Jordan School District
TO:
Administrators
FROM:
Brad Sorensen, Administrator of High Schools
Jason Skidmore, CTE Director
Follow along as Jordan CTE celebrates Career & Technical Education Month in February 2026.
Throughout February we will highlight our dedicated Jordan School District CTE educators, CTSO's, local industry leaders, and share amazing CTE student stories.
DATE:
February 5, 2026
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Caleb Olson, Enrollment Consultant, Student Services
Melanie Dawson, Program Administrator of Behavior
SUBJECT:
Emergency Safety Interventions (ESI) Documenting and Reporting
In January there were two different memos sent about how to document an ESI. This information was discussed in the December principals meeting. Because there is a difference on how to retain documentation for a student in special education versus a student in general education, it was decided to create one memo for all students. This memo replaces both previous memos.
In accordance with the rules and guidelines provided in the Least Restrictive Behavior Intervention (LRBI) Technical Assistance Manual (2023) as well as guidance from the Utah State Legislature (R277-608 and 53G-8-301), the following is updated guidance on the use and reporting requirements of Emergency Safety Interventions (ESIs), including reporting requirements in Jordan School District.
What is an Emergency Safety Intervention?
Emergency Safety Intervention or ‘ESI’ is the use of seclusion or physical restraint when a student presents an immediate danger to self or others. An ESI is not used for disciplinary purposes. ESIs are emergency measures of last resort to prevent imminent serious harm to an individual in a school setting. Even in these circumstances, ESIs should be avoided if less restrictive means of managing the student’s behavior and ensuring safety are available.
How do I provide notification of the use of an Emergency Safety Intervention?
How do I submit Emergency Safety Intervention documentation?
Please refer to the Jordan School District Emergency Safety Interventions Manual or contact a member of the JBAT team for more information.
TO:
Secondary Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Nate Foster, Health & PE Teacher Specialist
The State Standards writing team has completed the draft of the Limited Health Education Standards Revision to add the Success Sequence to the Utah Core Standards for Health Education as required by H.B. 281 last year. We would like to share the 30-day public feedback survey with all your teams. Public feedback is a critical step in the process of revising standards and we hope to get many voices to help reach the best standard for Utah students as possible.
Please share this information with your secondary health teachers. Thank you for your support in this step of the process.
TO:
All Employees
FROM:
Scott Thomas, Administrator of Auxiliary Services
Brandon Conti, Risk Management Coordinator
Please see the attached OSHA Fact Sheet.
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator of Teaching and Learning
We are excited to announce that we've opened up more spots for the T&L New Educator Cohorts! Please share the attached flyer with your new teachers.
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Cabinet
USBE Purple Star Schools website
For questions or more information, please contact Cassie Hays.
TO:
Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching & Learning
Amanda Bollinger, Associate Administrator, Teaching & Learning
Amy Lloyd, K-12 Math Consultant, Teaching & Learning
The Utah State Board of Education is seeking public feedback to guide their decision on whether to adopt Integrated Secondary Mathematics Standards statewide, to adopt AGA Secondary Mathematics Standards statewide, or to adopt both sets of Standards and allow each district or charter to choose which standard structure they will implement.
This information is being shared with teachers through JEM. Please encourage them to complete the survey and share their input. The survey window closes on February 27, 2026.
Here is the link to the survey.
Thank you for your support!
TO:
Elementary Principals and Assistant Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Rebecca Smith, GT Consultant in Teaching & Learning
Please see the Math Tournament Quick Summary and/or the Math Tournament Registration & Details for information about the Elementary Math Tournament, hosted at Daybreak Elementary. Registration is due Friday, February 27 and can be submitted via the Google form linked in the attachment. Please contact Rebecca Smith (88368) with any questions you may have.
TO:
Elementary and Middle Principals and Assistant Principals
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Rebecca Smith, GT Consultant in Teaching & Learning
ALPS testing will be conducted during the school day at local schools from February 2 - March 13. The GT office and/or the proctor for your site will contact you to schedule dates and times for your school. Please contact Rebecca Smith (88368) with any questions you may have. Thank you for accommodating the ALPS testing at your sites.
