Please adhere to the following guidelines when requesting data from the Assessment & Evaluation Team:
Log in with your credentials if prompted
If you receive an error message, please contact Brenda Wiebe or Jeffrey Lutz
Read each question carefully before responding
Note that the following fields are mandatory and must be completed:
Contact information
Data question
The due date field
You will receive a confirmation message once your submission is successful
You may receive follow up emails from the data team for further clarification
Important Reminders
Please allow a minimum of a week for data requests and reports and 48 hours for ad hoc requests. Depending on the nature of the requests, some projects may take longer. The data team will reach out and inform you if this is the case.
Principals and assistant principals can only request aggregate level data from their schools
Teachers and counselors can only request aggregate level data from their classrooms
If more information is needed, email Jeffrey Lutz or Brenda Wiebe, and we will determine whether requests can be fulfilled on a case by case basis
For technical assistance, please contact the data team
We hope this message finds you well. We are writing to provide guidance regarding HB 77 – Flag Display Amendments, which was recently passed by the Utah Legislature and will take effect May 7, 2025. This legislation outlines specific regulations regarding which flags may be displayed on or within government property, including public school campuses.
For years, Salt Lake City School District has been known for our commitment to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students and staff, and we remain committed to this goal and the values underlying that commitment. We also appreciate the pride and passion many of our students and staff feel in their beliefs and causes. While this law imposes certain limitations, we will continue to foster school environments where all students feel seen, supported, and valued. In order to understand and implement this legislation, we are providing the following protocols for our schools.
Key Provisions of HB 77
HB 77 defines “display” as placing a flag in a prominent location where the flag is easily visible. A “flag” is defined as a usually rectangular piece of fabric with a specific design that symbolizes a location, government entity, or cause.
To ensure district-wide compliance, please note the following flags are permitted for display:
The official United States Flag
The official Utah State Flag
The current and official flag of another country, state, or political subdivision (e.g., another school district or city)
A flag that represents a city, municipality, county, or other political subdivision within Utah
A flag representing a branch, unit, or division of the U.S. military
The National League of Families POW/MIA flag
A flag that represents a recognized Indian tribe
An officially licensed college or university flag
A historic version of the U.S., Utah, or other state/national flags
An official public school flag
An official flag of the U.S. Olympic/Paralympic Committee, International Olympic/Paralympic Committee, or a specific Olympiad/Paralympiad that occurred or will occur
A flag of an organization authorized to use space within a public school, during the time they are using the space
We understand that some of you may feel inclined to demonstrate your support for various causes, groups, and beliefs by displaying items that do not meet the definition of flag and thus do not violate the new law. While we support you in your goal of signaling a welcome environment, there is additional information that you should consider in displaying items. In addition to HB 77, the Utah State Board of Education (“USBE”) issued a letter on April 10,2025, reminding educators of Utah Admin. Code R277-217(25), Educator Standards, that states that an educator may not “through instruction, materials, or symbols . . . endorse promote, or disparage” a particular viewpoint. The letter also indicated how the public may report violations of this section. We are providing you with this information not as a threat of district action, but as an awareness that USBE, as the licensing authority for Utah educators, has indicated that compliance with these rules and laws is not only expected but vital.
Action Steps for Schools
Review all flags currently displayed in your school or on your school property, including in classrooms, hallways, and offices.
Remove any flags that do not fall within the categories listed above by the end of school onMay 6, 2025, to ensure full compliance with the law upon its effective date.
When in doubt, please consult with the General Counsel before displaying a new flag to confirm it meets the legal criteria.
Ensure that flags displayed during temporary use by authorized organizations are removed promptly after their use of the space ends.
The Office of the State Auditor is tasked with overseeing compliance with this legislation and may impose fines for violations. As such, we must be diligent and proactive to ensure our flag displays align with this new legislation.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter and for your continued leadership in ensuring our schools remain compliant, welcoming, and student-centered.
SLCSD stakeholders will begin to receive notices of their access to the stakeholder survey. All surveys must be completed by May 2. Please encourage everyone to participate.
In case any questions arise, here is the information you should know:
This survey is OPTIONAL, no one should feel compelled to take it. However, it is incredibly useful feedback, and we strongly encourage all our stakeholders to participate.
