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By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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hen American International School of Utah, a Murraybased charter school, abruptly closed its doors in 2019, parent Megan Powell scrambled to find new schools for her children that were small in size and would offer unique opportunities. At Paradigm, she found a new home for two of her kids. “I loved the small class sizes,” Powell said. “I like that it has an arts program that my children would enjoy. I like that the school believes in families, and I like the conservative values and love of country.” However, what she didn’t know was that Paradigm School was on a turnaround status. “[That was] probably good that I didn’t know, because we would not have enrolled them in another school that could potentially close again,” she said. Paradigm went on turnaround status in 2017. The School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act, passed by the Utah Legislature in 2015, is a state initiative that identifies low-performing schools as being in the bottom three percent of schools statewide for two consecutive years. Those schools are provided outside resources and have three years to show improved academic achievement to exit out of the turnaround status. Continued page 7
Paradigm School successfully exited turnaround status this past June, with the support of students and families who have stood behind the charter school. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
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