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HHS grad named Alaska distinguished principal for 2021   From Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals The Alaska Association of Elementary School Principals announced National Distinguished Principal for 2021 is Havre native Heather (Stremcha) Jones, principal of Trailside Elementary School in Anchorage, Alaska. The 2021 National Distinguished Principal Celebration marks the 37th year that the National Association of Elementary School Principals has presented this prestigious awa...

Park Record file photo The Park City Board of Education continues to zero in on a timeline and dollar amount for its master planning projects, including grade realignments and expansions at all of its schools. At a work session Wednesday morning, the board was given an estimate of nearly $150 million to complete the work, including nearly $25 million for green enhancements. The detailed analysis was provided by Salt Lake City-based architecture and design firm MHTN Architects. Dave Hart, of MOC...

Park Record file photo Running With Ed is on. After the Park City Education Foundation canceled its annual relay-race fundraiser last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the nonprofit is bringing it back this spring with some new guidelines. Jennifer Billow, the nonprofit’s associate director of communications and development, said the changes are aimed at ensuring the safety of participants. The event is scheduled on May 22. “Typically there is this giant start and finish at the Basin Re...

High-density housing with affordable units proposed for Park City The project, which will go before the county planning commission on Feb. 23, has its share of critics. (Courtesy of Adam Breen) Renderings of homes proposed for the Highland area of Park City.   | Feb. 14, 2021, 1:00 p.m. A proposal for high-density housing could bring affordable rental units to Park City. Many people living near the project site are against it. Developers want to build 410 new homes for rent, including 144 aff...

Conservative Anchorage School Board candidates abandon plan to run together as one draws scrutiny for her social media posts Published February 3 Share on Facebook Print article Just over a week after a slate of four self-described conservative candidates announced a joint campaign for Anchorage School Board seats, three of the candidates decided to run separate campaigns and one dropped out entirely. In an announcement largely targeted to a conservative audience, the slate said it would ...

Courtesy of Noel Minneci Noel Minneci, a Midway resident who loves knitting, wants the teachers at Park City’s Trailside Elementary School to keep warm during the winter. So she hand-knitted 54 winter hats that were distributed by her daughter-in-law and fourth-grade teacher Susan Minneci this week. The idea to knit the hats came to Ninneci while she and her husband, Jack, decided to social distance themselves during the coronavirus pandemic. “Every year during Christmastime, I would give S...