The Jordan School District Board of Education (west) is moving forward with steps to be independent of the Canyons District regarding shared services. After nearly a month of proposals and counter-proposals, the remaining Jordan District Board has determined it is in the best interest of its students and employees to move on without sharing services. The history of these proposals can be found on the Board’s Web site.
What does this mean? It means that both the Jordan District and the Canyons District will need to provide independent services and departments for payroll, insurance, accounting, information systems, printing, testing and accountability, intra-district mail, library-media, purchasing, nutrition services, building maintenance and repair, building security, energy management, transportation, warehousing, home and hospital services, and community education. Inasmuch as these need to be fully operational before July 1, 2009, both districts need to identify building space and get services up and running.
For the west, the first order of business is to lease office space within its district. Then, some remodeling will need to take place, furnishings and equipment must be ordered, and technology infrastructure needs to be established. This will take about seven months. By acting now, the Jordan School District Board feels it can be ready to provide services to students and staff without interruption by July 1, 2009.
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