TO:
Administrators
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Please see attached document.
TO:
Administrators
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Sarah Palmer, Director of Payroll
Please see attached document.
DATE:
August 21, 2025
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness
SUBJECT:
2025-26 Employee Wellness Representatives
Each school or department is invited to select an employee wellness representative! The Employee Wellness Representatives will support faculty/staff wellness efforts within your schools.
Action Items for administrators: Please nominate your Employee Wellness Representative for the 25-26 school year!
Employee Wellness Representatives Duties include:
Steps to having an Employee Wellness Rep for your school or department:
DATE:
August 21, 2025
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness
SUBJECT:
BARK Content Monitoring and iBoss Search Monitoring
Now that school is back in session, here is a review of our district-wide content monitoring system which runs through a software/AI system called BARK. BARK monitors all students’ Google accounts across all JSD schools and levels. This is different from iBoss and Lanschool and does not detect student internet searches. Here is a summary of the notification protocols and procedures for this school year.
In addition to BARK monitoring students’ Google accounts, students’ Google and YouTube searches will be monitored through iBoss. Flagged searches will be managed by Infosystems, Matt Alvernaz, and Angie Rasmussen. School administrators will be notified if the search content indicates harm to self or others or anything else that may raise concern.
Should you have any questions, please reach out to Angie Rasmussen (angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org, ext. 88197) or McKinley Withers (mckinley.withers@jordandistrict.org, ext. 88245).
DATE:
August 21, 2025
TO:
All administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
Back to School SafeUT Reminders
Administrators,
Please review these SafeUT reminders to start off the 2025-2026 school year.
It is critical that ALL SafeUT tips are “closed” promptly and your school's SafeUT Dashboard is up to date. When tips are not closed, it appears that the school did not address or respond to the concern. It can also disrupt feedback and data used by SafeUT to improve the platform or allocate State funds. Email reminders from SafeUT will be sent to the assigned user of any open tip if it is not marked as resolved after two weeks. This email will act as a reminder to close the tip. Every week after that, a reminder will be sent to the District Dashboard Admins (McKinley and Angie) that the tip is still open and should be closed.
To assist with this, school administrators will receive notifications about the number of open tips for your school with the discipline log each week.
Here are some additional tools to support your use of SafeUT:
We have made any personnel updates to your school dashboards that we are aware of, but if you have additional updates, changes, or would like to add or remove anyone, you are encouraged to reach out with any requests. Please email Mckinley Withers or Angie Rasmussen (angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org). In your email, include the individual’s name, email address, and title in your email. For any individual who would like text message notifications in addition to email notifications, please include a cell phone number.
TO:
Middle & High School Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Nathan Foster, Specialist, Health & PE
Principals,
Please share the information in the attached memo about sex education updates with your Health, CTE, and Psychology Teachers.
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Great news! We’re kicking off our New Educator Cohorts—a dynamic support system to help your newest general education team members flourish!
Who should sign up?
General education teachers only
Special education teachers, SLPs, SPTs, psychologists, media specialists, and OT/PTs do NOT need to sign up—these groups will receive their own specialized training through their departments.
Why principals love it:
New hires get real support and build confidence faster
Fosters collaboration and connection across the district
Gives new teachers a safe space to ask, share, and grow
How you can help:
Encourage your new general education teachers to sign up! Share the New Educator Cohort Flyer with your new educators. The deadline to sign up is Aug. 25th.
Let’s create a launchpad for our new educators—because when they thrive, our whole district shines!
TO:
Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Jared Covili, Consultant, Digital Learning, Teaching & Learning
Amy Lloyd, Consultant, K-12 Math,Teaching & Learning
Administrators, please share this information with your teachers.
Many of your teachers are pursuing a STEM endorsement (see our EIP website for a full list of endorsements)
USBE WILL REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR COLLEGE CLASSES! This is called the STEM Endorsement Incentive Program (EIP).
Applications for the final 2024-25 reimbursement are now being accepted for teachers who completed STEM courses through June 30, 2025. The next round of reimbursements applications is due August 31, 2025 for teachers who completed STEM courses up through Summer 2025.
See the attached flyer and link to our EIP website for more information. If you have any questions, please reach out to the content consultant. We would love to talk to you!
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Brandee Bergum, Secondary Language Arts Consultant
Scrible Training Opportunity for ELA Teachers
October 3, 2025
1:00 - 3:00 PM, Zoom
See document below for all the details and a link to register.
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Brandee Bergum, Secondary Language Arts Consultant
The first submission deadline for this year’s Secondary Literature Selection meetings is September 3, 2025. Any full length novel that a teacher would like to use in the classroom must be on the district’s approved list. Teachers may send submissions to the attention of Brandee Bergum in Teaching and Learning. Submission directions and forms can be found here: Secondary Literature Selection Process Our secondary approved lists can be found here: JSD Approved Literature Lists
Lit. Selection Dates 2025-26
Book Submission Deadline | Middle School Meetings | High School Meetings |
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 | Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 | Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 |
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 | Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 | Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 |
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026 | Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | Wednesday, April 29, 2026 |
DATE:
August 18, 2025
TO:
Elementary School Administrators
Middle School Administrators
High School Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Stacee Worthen, School Counselor Consultant
SUBJECT:
School Counselor Training and Professional Development
School counselor trainings and professional development for the month of September.
