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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 1-3, 2018 The Park Record A-11 Continued from A-9 School builds play area munity. One day, she would love to see more pop up in Park City and know that the Park City Cooperative Preschool was the first. “Now people are going to talk about it and their kids are going to talk about it,” she said. “Hopefully it becomes a thing around Park City and in preschools.” The school is currently en- Continued from A-9 District preps to train ing process in place was made this year after the Park City Board of Education expressed concerns about the possibility of some training slipping through the cracks with the influx of new positions. Petra Butler, a member of the Board, did not initially vote in favor of the budget because she was worried about the onboarding of new hires in the district. Gomez heard those concerns Continued from A-10 Junior recovers surance or medical insurance at the time of the incident. Doctors are not certain that Andre will be able to make a full recovery, but Ana is confident that her son will be able to because of his positive attitude and persistence. www.meyergallery.com 305 Main Street Park City, UT 84060 | 435.649.8160 COURTESY OF SHANNON SINGER Preschool students and their parents volunteer to create the new natural playscape for the Park City Cooperative Preschool. The bulk of the project was completed during a recent work day. rolling for the fall. For more information and to register, call 435-649-5949 or email register.pccp@gmail.com. and got to work laying out a new structure. He said that district cabinet members and superintendent Jill Gildea were also in favor of creating a new process for new hires. Gomez said that onboarding has taken place in the district on a less formal basis in the past. Much of the training took place during regular weekly administrative meetings. With the new process, incoming administrators will be paired with mentors within the school district throughout the year to talk about any issues or ask questions. Gildea will be in charge of selecting and assigning mentors. “We’ve got some good seasoned principals that we can pull from,” Gomez said. Gildea is expected to help finalize the content that will be covered during the monthly trainings once she has stepped into her role. Gomez said that the new onboarding process is expected to continue each year moving forward, and that monthly trainings for all administrators will likely also continue in years to come with different, new content. Those trainings will help identify staff that could be eligible for higher positions within the district and train them. “We want to create this process of identifying administrators within our ranks and then put them on a path so that we can get them into a program,” he said. Gomez said that the trainings will not cost the district any more than it already spends on training its new hires. “He is not giving up,” she said. “All he is thinking is, ‘I am going to walk and I am going to get back on my skateboard.’” She knows how strong-willed her son can be. Just four days after the crash, Andre came to visit her even though the doctors were not in favor of him leaving the hospital, she said. Recently, a physical therapist was teaching Andre how to move from the wheelchair into the car. When Andre asked if he could try doing it by himself, Ana said, the physical therapist looked hesitant but agreed. He did it, and then got himself back out of the car. She said that it was a big feat for him, especially considering where he was about two weeks ago. “When I first heard my son say that he couldn’t feel his lower body, my heart broke. I was like, ‘No, please no. This can’t be happening,’” she said. “So having him actually transferring himself from the wheelchair to the car, I thought, ‘He is ready.’” She said her son gets frustrated sometimes, but he is not scared to face the world in a wheelchair, for however long that will be. “I’m not losing hope, that’s the last thing that I want to do,” she said. To donate, visit https://www. gofundme.com/anaandre-car-accident-expenses. Bringing Community News to Park City Since 1880 Call 435-649-9014 to Subscribe Today Visit Meyer Gallery during Arts Festival weekend and take in exhibits by David Riley and Mary Sauer — new work by two of Utah’s finest artists. “Yellow Bellied Marmot” Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” David Riley applies a modern eye and classical training to the genres of traditional wildlife and western painting. The artist will be demonstrating live in the gallery Saturday, August 4th between 12 noon and 4:00 pm. “Soda Shop” Oil on Canvas 30” x 30” Thirty-two year old Mary Sauer’s fine figurative paintings have been featured on the cover of American Art Collector magazine and she has earned several coveted awards across the United States. Come see what she has created. 48th Annual Kimball Arts Festival Park City Historic Main Street Friday, August 3 – Sunday, August 5 Member of |