{"id":9770,"date":"2022-08-15T20:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/?p=9770"},"modified":"2022-08-15T20:29:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:29:30","slug":"why-does-the-park-city-school-district-have-such-bad-luck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/15\/why-does-the-park-city-school-district-have-such-bad-luck\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the Park City School District have such bad luck?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow. A lot of bad things seem to happen to the Park City School District. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It started with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/wait-there-was-no-rock-thrown-through-the-superintendents-window\/\">magic rock<\/a> that somehow broke the Superintendent&#8217;s kitchen window but didn&#8217;t break the window&#8217;s screen. This act of dark magic forced school board members, against their will, to chastise the community for its hatefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then some of our best teachers were not able to understand why it was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/we-will-lose-good-teachers-because-park-city-school-district-changed-their-enrollment-policy\/\">terrible idea<\/a> for their kids to go to the same school where their parents taught. This caused some of them to leave and others to lose trust. More bad luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then PCSD teachers who live out of the district became so mentally challenged that they couldn&#8217;t comprehend why there may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/we-will-lose-good-teachers-because-park-city-school-district-changed-their-enrollment-policy\/\">issues enrolling their kids<\/a> in Park City schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the district got blindsided by the Covid mask mandates at Parley&#8217;s and wasn&#8217;t even able to communicate properly due to the stress. It made the district feel even more mistreated when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpcw.org\/featured\/2021-11-08\/county-cracks-down-on-parleys-park-elementary-school\">Health Department had to teach<\/a> people at Parley&#8217;s Park Elementary how to wear masks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then KPCW, the local NPR station, was mean to the school district with the questions it asked and what it reported. The only mature recourse the school district had was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/kpcw-dont-get-bullied-by-the-park-city-school-district\/\">stop talking to the radio station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then some employees made the Park City School District look really bad by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/a-dark-time-for-park-citys-children\/\">not reporting allegations<\/a> of child rape and abuse. I&#8217;m sure the district felt even more like a victim when the police and sheriff had to teach their employees how to tell the appropriate people if a kid says their penis was touched by a school employee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, Summit County got really angry with the district and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpcw.org\/education\/2022-07-29\/jeremy-ranch-elementary-expansion-project-could-be-before-basin-planning-commission-for-approval-as-soon-as-august-23rd\">wouldn&#8217;t allow them to build whatever <\/a>they wanted without permits. That has to be a real distraction for the people trying to do God&#8217;s work. Then, Summit County had the gall to offer Park City Schools a temporary permit to make Jeremy Ranch safe for opening. What is the County trying to do? Are they trying to make the school district feel bad? There&#8217;s no way the school district should even speak to Summit County after that. See KPCW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, we found out on Saturday that the teachers&#8217; daycare is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpcw.org\/park-city\/2022-08-15\/park-city-school-district-child-care-center-closing?fbclid=IwAR296IGfqkUgcNLYvGzJeVeopYXf7pqHoRNCHUzNZBSnzmabrmbiKkF6vH8\">being shut down<\/a>. Only 19 teachers used the daycare, so it probably won&#8217;t matter. We have no communication from Park City Schools on this, but who can blame the district? They are dealing with a lot of stuff right now. So, we have to assume that it is either that construction at the high school made it hard to provide, lack of funding caused it to shut down, or perhaps the devil made the daycare close. I&#8217;m sure the district couldn&#8217;t have seen this coming and had absolutely no warning. If they knew, they wouldn&#8217;t wait to announce this until three days before the school year starts. I mean, it could have impacted whether those 19 teachers looked for work elsewhere, but that wouldn&#8217;t happen at Park City Schools &#8212; not even in a teacher shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is only one conclusion to draw. The Park City Schol District is damned. It is cursed. The deck is stacked against it. I can come to no other conclusion. Naysayers might say that you reap the crop you sow, but that is totally unfair. Park City School District is doing God&#8217;s work. For proof, see what I said above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were advising the top levels of the Park City School District, I would say one thing. GET OUT. This is a cursed ship. If you are Dr. Gildea, you have no control over these things. So, the best bet is to find a greener pasture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would say a similar thing to the school board. They get paid almost nothing and get nothing but harassment. They don&#8217;t need this. Park City is second only to Aspen with the number of board positions a resident can apply for. There are better alternatives. Let other fools try to make this school district successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a parent, you probably don&#8217;t want to sell your house in this market. So, you&#8217;ll have to hope that you can deal with Park City High School being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-high-schools\/utah\/rankings\">21st-ranked public high school<\/a> in Utah. Batten the hatches, though, because the rankings seem to be going down &#8212; due to the curse, of course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Park City&#8217;s school district seems to be damned. We are like the Monkey&#8217;s Paw. We have all the wishes in the world, but each one of them goes bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s hoping that this year is the year we beat the curse &#8212; but don&#8217;t count on it. Rumor has it that the District Office is built on a Native American burial ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. A lot of bad things seem to happen to the Park City School District. 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