This survey is CONFIDENTIAL, and participants should be encouraged to complete it at a time and location where they feel comfortable giving honest feedback.
Survey links will be sent out to adults via EMAIL. If they do not see the link, they should check junk/spam folders or reach out to jeffrey.lutz@slcschools.org.
Students can access the survey through Clever. To increase response rates, we encourage you to work with your teachers to provide time for students to do their surveys while they’re in school.
Students may see more than one survey when the go into Clever. There is the USBE Stakeholder Survey and the Teacher Feedback Survey. Please encourage them to complete BOTH.
Parents/Students
A student must have been enrolled for at least 40 days to receive a survey.
Students and parents will be asked to provide feedback on each individual course/teacher they have as well as the administrators in their building.
They may skip any sections they wish
Parents with multiple children in the district may receive separate survey emails for each child.
Class information is pulled from PowerSchool so if a student is in an afterschool program or a class that they know by a different name than what is in PowerSchool, please help them determine which class that is (i.e. After School might be Chess Club).
Alli Martin, Ed.D. (she/her/hers)
Director of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Prevention Services
Your school website will soon have a new and improved Safe Walking Routes map. To access your map, try this:
Go to your school website and click on the "OUR SCHOOL" tab near the top of the page.
Click on "Maps & Transportation."
Click on "Safe Walking Route" under "Resources."
Please note the following:
This map allows you to zoom in and zoom out - it is not a pdf.
The tile in the bottom left corner of your map (just click on it) allows you to see it as a FOOTPRINT MAP or as a SATELLITE IMAGE MAP.
The satellite image map is very effective when viewing with your community, SCC, or staff. That's because you can see the actual crosswalks, street widths (these vary a lot around our city), and recently added structures in your community.
Some of you will notice that the footprint map is a bit dated: For example, it may show the location of your old building before rebuild (see Edison as an example). I looked into getting the footprint maps updated but that is proving difficult. The satellite map is much more recent.
We did not include all the features that the Safe Routes UT site had because the icons won't scale down when using the zoom feature; the resulting mess of piled-up icons made the maps too confusing. We went with a more simplified, easy-to-read-and-navigate approach.
Please look over your new map and share any concerns, questions, or necessary changes with me.
Please share this map with your parents/community.
Please do NOT refer parents to the Safe Routes UT website (that site still doesn't have maps that outline our school boundaries).
You can use this map for all sorts of reasons like navigating through your yearly safe walking routes updates or for mapping school walking field trips/fun runs.
Prior to spring break, we had some individuals who were not district employees try to access a server/networking room at Washington Elementary. We have had this occur in the past at Rose Park Elementary as well.
The only persons who are authorized to access a server/networking room in the district office or school building are the individuals listed on these websites:
If the individual requesting access is not pictured on these websites, they must be accompanied by an individual whose picture is on these websites. Otherwise, no one should be permitted access to the server/networking rooms. If someone not listed on these websites tries to access one of these rooms, please contact Sam Quantz.
We are excited to share our SLS Summer Learning Series with you! Throughout this summer, we want to support you with learning opportunities addressing the needs we are seeing in our schools. Each session is optional, but we would love to get an idea of how many folks to expect, so please register via Kickup asap.
SLS Summer Learning Series
Time: 2:00PM – 4:00PM Location: District office, room 1016
Date
Title
Description
Facilitator
June 19
Supporting students with habitual disruptive behaviors
This session will focus on understanding the process to support students with habitual disruptive behaviors including using your SSC, creating/evaluating behavior plans, and accessing district supports.
Alli Martin
June 25
Addressing bullying
Learn how state law has changed the way we document and address allegations of bullying. This session will focus on developing practical SEL skills and tools to improve school climate.
Alli Martin
July 9
S-3/discipline processes
New admin are highly encouraged to attend! We will review guidance for log entries vs incidents and practices around S-3 violations.
Alli Martin
July 16
De-escalation and trauma-informed discipline
This session will focus on how trauma impacts student behavior and how to develop restorative disciplinary practices that lead to positive behavioral change.
We will be launching StudentSquare for students in grades 9-12 in the next couple of weeks. Students will receive an invitation email from parent square that looks like this.
This is the next step in our ParentSquare rollout. Teachers and staff will be able to send monitored/logged direct messages to students.
