Time: 2:00 pm
Attendance:
- Margaret Swanicke – Principal
- Dana Riches – Teacher
- Donald Aguirre – Parent
- Danielle Collier – Parent
- Zack Franzoni – Parent
- Candice Marsh – Parent
Agenda Items:
- Welcome and quick check in
- CSD Board requested feedback from Midvalley SCC
- Background – Canyons School District is taking steps to maintain strong and sustainable Dual-Language Immersion programs in the face of declining enrollment while inviting families to give input on what those programs could look like in the future. Traditionally, a two-class DLI cohort begins with about 56 immersion students, or 28 students in each class, along with enrollment to support neighborhood classrooms. This past year, however, some Canyons schools did not have enough incoming first-grade students to sustain that model and had to move to a one-class cohort model. Feedback will help inform the District’s Long-Range Planning process. It will also help the District understand what information families need as enrollment decisions are communicated from year to year.
- In preparation for the upcoming application window for elementary-level DLI programs, the District has proposed enrollment targets and timelines for determining whether schools have sufficient enrollment to support two first-grade DLI classes or whether a one-class cohort may be necessary.
- The plan, discussed by the Canyons Board of Education at its Aug. 18, 2026 meeting, would establish a Jan. 15, 2027 enrollment deadline for the following school year and provide families with regular updates about their school’s progress toward those targets.
- The District is also extending its application window, which will run from Sept. 30 to Dec. 15, 2026.
- Enrollment Targets
- For a two-class DLI cohort: At least 50 students would need to commit by Jan. 15 to enrolling in DLI, and there would need to be 19 students in the neighborhood classroom.
- For a one-class cohort: If DLI enrollment falls short of 50, the school would move to a one-class DLI cohort of 30 students. This class size accounts for normal attrition in the program, and ensures there is enough enrollment to sustain the program as students advance in age.
- Long-term possibilities could include:
- adjusting school boundaries
- developing DLI-only magnet schools that draw students from a larger geographic area
- consolidating programs to create stronger more sustainable cohorts