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Boundary permit early enrollment window opens Dec. 1

Parents considering enrolling their student in a school other than their boundary school will want to make note of two upcoming dates.

The boundary permit early enrollment window opens Wednesday, Dec. 1 and closes on the third Friday in February (Feb. 18, 2022). The application will be accessible online through a parent’s myDSD account. 

Parents can apply for one of three open enrollment permits — K-6, 7-9 and 9-12. The purpose of the 9-12 permit, said Casey Layton, District Responsive Services Director, is to accommodate those wishing to participate in extracurricular activities at the high school they desire to attend. 

Recent policy changes approved by a 6-1 vote of the Board of Education of the Davis School District established the new permit process. Also altered was the ninth-grade participation policy which now allows an eighth-grade student to apply for a 9-12 permit and try out for extracurricular activities, such as athletics, in ninth grade at the high school they intend to attend. 

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District appoints new assistant superintendent

Davis School District Superintendent Reid Newey has appointed veteran educator Dr. Jacqueline Thompson to serve as an assistant superintendent. In her new role, she will be working on diversity and equity issues as well as work that will take place following the district’s recent settlement with the Department of Justice. Thompson begins her position in early December.

“We believe Dr. Thompson will be key in moving us in a definitive direction as we move forward in our efforts to do better for all students,” Newey said. “She is a valuable resource and someone who understands better than anyone where we need to go.”

Thompson retired from the Davis School District in 2017. At that time, she was serving as the Director of Educational Equity. Her duties and responsibilities included the District’s Parent Equity Committee, multicultural education, civil rights issues, Respecting Ethnic and Cultural Heritage (REACH) training, Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID), and the V(i)llage Program.

Prior to joining Davis School District in 2000, Thompson taught public school in Idaho and California, worked as a gender equity specialist and education specialist in the Utah State Office of Education, and as an Equal Employment Opportunity specialist at Hill Air Force Base.

During her career, Thompson has received numerous awards and national recognitions including the Spirit of the American Woman Award for Public Education in 1994 and the Utah Women’s Achievement Award presented by the Governor’s Commission for Women and Families in 1998. She served as Mrs. Utah in 1999 and was the recipient of the Salt Lake Branch NAACP Martin Luther King Award for the year 2000. Additionally, she was the 2011 recipient of the Drum Major Award for the Utah State Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Commission and recognized by the Idaho State University Alumni Association with the Professional Achievement Award at its 2015 Commencement.

On Nov. 12, 2012, Gov. Gary Herbert appointed Thompson to the State Multicultural Commission. She also served as the Education Chair on the Utah State Martin Luther King, Jr. Human Rights Commission.

Dashboard updated Monday through Friday

The Davis School District dashboard includes information on each of its 91 schools. The dashboard provides information regarding the school’s status, school enrollment number, and number of students and adults who have received a COVID-19 positive test during a 14-day period. The information is updated daily, Monday through Friday, when school is in session. The numbers are provided by the Davis County Health Department. 

 The district will partner with the health department to conduct a Test to Stay event if a school hits a COVID-19 outbreak threshold of 2 percent of students and staff for a school of more than 1,500 or 30 students and staff for a school of 1,500 or less. Those tests will be conducted for students who have a signed parent permission form as well as staff.

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Rapid testing and vaccinations continue

With school underway, some may wonder when and where they or any family member may be able to be tested for COVID-19 or receive a vaccination for the virus. 

There are multiple sites out there, and because of that, we've whittled the information down to two important links. 

COVID-19 Testing

The place to find information about COVID-19 testing locations is: https://coronavirus.utah.gov/covid-testing-locations-list

Typically, during weekends, the site doesn't have all of its testing sites up-to-date, so check back frequently. 

COVID-19 Vaccinations

The Davis County Health Department is holding community-based COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics throughout the county.

Appointments are encouraged and can be scheduled online at: https://go.usa.gov/xAZFD.

The drive-thru clinic at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington is open for booster vaccines by appointment. Check days and times of openings at https://www.daviscountyutah.gov/health/covid-19/vaccine.

The Davis County Health Department updates that website every morning with the schedule of community clinics where vaccines can be received.