DATE:
January 29, 2026
TO:
Middle School Principals
FROM:
Cody Curtis, Middle School Level AOS
SUBJECT:
Spring Parent-Teacher Conference for Secondary Schools
The dates for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences for secondary schools are Wednesday, February 11, 2026, and Thursday, February 12, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
Here is the schedule that the schools will follow:
Middle Schools:
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – Virtual
Thursday, February 12, 2026 – In-person
DATE:
January 29, 2026
TO:
Principals and Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Brad Sorensen, High School Level AOS
SUBJECT:
Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences for High Schools
The dates for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences for high schools are Wednesday,
February 11, 2026, and Thursday, February 12, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
High Schools:
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 – In-person
Thursday, February 12, 2026 – Virtual
Make a copy of the High School Parent Teacher Conference Spring 2026 Data Summary Form.
Once it is complete share with Nancy Bolduc.
DATE:
January 28, 2026
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
School Safety Specialists
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Matt Alvernaz, School Safety Coordinator
SUBJECT:
Monthly Drill Preparation (SECURE)
Our monthly drill preparation will be held on February 4th at 2:40 PM, 3:10 PM, and again at 3:40 PM. Each session will last about 20 minutes. This month we will be covering SECURE. Each School Safety Specialist is expected to attend along with administrators assigned to oversee school safety. All other administrators are welcomed to attend as well. The meeting is also opened to any staff who may be interested.
After each monthly training all school staff should be trained by the administrator over school safety and the School Safety Specialist. After being trained each month, teachers should educate their students on each safety drill. Additionally, schools should communicate with their patrons regarding Standard Response Protocol(s) (SRP) and the drill being conducted each month. Videos, handouts, and other resources can be found at the link(s) below.
Information regarding the SECURE response protocol can be found in the Jordan School District Safety Manual on pages 8-11. We will discuss how to implement and execute the drill. This will be an opportunity to ask questions and share ideas amongst the schools.
We will be holding this meeting over ZOOM so please join using this link.
DATE:
January 29, 2026
TO:
All Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness Consultant
SUBJECT:
Bullying Action Plan (BAP) Training Dates
Bullying Action Plan (BAP) Training for all school-based administrators is required by State Law (53G-9-605.5). NEW training dates have been made available and are described below. This is the same training that has been offered previously and is intended to accommodate any school-based administrators who are new to the District or have not yet attended the BAP training.
Jordan District has created a “Bullying Action Plan” to support a caring, proactive response to bullying incidents. Training on the Bullying Action Plan (BAP) will occur through in-person, 2-hour sessions. All school-based administrators who are new to the district or did not attend the BAP training last year are required to attend one of the following training sessions:
Wednesday, February 25th, DO Room 129, (8:30am-10:30am)) Register Here
Wednesday, February 25th, DO Room 129, (1:00pm-3:00pm) Register Here
Register for all sessions on Canvas (https://pd.jordandistrict.org/)
Should you have any questions please reach out to Angie Rasmussen at angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org
DATE:
January 29, 2026
TO:
All School Administrators
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
McKinley Withers, Health and Wellness
SUBJECT: FREE Mental Health Education for Parents and Caregivers
Jordan District has partnered with the Cook Center for Human Connection to provide ongoing mental health education for parents and caregivers. This collaboration offers FREE access to live, virtual educational sessions covering various topics. Please share the following resources with your school community:
Please share the attached flyers/resources with your school communities. Should you have any questions please reach out to Angie Rasmussen at angie.rasmussen@jordandistrict.org.
DATE:
February 1, 2026
TO:
Principals
Special Education Staff
School Secretaries
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
SUBJECT:
Special Education Budget Closeout for the 2025-26 School Year
Please note that Special Education purchase orders/requisitions/reimbursement requests for the 2025-26 school year must be received by Friday, March 6, 2026 @ 5:00 p.m. Remember that the SLPs/SLTs who received their legislative funds through the SpEd department this year are under these same guidelines and deadlines for those funds as well.
Please remember the following:
• Budgets are not carried over from one year to the next.
• Remember to deduct any previously submitted amounts from your Special Education budget (so that you know your balance) before submitting new orders. This includes reimbursements submitted through your school. No orders will be processed that exceed your budgeted allocation.
• Please check with your school secretary to make sure all Special Education reimbursements have been submitted to the Special Education Department by the March 6th deadline.
• When ordering supplies, follow Skyward procedures.
• Be sure to follow the ordering guidelines outlined in the attached budget information page, as you close out your current year budgets.
