on 2013-04-26.
The good
- Budget
- The most current budget is listed.
- Budgets are archived for 3 years.[1]
- Administrative Officials
- Department heads are listed for each department.[2]
- Contact information for administrative officials is provided including a mailing address, phone number, and personalized email.
- Elected Officials
- Elected officials are listed with a mailing address, phone number and personalized email.[3]
- Meetings
- Meeting minutes are archived for 4 years.
- Meeting agendas are archived for 4 years.
- A meeting calendar is available and names the times and locations of public meetings.
- Meeting podcasts are available.[4]
- Audits
- The most recent audit is posted.
- Audits dating back to 2010 are available.[5]
- Contracts
- Bids and RFPs are posted online.[6]
- Approved contract statements are provided for vendors.[7]
- Public Records
- The public information officers are identified. This person provides a mailing address, phone number and personalized email.[8]
- Taxes
- Tax revenues are broken down by federal, state, and local funding in the budget.
- Local taxes, like property taxes, are available online.[9]
- Academics
- Academic performance reports for the school are posted online.[10]
- Background Checks
- The criminal background check policy and teacher certification requirements are posted online.[11]
The bad
School board
Academic performance
Each district receives ratings to determine if they have made Adequate Yearly Progress per guidelines established by No Child Left Behind.
The report for 2008-09 posted on Utah State Office of Education the provides the following summary:[12]
"Did the district and every group make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in the content area?"
| Grade Span
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Language Arts
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Mathematics
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| 3-8 |
No |
Yes
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| 10-12 |
No |
No
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Unions
The Jordan Education Association (JEA) is the teacher's union for this school district.[13]
External links
References
- ↑ Jordan School District, Budgets, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Staff Directory, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Elected Officials, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Meetings, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Audits, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Bids, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Contracts, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Public Records, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Tax Rate and Revenues, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Academics, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan School District, Background Checks, Accessed: Jan 22, 2013
- ↑ Jordan 2008-2009 UPASS Report
- ↑ Jordan Education Association
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