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By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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Alta View Principal Scott Jameson, who took several pies to the face in October 2021 as a result of a successful fundraiser, was named Utah Elementary Principal of the Year. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
ile E. Coyote never had a chance against the Road Runner in the Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes cartoons. The same may be said against those vying for the Utah Elementary Principal of the Year honor against Alta View Roadrunners’ principal Scott Jameson, who’s application was as put together and submitted as fast as the comic blue bird. Jameson, who was named Canyons School District’s Elementary Principal of the Year, said he didn’t have time to attend the Utah Association of Elementary School Principals conference on Feb. 17 where he was named a finalist for the state honor. He also said he didn’t have time to fill out an extended application for the award. “It's hard to be gone from the school; whenever I take a day off, it takes like three days to make up for it and I also don't feel like you should ever apply for that award,” Jameson said about the honor that happened this past spring. “I had so much I was
doing that I didn’t have time to fill out this big packet. So, I just basically responded, ‘I'm not going to do that.’ But word got out and people in my community were saying things to me like, ‘I hope you win the state one.’” That’s because after learning about it, parent volunteer and School Community Council member Dr. Allyn Kau found the application online and with the help of faculty and parents, completed and submitted the application, much of it unknown to Jameson. “He was selected as the Canyons Elementary Principal of the Year and he didn't tell anybody,” Kau said. “I heard about it the second week of March and I emailed a congratulations and asked, ‘what’s next?’ Mr. Jameson deflected the attention, saying he didn’t have time and didn’t feel right about applying for an award. I understood his viewpoint because this last school year was
the most difficult of all three years of the pandemic by leaps and bounds and there was so much to do. But just from what I've seen, over the past four years, his leadership style and the things that he's been able to accomplish, and more importantly, the things people around him are able to accomplish because he sets a fostering, positive environment. I told him, ‘You got to give it a shot.’ When he said he didn’t have time, I knew I was Continued page 4
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