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August 12, 2022 | Vol. 3 Iss. 32
Davis District welcomes nearly 400 new teachers By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com FARMINGTON—School starts on Aug. 22. As the doors open, classrooms will be filled with new teachers. In the past, the district has hired around 300 teachers. That includes elementary, secondary, special education and counselors. This year it’s closer to 400. The new teachers gathered Tuesday for a two day orientation at Farmington High. “We still have 15 openings in elementary and two for secondary,” said Allison Riddle, Davis District Elementary Mentor Supervisor. “I’m excited. It’s great to have this number of new teachers, they bring new energy.” The district offers one of the deepest mentoring programs in the state, she said. “Mentoring is required by board rule but it’s not funded. We’re lucky because our board understands the power of mentoring. Most of the board used to be teachers. The more training we give them the more we will retain them.” Orientation is the first step to make that connection, said Riddle. “It gives them a chance to acclimate to the district and the schools and feel a part of the profession. Teachers often feel isolated in their classrooms. This event helps them to feel a part of the social fabric of the district.” Riddle’s department is over recruitment. “I have not seen any concern over the harassment (DOJ findings),” she said. “There has been gratitude that we’re openly discussing the topic and the need to improve. I tell our teachers that they are culturally responsible and need to widen the lens they look through at students and appreciate the background of all students
NEW TEACHERS GET INFORMATION at an orientation at Farmington High. Generally the district has hired about 300 teachers this year it’s almost 400. and let them know all are welcome so they feel included in our community.” Every child should feel safe, seen and appreciated for who they are, said Riddle. “What they bring, brings something rich to our classrooms.” Please see TEACHERS: pg. 2
COURTNEY SMITH (LEFT) AND NICOLE ANDERSEN will be teaching fourth grade at South Weber Elementary School.
Photos by Becky Ginos
By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com
Most unpopular baby names this year
It had to happen – a list of the most unpopular baby names of 2022 has been published by a company called Bella Baby. For girls, the most unpopular girls is Angela, while for boys it’s Kobe. The next most unpopular names were Kimberley, Alexa, Jeffrey and Nigel. According to the British newspaper The Sun, some names begin to get out of fashion or popularity over time, “whether that be an association with the name or just that it has been so overused that it is no longer desired by new parents.” Other names at the bottom were Stuart, Chad, Gary, Bill, Ashton, Graham, Nicole, Ashley, Lorraine, Kristin and Suzanna. The top choices – Lily and Muhammad, Olivia, Noah, Jack, Theo, Leo, Oliver, Amelia, Sophia and Ava. Robin, Maxine, Elle, Mike, Billy and Steve enter the Top 100 thanks to Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
Death Valley receives record rainfall
PARAMEDICS ASSIST A VICTIM OF A CAR ACCIDENT. At first the county would only pay for one truck in the north end because they didn’t think it would work. After a year they authorized a truck in the south end.
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The current paramedics can make the decision to go somewhere as full-time paramedics or be in law enforcement full time, said Sparks. “Fire departments are hiring paramedics and gearing up. A lot of the staff will stay and work as deputy sheriffs.
Most cities will have their own or are part of a fire district like North Davis and South Davis, they’ll get their service from them.” Sparks said it’s been a smoother Please see DCSO: pg. 2
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Census ‘encouraged’ to change privacy method
Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality, saying it is jeopardizing the usability of numbers that are the foundation of the nation’s data infrastructure. The Census Bureau embraced using differential privacy algorithms for the first time with the release last year of the first round of 2020 census data. Those numbers were used for determining how many congressional seats each state gets, as well as redrawing political districts in a once-a-decade process known as redistricting. The demographers and other researchers ask in a letter to Census Bureau Director Robert Santos that the agency drop future plans to use the algorithms on two other important data releases – annual population estimates and the American Community Survey figures.
Paramedics have mixed emotions as service shifts from county to cities FARMINGTON—It was with mixed emotions that current and former paramedics gathered at Nicholls Park on Monday to celebrate 45 years of paramedic service with the county that will come to an end as it shifts to the cities. “It’s been a long, great program,” said Davis County Sheriff Kelly V. Sparks. “Everybody has mixed emotions but they are proud of the work they have done. It’s the best thing for the county. As a department we’re looking forward to the opportunity to function as an organization.” Some of the original paramedics are here, he said. “We’ve lost a few over the years that have passed on.”
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It’s usually the hottest and one of the driest parts of the United States, but California’s Death Valley received almost 1.5 inches of rain on a single day last week, causing flash floods that stranded hundreds of visitors and workers and sweeping away cars. Many vehicles were stuck in mudslides caused by the record storm. The one day total was equal to about 75 percent of what the area gets annually and more than ever recorded in history for the entire month of August.