October 2023 | Vol. 23 Iss. 10
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By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com Restoring Vitality | Prolonging Youth
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t’s Andrea Iverson’s 10th year teaching sixth-grade social studies at Union Middle School—and it’s unlike any previous. She and her colleagues recently moved into the new Union Middle School, which is nearing competition. “I love it,” Iverson said. “I love the light that we have illuminating our rooms. Before I was in the 500 hall, and I had a shower window that looked out of the hall and you couldn’t see out of it. I love these garage doors that we can open to collaborate with others in our pod. We have a lot of fun plans to collaborate with English and have the kids practicing their writing skills with social studies. I teach an ELD (English language development) class where the kids do some independent reading, so I can take a group in our pod so they can chill on the couch and read. And I really do love not having cords all over my classroom just to use technology.” Those were some of the teachers’ wishes two years ago when the ground broke for the new 219,000-square-foot school that was con-
After students and Canyons Board of Education Vice President Mont Millerberg cut the official ribbon, Union Middle families celebrated walking through the new school. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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See our ad inside! structed on the former school playing field at 615 E. 8000 South. The entire school project— building, design and equipment—totals $62 million, which was made possible through the $283-million bond measure approved by CSD voters in 2017, said Leon Wilcox, Canyons School District’s business administrator and chief financial officer. It is the final planned rebuild in Canyons School District that, during its 15 years, has rebuilt or remodeled 23 schools with two bonds. Continued from front page
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