Pub. 14 2024-2025 Issue 2

I have always had such admiration for people willing to serve on charter boards. Through the years, I have had the privilege of working with amazing individuals who have put personal agendas aside and worked together

With the opening of ThrivePoint Academy of Utah coming in the fall of 2025, Taylor Smith is interviewing teachers, organizing curriculum and recruiting students. He is also learning the ins and outs of administration through the UAPCS Incubator Fellow Program.

Utah Connections Academy is a tuition-free virtual charter school dedicated to providing a high-quality, personalized education to students in grades K-12 across Utah.

Fiscal Wins Ongoing Funding 4% increase in the WPU 9% increase in the LRF $1,000 teacher ongoing pay increase $446 ongoing increase to Educator Salary Adjustment One-time Funding $50 million educator support professional bonus $77.7 million continuation of teacher preparation hours $12.8 million continuation of Stipends for Future Educators grant $7.3 million continuation of Grow

This course will provide training targeted at individuals interested in becoming charter school administrators. Five classes will be provided in conjunction with the UAPCS Summer Conference (you will need to register for the conference), and two classes will be over Zoom.

Keynote Speaker Daryl Williams Jr., a man of excellence and a shining example of how excellence, when pursued, can be achieved.

Charter Day on the Hill was on Jan. 21, 2025 — the first day of the legislative session!