Education

Heavy turnover at San Juan School District

by Bill Boyle San Juan Record Editor There continues to be significant turnover among the staff and officials at the San Juan School District and it has continued with the resignation of the school board’s longest-tenured member. Nelson Yellowman is resigning from the San Juan School Board after 19...

USU Blanding campus graduation is Friday

Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson will give the commencement address at the Utah State University Blanding 2025 commencement ceremony. The ceremony will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at San Juan High School in Blanding. Tonie Dee will be the ceremony’s student speaker. The...

School board talks old Blanding elementary building future and revise sick day policy

Members of the San Juan School Board discussed the future of the old Blanding Elementary building, gave staff more flexibility to use sick days, and reviewed bullying survey data at their latest meeting. Members of the San Juan School Board discussed the future of the current Blanding Elementary...

Gwen Behunin Computer Science Winner from San Juan high school

Four winners, seven runners-up for San Juan County students in Sterling Scholar

Four San Juan High School seniors were named Sterling Scholars at the 45th Annual Southeastern Utah Sterling Scholar competition on April 7. The event is presented by the Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation, Deseret News and KSL, with special thanks to Emery Telcom. A total of 22 San Juan...

Members of the team include: (left to right) Coach Aaron Petersen, Coach Cheryl Wheeler, Emma Wheeler, Lay Petersen, Alexis Bailey, Dalton Adams, Maren Freestone, Carter Francom, Marah Long, Hyrum Vess, Head Coach Paige Freestone, Ryan Lewis, Coral Delorenzis, Coach Lynda Boyle, and Dani Black. Courtesy photo

Monticello High Drama dominates at state meet

With an incredible sweep of first place in nearly every single event, the Monticello High School drama department excelled at the 1A State Drama meet, held March 28 and 29 in Pleasant Grove. Monticello thespians took home the top honors in six of the seven events and every one of the eleven team...

School District holds CTE competition

To celebrate CTE Month, San Juan School District CTE, in cooperation with USU Blanding and USU Eastern, hosted the annual Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) Competition. The event was held in February. Nearly 250 secondary students represented the following Career and Technical...

Albert R Lyman 6th Grader Oliver Jeppesen (right) poses with his third place trophy alongside the other top two spellers at the regional spelling bee. Courtesy photo

ARL student places third at Regional Spelling Bee.

Albert R Lyman 6th Grader Oliver Jeppesen earned third place honors at the 2025 SESC Regional Spelling Bee held at Grand County High on March 6. Jeppesen finished behind two 7th graders from Carbon County. Kaira Francisco an 8th grader at Whitehorse and Nixon Boone a 4th grader at Monticello...

San Juan School Board approves spend plans and hears from Monument Valley administrators

The San Juan School board approved fee waivers and spend plans, received high marks on a compliance review and heard from Monument Valley administrators at their latest meeting. Members of the board approved Fee Waiver Policies, and Spend Plans as part of their March 3 meeting. The plans require...

San Juan Schools expand SHARP survey and review spend plans

Annual spend plans, expansion of SHARP surveys and replacing the district building elevator were all items discussed at the latest San Juan School Board meeting. Members of the San Juan School Board began conversations around the annual school spend plans at their February 12 meeting. The plans...

San Juan’s first majority Native School Board approves impact aid application, SJHS entry project

by David Boyle News Director The San Juan School Board approved an entryway expansion at San Juan High, applied for Impact Aid funding, and made history with the swearing-in of the first majority Native American board in the district at their January 22 meeting. Board members elected in 2024...