Most districts in Utah participate in the National School Lunch Program or NSLP. NSLP is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.…
As the school year begins and students again make their way to our buildings, I thought I would take a minute to remind everyone the process we use to fund public education. Public education as we know it was assumed…
Garfield County has been participating in a grant program from the Utah STEM Action Center to utilize automated math tracking software to help parents and teachers follow success of their children’s math education. Garfield students will once again be receiving…
While reading the March 2014 Superintendent’s Corner, I noticed Mr. Dalton had mentioned that the district was at the state target of making available one computer to every student. During the last school board meeting, I introduced the prospects of…
Hello Garfield County! I would like to take today to introduce myself, what I represent, and what my goals are for the students of Garfield County School District. I replaced Mr. Ben Dalton as of July 1, 2016. Mr. Dalton…
After an extensive search and publication of the vacant superintendent position, through the Utah State School Board’s Association, the Garfield County School Board utilized parents, teachers, and administrators to screen the applications to the final candidates. At the conclusion of…
Garfield County School District would like to announce the new principal for Panguitch Middle/Panguitch High School. Russell Torgersen grew up in Koosharem, Utah. He graduated from Piute High School in 1991. He attended Southern Utah University and graduated in 1997. …
I would like to congratulate the class of 2016. It was a privilege for me to attend all three graduation commencement ceremonies for the high schools in Garfield County School District and acknowledge each student as they received their diploma. …
In a special Legislative Session, lawmakers voted to restore nearly $4.2 million dollars that was previously vetoed by Governor Herbert almost two months ago. In connection with the funding is reading intervention software programs, preschool, and culinary arts programs. The…
On May 13th, Governor Herbert discussed his proposed changes to the SAGE assessments and the Utah Common Core. Governor Herbert recently presented the Utah State School Board with a formal request to repeal SAGE testing in the secondary schools and…