• Any purchases that were inadvertently charged to the Special Ed budget or do not qualify using the guidelines should be removed from the budget using a journal entry form prior to March 6th.
Staff will be notified of the new budget allocation amount prior to the start of the new school year. Keep in mind that new purchase orders/requisitions will not be processed until late July.
As you close out your budgets for the current school year, please note the following:
1. All purchase orders/requisitions, should be routed through Amanda Hamblin in the Special Education Department.
2. Use the following codes for Purchase Orders/Requisitions, P-Cards, and ECHECKS submitted through the year.
Coding for P.O.s/Requisitions, NPOs, P-Cards, ECHECKS:
FUND TYPE LOCATION PROGRAM FUNCTION OBJECT
10 E (School #) 1295 1090 Use object code
If you have questions regarding your Special Education budget, please contact Amanda Hamblin at
(801) 567-8177.
DATE:
January 29, 2026
TO:
All Principals
FROM:
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Kim Lloyd, Director of Special Education
Brian King, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Special Education
Mike Trimmell, Ed.D., Special Education Administrator
SUBJECT:
2026 Special Education Transition Fair
Special Education is excited to announce an in-person, Special Education Transition Fair for 2026. There will be over twenty community resources attending to help answer any post-secondary questions for our students and families.
The Transition Fair will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2026 from 4 - 7 p.m. at the JATC-South Campus. For questions please contact Ashley Calhoun at 801-567-8208 or ashley.calhoun@jordandistrict.org
Please make sure to send the attached fliers out to your community.
See attached Memo for more information and links.
TO:
Elementary Teachers, Coaches and Administrators
FROM:
Carolyn Gough, Administrator of Teaching and Learning
Literacy Live is back. All elementary teachers, coaches and administrators are invited to join the literacy team for a fun evening of collaboration and learning. Literacy Live is a conference style learning opportunity with break out sessions, snacks and prize drawings. We are excited to offer this opportunity to all elementary teachers in K-6 classrooms. Please sign up here.
TO:
Elementary Principals
Elementary Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Odette Desmarais, Administrator of Schools
Meredith Doleac, Administrator of Schools
Becky Gerber, Administrator of Schools
Lisa Robinson, Administrator of Schools
Please find your school tab in this Google sheet and complete the Elementary Parent/Teacher Conference Reporting Form by Friday, February 27, 2026. If you have any questions, please contact Shannel Hooper at extension 88204.
DATE:
January 21, 2026
TO:
Principals
Assistant Principals
FROM:
Michael Anderson, Associate Superintendent
Travis Hamblin, Director of Student Services
Matt Alvernaz, School Safety Coordinator
SUBJECT:
District Inter-City SRO Training
The District Inter-City School Resource Officer training will be held as shown below and is strongly encouraged for each SRO and all administrators. At least one administrator is desired if possible. This is a great opportunity for the cities to collaborate and discuss students and/or issues of concern that cross borders.
Date: January 30, 2026
Time: 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM
Location: Riverton High School Tech Atrium
Please contact District School Safety Coordinator, Matt Alvernaz at matt.alvernaz@jordandistrict.org or by phone at (801) 567-8623 if you have any questions.
TO:
All Principals
All Directors
All Administrative Assistants
FROM:
Tonya Hodges, Senior Buyer, Purchasing
With the excitement of AI and the increased demand for data centers worldwide (think OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, xAI, Anthropic, etc.), the demand for processing chips, RAM memory and storage is exceeding the availability in the production markets.
HP is warning customers to expect pricing on any equipment needing processors, memory or storage to increase significantly in 2026. We may also start seeing longer manufacturing lead times as they wait for parts to become available. For instance, the basic HP Fortis G10 11.6” Chromebooks (part# 9R3A9UT#ABA) will soon be replaced with a newer model and will no longer be available. There are currently about 75,000 of these units still available in the HP distribution channels. Since these have already been built, price should not fluctuate too much, but supplies may dwindle quickly. It is recommended if you have funds available in your budgets to start purchasing devices for the 2026-27 school year as soon as possible to take advantage of the cost savings. January pricing is $206.47/each for this model.
The replacement for this model (part# B69P5UT#ABA) is at $289.75/each for January. As price increases on the parts come into play, this model is expected to see additional price increases during the year.
We encourage you to consider placing orders soon to take advantage of current pricing and availability. Please contact Tonya Hodges in Purchasing if you need assistance with ordering.
