Deseret News: The Top 50 Elementary Schools in Utah According to the Utah Comprehensive Accountability System

Approaching the 2014 Ogden School Board elections with a new resolve, as seven Ogden elementary schools again "finish" at the bottom of the heap

Eye opening material provided this morning by another sharp-eyed and alert WCF reader:

"The stats are in, and it doesn't look good for Ogden School District. According to an article in the Deseret News, Ogden School District is not doing nearly as well as represented at [recent] board meetings":

• The top 50 elementary schools in Utah according to the Utah Comprehensive Accountability System

Here's the nitty-gritty:

"Ogden elementary schools that made the lost of 30 lowest in Utah for accountability":

#10 Odyssey at 42% proficient
#6 TO Smith at 42% proficient
#2 Dee at 33% proficient
#1 Madison at 31% proficient

"Both Ogden high schools made the list of 50 lowest in Utah":

#36 Ogden High School 75% below proficient
#19 Ben Lomond 58% below proficient.

"Ogden elementary schools that made the list of the lowest 30 in Utah
for test scores":

#47 Bonneville Elementary 58% below proficient
# 33 Heritage Elementary 50% below proficient
#13 Gramercy Elementary 42% below proficient

Weber County Forum has attempted in the past to generate interest in Ogden School Board elections without much success. Last go-round, we even made candidate recommendations, which were (unfortunately) mostly ignored:

Ogden School Board District Precinct 1:
Don Belnap ☠☠☠
David Tanner ☝
Allen Smith ☝

Ogden School Board District Precinct 5:
 Shane Story ☠☠☠
 J. Scott Handy ☝☝
Clark Hogan ☝
Jim Hutchins ☝☝☝

In view of these latest dismal scores, (which reflect,  we think, what happens when when non-educators are "given free Ogden School Board reign,") we're newly resolved, when Ogden School Board elections roll around again in 2014, to double down on our efforts to oust non-professional educators from positions of school board authority, and replace them with professional educators - you know - experts who actually have a clue what they're doing?

Can we see by a show of hands how many of our gentle WCF readers will join us in this?

And please -- pretty please with sugar on it -- don't let the cat get your tongue in re this pressing issue.