Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
Education
Latest reporting from the Education desk.
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Education
Meta settlement brings screen-time caps to Sandy teens' phones
Meta's $12.2 billion settlement with 47 states would impose two-hour daily screen-time caps, silenced school-hour notifications and new parental controls on teen Instagram and Facebook accounts, reinforcing phone restrictions Canyons School District schools already enforce.
Education
Meta settlement brings screen-time caps to Sandy teens' phones
Meta's $12.2 billion settlement with 47 states would impose two-hour daily screen-time caps, silenced school-hour notifications and new parental controls on teen Instagram and Facebook accounts, reinforcing phone restrictions Canyons School District schools already enforce.
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View MoreCanyons registration opens August 3; here's what families need to know about measles vaccination
With Canyons School District's back-to-school registration opening Monday, August 3, Utah's ongoing measles outbreak gives families reason to verify their children's vaccination records now. The state has recorded more than 700 cases since June 2025, and Salt Lake County pediatricians describe treating severely ill unvaccinated children.
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View MoreNew Utah law bans K-3 classroom screens, but Sandy schools await state rules
Utah's H.B. 273 bans classroom screen time for K-3 students and eliminates one-device-per-student ratios in elementary schools, affecting roughly 12,800 Canyons District elementary students once the state board finalizes its model policy by year's end.
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View MoreCanyons District opens back-to-school registration Aug. 3 on new Skyward system
Canyons School District opens online registration for the 2026–2027 school year at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, using the newly launched Skyward Qmlativ system, with in-person help available at Mt. Jordan Middle School in Sandy on Thursday, Aug. 6.
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View MoreSome Canyons District sixth-graders will lose free busing under new state distance rule
A 2025 Utah law raised the busing eligibility distance for sixth-graders from 1.5 to 2 miles, and Canyons School District is urging Sandy-area families to check updated routes and apply for space-available permits starting Monday, August 3.
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View MoreNation's largest nursing school to open Sandy campus in October
Chamberlain University, which bills itself as the largest nursing school in the U.S., will open its first Utah campus in Sandy on Oct. 26, offering an accelerated three-year BSN program as the state ranks last in nurses per capita.