Back to School page 10 August 27, 2021 | Vol. 2 Iss. 35
BLAKLINE RIDES TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY
By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com BOUNTIFUL—Any given day, Bryce Carey will either be fixing a Harley or riding one. Carey, along with his partner Tyler Byrge own Blakline Speed Shop where the pair do everything from repair to adding handlebars and accessories. But they do more than just fix motorcycles. “We’re in it for the passion of riding and to give back to the community,” said Carey. “We throw events here to raise money for things like breast cancer and when riders go down we get donations to help with their medical bills and to take care of their kids.” They hold Trunk BRYCE CAREY (STANDING) AND TYLER BYRGE own Blakor Treats and ride for line Speed Shop. The pair use their passion for riding to help worthy causes. different causes, he said. “We Photo by Becky Ginos give massive amounts to feed the homeless. We have a toy drive and we supplied elementary kids motorcycle scene so we wanted to give it a whirl.” with beanies, coats and gloves to keep them warm in the The biking community is very open, he said. “I’ve wintertime. We usually hit 10 to 15 rides to give back to met some amazing people all over the place. I just enjoy the community.” riding. It's not about whether it’s a 1,000 mile ride or a Carey and Byrge both grew up riding bikes and met 10 mile ride – it’s about time together. You can go so while they were working at Harley. “We went to Harley many different directions. The best experience is to help training school in Arizona for 18 months to become people out and be in the open.” certified mechanics,” said Carey. “After graduation I Carey said they don’t necessarily put on an event in worked at Harley for five years and it just took off from order to give back. “There’s a handful of dudes, about there.” eight, that hang out here that we do a ride with. We have Growing up, Byrge did some racing and Carey did a bike night at the shop once a month for like minded a lot of camping and riding dirt bikes. “We wanted to people to gather and go for a ride. We help support get out on the street and both of our dads had Harleys. Please see BLAKLINE: pg. 4 Our dads have been the push for why we got into the
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Social studies textbooks go digital By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—The idea of passing out physical textbooks the first day of class is mostly a thing of the past. The Davis School District will now be using ABCCLIO, an online database resource for secondary schools for social study instruction. “We used to buy printed textbooks for those instructional materials,” said Assistant Superintendent Dr. Logan Toone. “The topics align with the core curriculum. Students have access to the database as well.” However, in the current issues class, students don’t have access to everything, he said. “We want to ensure the resources we deliver are well aligned with the curriculum so we don’t get into issues that teachers are not supposed to talk about such as topics recently prohibited by the State Board of Education of race, racism, that one race is superior to another. These are things we wouldn’t be teaching anyway. None of it is in the core curriculum.” Content in ABC-CLIO is well vetted by teachers, especially in the current issues class, said Toone. “This is one of the things the teachers are skilled at. It’s well aligned to be core specific to make sure teachers aren’t pushing the envelope and not sharing personal views. If the class is having an appropriate discussion and a student brings something else up the teacher can say ‘there’s a different time and place for that.’ If it’s a historical discussion based on fact, they shouldn’t shy away from that.” District policy and procedures outlines the steps that must be taken to adopt new instructional materials, he said. “We put out an RFP to publishing companies and parents and teachers serve on a committee that reviews all the responses from the publishing companies. They give each one a score. They make a final determination based on the highest score. That started in January. It’s a pretty comprehensive process.” A public review period is also part of the process, Toone said. “We had an open house where the community could add comments and review the material. We held Please see DIGITAL: pg. 4