The Canyons Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 20, to sell district-owned property on Riverside Drive in Sandy and adopt the Salt Lake County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Both items passed as part of a consent agenda at the board's 7 p.m. business meeting at 9361 South 300 East in Sandy. Board member Katie Dahle moved to approve the package, and board member Andrew Edtl seconded, according to the meeting agenda.
No details were public.
The agenda did not list the Riverside Drive property's size, sale price or intended buyer.
The hazard mitigation plan is a countywide effort that multiple Salt Lake County school districts have joined. Jordan School District's board discussed the same plan earlier this year, with administrators there explaining it is a five-year plan required to qualify for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding after a large natural disaster, according to Jordan district meeting records. The plan does not bind participating districts financially but brings awareness of local hazards.
The consent agenda also included a School Community Council (SCC) exemption for two small Canyons District schools: Goldminer's Daughter, a K-8 satellite school in Alta Township, and Life Skills Academy, a special-needs program for students ages 18 to 22.
A district memo from Susan Edwards, public engagement coordinator, and Alice Meridith, school performance director, recommended the exemptions. Goldminer's Daughter averages fewer than 10 students per year and received no parent participation for its SCC this year. Life Skills Academy typically enrolls fewer than 50 students, all adults, and also received no parent participants.
The exemption allows both schools to develop a School Success plan and a LAND Trust plan without a formal SCC, keeping them eligible for state funding distributions. Both schools have held the same exemption since the 2023-24 school year.
Life Skills Academy Principal Stacey Nofsinger led the Pledge of Allegiance and presented school highlights at the meeting. Other consent-agenda items included approval of Oct. 6 meeting minutes, hire and termination reports, purchasing bids, September financial reports and a school success plan and LAND Trust plan for Sprucewood Elementary.
Both exempted schools are expected to develop their plans for future board approval and will reach out to include parents in the process, according to the district memo.