Training & Professional Development Dates for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs (CSCP)
(9/3) CSCP Q1 In-Service Training, JATC-South, Auditorium
(9/9) Riverton Feeder Meeting
(9/12) CSCP SEP SEC PLC, JATC-South, Auditorium
(9/12) CSCP SEP ELEM PLC, JATC-South, Auditorium
(9/16) Copper Hills Feeder Meeting, District Office, Room 129
(9/17) CSCP New Counselor Training, District Office, Room 129
(9/24) CSCP Counselor Collaborative Committee, District Office, Room 129
If you have questions or need clarification, please reach out to Stacee Worthen, Counselor Consultant, at (801)567-8309.
DATE:
August 21, 2025
TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
Attendance Secretaries
Registrars
FROM:
Administrators of Schools
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
Reporting Completion of 10-Day Accounting
Students who are registered to a District school and have not attended (or been marked absent with a valid excuse) for ten consecutive school days at any point in the school year must be withdrawn from membership. This is particularly important during the first ten days of the school year so that our enrollment calculations and reporting is accurate.
Accurate enrollment counts are used to generate future projections. Projection totals are needed very soon after ten-day adjustments are completed. To assist in preparing projections, we are asking all schools to report the completion of their 10-day drops on a Google Sheet as soon as these drops are processed. Only the staff member responsible for processing the drops should indicate completion status. The Google Sheet is available at this link and will be emailed to attendance staff again close to the 10th day of school.
10 day drops for high schools may be processed at the end of the day on September 3, 2025. Elementary (Grades K-6) and middle school may process drops at the end of the day on September 4, 2025.
Welcome to 2025-26! Send these words "JSD is Great" to Nadine Page nadine.page@jordandistrict.org to win a prize.
Guidelines for how to process these drops are available at the links below:
DATE:
August 21, 2025
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Sharon Jensen, Student Support Consultant
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
PBIS Stipend & Supply Funds
Administrators,
For the 2025-26 school year, funding for each school’s positive behavior plan has been renewed through the State’s E-cigarette and Nicotine Prevention Fund. As a reminder, these funds can only be used for the following purposes:
To access supply and stipend funds, please fill out the following form and follow its instructions:
DATE:
August 18, 2025
TO:
High School Administrators
High School Counselors
High School Registrars
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of Schools
Bryan Veazie, District Athletic Director
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Caleb Olson, Consultant, Planning & Enrollment
SUBJECT:
August 2025: High School Enrollment and Athletic Eligibility
UHSAA guidelines (1.8.1.A) have been updated to provide a standard definition of what is considered “full-time” for athletic eligibility. The new guidelines state:
Additional clarification to the rule states: "a full-time student is defined as a student who is enrolled at a UHSAA member high school for at least half of the periods offered at that high school OR who is a senior on-track for graduation. Parent approved Ed-Release periods count as periods of enrollment at a school."
It is important to note that “full-time” for athletic eligibility is not the same as “full-time” in Skyward. A senior enrolled in a partial schedule following the guidelines above would be considered “full-time” for athletic eligibility but should have a completed and signed Student Release Form and should show an enrollment percentage of less than 100% in Skyward.
Private, Home, Online, and Charter School Students
Additional information on enrollment guidelines for private, home, online, and charter school students (including an at-a-glance chart of rules specific to each category of enrollment) can be found in the Planning & Enrollment manual.
TO:
School Principals
Admin Assistants
FROM:
Paul Bergera, Director of Transportation
The MyView Parent app has not been updated for the 2025-26 school year. We hope to have it operating by Monday, August 25, 2025. Let parents know, if they call, that this is being taken care of and to please have patience with the Transportation Department.
Thank you!
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
All items can be found in the 2025-26 Beginning of Year Documents
Recommended Timeline- School Community Councils
2025-2026 ALL CAPS ITEMS ARE REQUIRED
There will be a focused compliance review of School LAND Trust Rules of Order and Procedure, scheduled for November 2025. This early notification allows ample time for LEAs and school boards to ensure school compliance with Utah Code § 53G-7-1203 and Utah Administrative Rule R277-491 regarding content, accessibility, and the subsequent elections.
Rules of Order and Procedure Guide
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members
The Administrative Leadership Conference for administrators is scheduled for Tuesday, August 4, 2026 and Thursday, August 6, 2026. All administrators should plan to attend on both days. The location is TBD.
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members
This is a mandatory 2-day in-person training for all administrators. To be held at JATC-S. Mark your calendar now and more information will be shared at a later date.
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Jordan School District Cabinet Members
Employee Health and Wellness Day is back for 2026! There will be free offers, discounts, in-person, and virtual activities on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Mark your calendars!
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
All new principals and new SCC Chairs need to attend one of the SCC Trainings for this year. Two trainings will be held in a Zoom format. For specific questions or topics you would like to have covered, please submit them through email to Nadine Page (nadine.page@jordandistrict.org) before the meeting dates. For any other questions contact Nadine Page, nadine.page@jordandistrict.org or 801.567.8182 (x88182).
November 6, 2025 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting LINK
November 13, 2025 - 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting LINK
DATE:
August 14, 2025
TO:
Principals
Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Jordan School District Nurses
SUBJECT:
Immunization Policy and Guidelines, Skyward and USIIS Inservice
Jordan School District Nurses will be conducting this inservice on:
Friday, September 19, 2025
9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
ASB (Auxiliary Services Building), PDC Room 101
This inservice is open to all office staff and administrators. If you are involved with new student registration this inservice will be of benefit to you.
Class size is limited. Please contact your school nurse if you are planning to attend. See attached nurse assignment list for 2025-26.