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Show A-10 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 16-19, 2019 The Park Record Continued from A-1 Care is increased 2020 QUALIFIERS Top scorers in qualifiers will compete in The Park Record Bee on March 10, 2020. Winner of The Park Record Bee will compete in the Scripps National Bee in May 2020. QUALIFIERS TAKE PLACE DECEMBER 4, 2019. Ecker Hill Middle School: 3:45pm (4th-8th) Sara Hutchinson • sarabhutch@gmail.com Jeremy Ranch Elementary School: 3:15pm (2nd/3rd, 4th-8th) Sarah Smyth • sarahasmyth@comcast.net McPolin Elementary School: 3:15pm (2nd/3rd, 4th-8th) Kelly Cronley • kelly.brewer@gmail.com Park City Day School: 8:30am (2nd/3rd, 4th-8th) Mallory Matthews • mmatthews@parkcitydayschool.org Parleys Park Elementary School: 3:15pm (2nd/3rd, 4th-8th) Stephanie Pearce • spearce@pcschools.us Trailside Elementary School: 3:15pm (2nd/3rd, 4th-8th) Julie Sommers • juliesommers@gmail.com Treasure Mountain Junior High: 2:45pm (4th-8th) Suzanne Jacoby • suzjacoby@me.com Weilenmann School of Discovery: 3:05pm (2nd/3rd, 4th-8th) Shelley Turner • shelleyturner@wsdpc.org Heber Valley School: 3:00pm written Piper Riddle • piper.riddle@wasatch.edu J.R. Smith Elementary School: oral bee Teresa Segura • teresa.segura@wasatch.edu Plus, more students now have access to mental health care that may help them deal with the challenges they face. Ben Belnap, associate superintendent of student wellness in the Park City School District, said the uptick in care doesn’t mean students are being overtreated; it’s the result of a change in strategy and newfound ability to treat the underlying causes of students’ behavior rather than the behavior itself. “A compliant child is not necessarily a healthy child,” Belnap said. “Where in the past it was spare the rod, spoil the child — 50 years ago — and you don’t act out, you fear the teacher. Now these kids have space and we’re able to identify the root of the issue. ... There’s a lot more to wellness than complying in a classroom.” When a teacher or school administrator notices a student acting out, they consult with school-based counselors, and if they decide further help would be beneficial, seek consent from the student’s parents. That’s when a referral is made to Clayton, a behavioral health program manager with the University of Utah who oversees the program and matches the student with an appropriate care provider. Referrals for school-based therapy were possible in previous years, when Summit Continued from A-1 Leaders convene don’t go there,” he said. “It’s still a great vacation no matter what. We’re pretty fortunate that we’re not just a one-trick pony.” Todd Shallan, president and COO of Deer Valley Resort, also spoke at the event and at one point fielded an audience question about the status of Mayflower Mountain Resort, a planned ski area abutting Deer Valley near the Jordanelle Reservoir. Shallan said Deer Valley remains in contact with Mayflower’s developer, Extell Development Company, about operating the ski area but that no agreement has been reached. “We’ll see how that goes,” County contracted with Valley Behavioral Health, but logistical problems often made that option impractical, Clayton said. The counselors were paid per appointment, rather than per hour, and for far-flung schools in the East Side school districts, Clayton said it was hard to make the trip worth their time. Some students were referred to a clinic in Park City, but adding another appointment to a family’s packed schedule sometimes proved untenable. Starting in September, Summit County entered into a contract with the University of Utah’s Healthy U Behavioral to provide federally mandated behavioral health services. The biggest switch, county Health Director Rich Bullough has said, is going from a provider model to a network model. Instead of directly employing health care providers, the new system provides a network to choose from, enabling patients to access more health care practitioners. The school counselor program was one of the main focuses of the changeover, Summit County’s Behavioral Health Director Aaron Newman said. “Out of this entire transition, this is probably the program I’m most excited about and view as the biggest success,” Newman said. “It’s way beyond anything we had even thought we’d be looking at right now.” Summit County is acting as a pass-through for state and federal funds, and the school counselor program is coming at no increased cost to the county, Newman said. Clinical mental health counselor Travis Sanderson, who now works in the North Sum- mit and South Summit school districts, said the biggest benefit is the ability to offer services in schools. “I’ve worked a lot with kids over the years — that’s the No. 1 roadblock, especially for school-aged kids seeking counseling,” he said. “Parents have to take time off work, bring them into the office. Typically a session is 45-50 minutes, (so that’s) two hours for parents.” The contract also allows the flexibility to do a quick, 15- to 20-minute check-in with a student if that’s all they need that day, Sanderson said, or to go long when that’s called for. And districts can allocate more hours to a given school if it finds that’s where it’s needed. Having regular hours in schools allows the counselors to serve as a resource for teachers, as well, Sanderson said. Sometimes they’ll have informal conversations about different strategies to use with kids or answer questions. South Summit Superintendent Shad Sorenson said the school-based therapists enable district-based counselors to focus on preparing students for the next steps in their academic careers and reduces student behavioral burdens that fall to teachers. And if students are receiving care from a trusted source like the school district, it may reduce stigma in the adult population. Parents and families sometimes participate in therapy sessions, as well, Sorenson said. Newman said the number of adults seeking services in North Summit and South Summit has increased at roughly the same rate as the student numbers have, though he added that the program is still very new. Shallan said. At another moment, Shallan also told the audience Deer Valley plans to spend approximately $75 million over the next five years on improvements on and off the mountain, including renovations of the resort’s day lodges. Meanwhile, Goar provided an update about the planned development of the parking lots at the PCMR base area. PCMR owner Vail Resorts reached an agreement in April with Provo firm PEG Companies to develop the lots, and Goar said Wednesday that PEG is readying to share more details with the public about its plan for the area. Woodward Park City General Manager Shaydar Edelmann also briefly addressed the gathering, indicating the action sports camp under construction on the hillside near Pinebrook still plans to open next month for its inaugural season. The event was held as Park City’s business community ramps up for the annual influx of winter visitors. According to data Malone presented to the audience, projected visitation is tracking within roughly 1% of last year’s bookings for the core months of December through March but ski season’s bookend periods remain a little light. In an interview, Malone said he’s surprised momentum from last winter’s record-setting season for snow and visitation hasn’t seemed to manifest itself in elevated lodging numbers, though there’s still time for that to change. “I would have expected a little but more buoyancy coming off last year, the great amount of snow that we had,” he said. “But, you know, the industry is changing. So many people have season passes so far in advance from all over the country, there still is a great opportunity for us to convince people the best vacation is here.” Last winter was a banner season for the ski industry both in Park City and across Utah, as the state eclipsed 5 million skier visits for the first time. 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