Davis School District

School district in Utah, United States

Davis School District

Address

45 East State Street
PO Box 588[1]: 72 [2]

Farmington

, Utah, 84025
United States
District information
Type| Public
Motto| Learning First!
Grades| PK - 12
Established| 1911
Superintendent| Dan Linford
Governing agency| Utah Department of Education
Schools|

* 59 elementary schools
* 17 junior high schools
* 8 high schools
* 4 special schools[1]: 72–79

NCES District ID| 4900210[3]
Students and staff
Students| 72,987[1]: 72
Teachers| 2,769[1]: 72
Other information
Website| www.davis.k12.ut.us

Davis School District is a school district serving Davis County, Utah, United States. Headquartered in the county seat of Farmington, it is the 61st largest school district in the United States and the 2nd largest school district in Utah with 72,987 students attending Davis schools as of 2019.[1]: 72 It is located almost entirely within Davis County. Students attend elementary school from kindergarten to 6th grade, junior high from 7th grade-9th grade, and high school from 10th grade-12th grade.[2]

## History

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In 2006, the Davis School District received recognition for having the nation's top graduation rate among the 100 largest school districts in the United States, according to a survey by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Also in 2006, the superintendent, Dr. W. Bryan Bowles was awarded superintendent of the year in Utah.[Note 1]

In 2012, district administrators were sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for deciding to remove the book In Our Mothers’ House by children's author Patricia Polacco from the shelves of their elementary school libraries due to its content about lesbian mothers.[5][6] The district returned the book to shelves a few months later.[7]

For the 2016–17 school year, Reid Newey moved from the Weber School District to become the superintendent of DSD.

In 2019, a Davis school bus driver closed the bus doors on the backpack of a boy, pinning him outside the bus and dragging him forward over 150 feet. His family sued the driver, alleging this was done intentionally to racially harass the boy, who was biracial. They pointed to previous instances of racial harassment by the driver and attempts at retaliation for reporting him.[8][9] The district settled the suit in 2021 for $62,500 and acknowledged the racial assault.[10] The incident also sparked a three-year investigation into the Davis School District by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). That investigation found that racial harassment was widespread in the school district and hundreds of complaints were intentionally unaddressed.[11] Black and Asian students in the district faced a hostile environment where they were subjected to racial slurs, and Davis School District employees responded to complaints by telling them "not to be so sensitive or [making] excuses for harassing students by explaining that they were 'not trying to be racist'".[12] The DOJ required the district to create a plan to address the systemic problems moving forward which included changing its policies, offering more training, and creating an equity department for racial discrimination complaints with a director that is approved by the federal government.[11][13]

In 2021, a ten-year-old black girl who attended the District's Foxboro Elementary School committed suicide due to racist bullying, sparking national outcry.[13] An independent investigation that was commissioned by the district found that staff had joined in on the mistreatment of the girl. In 2023, her family was awarded $2 million in a civil rights settlement, to be paid by Davis School District.[14]

In 2023, the district removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools while keeping it in high schools after a committee reviewed the scripture in response to a parental complaint. The district has removed other titles, including Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and John Green’s Looking for Alaska, following a 2022 state law requiring districts to include parents in decisions over what constitutes "sensitive material."[15][16][17][18][19]

## Communities

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Davis School District, which has the same boundaries as that of Davis County, serves the following communities:[20]

* Bountiful
* Centerville
* Clearfield
* Clinton
* Farmington
* Fruit Heights
* Hill Air Force Base (most of the land area)
* Kaysville
* Layton
* North Salt Lake
* South Weber
* Sunset
* Syracuse
* West Bountiful
* West Point
* Woods Cross

## Schools

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The following schools are part of Davis School District:[1]: 72–79

### Elementary schools[Note 2]

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* Adams Elementary - Layton
* Adelaide Elementary - Bountiful
* Antelope Elementary - Clearfield
* Bluff Ridge Elementary - Syracuse
* Boulton Elementary - Bountiful
* Bountiful Elementary - Bountiful
* Buffalo Point Elementary - Syracuse
* H.C. Burton Elementary - Kaysville
* Canyon Creek Elementary - Farmington
* Centerville Elementary - Centerville
* Clinton Elementary - Clinton
* Columbia Elementary - Kaysville
* Cook Elementary - Syracuse
* Creekside Elementary - Kaysville
* Crestview Elementary - Layton
* Doxey Elementary - Sunset
* Eagle Bay Elementary - Farmington
* East Layton Elementary - Layton
* Ellison Park Elementary - Layton
* Endeavour Elementary - Kaysville
* Farmington Elementary - Farmington
* Foxboro Elementary - North Salt Lake
* Heritage Elementary - Layton
* Hill Field Elementary - Clearfield
* Holbrook Elementary - Bountiful
* Holt Elementary - Clearfield
* Island View Elementary - West Point
* Kay's Creek Elementary - Kaysville
* Kaysville Elementary - Kaysville
* King Elementary - Layton
* Knowlton Elementary - Farmington
* Lakeside Elementary - West Point
* Layton Elementary - Layton
* Lincoln Elementary - Layton
* Meadowbrook Elementary - Bountiful
* Morgan Elementary - Kaysville
* Mountain View Elementary - Layton
* Muir Elementary - Bountiful
* Oak Hills Elementary - Bountiful
* Odyssey Elementary - Woods Cross
* Orchard Elementary - North Salt Lake
* Parkside Elementary - Clinton
* Reading Elementary - Centerville
* Sand Springs Elementary - Layton
* Snow Horse Elementary - Kaysville
* South Clearfield Elementary - Clearfield
* South Weber Elementary - South Weber
* Stewart Elementary - Centerville
* Sunset Elementary - Sunset
* Syracuse Elementary - Syracuse
* Taylor Elementary - Centerville
* Tolman Elementary - Bountiful
* Vae View Elementary - Layton
* Valley View Elementary - Bountiful
* Wasatch Elementary - Clearfield
* West Bountiful Elementary - West Bountiful
* West Clinton Elementary - Clinton
* West Point Elementary - West Point
* Whitesides Elementary - Layton
* Windridge Elementary - Kaysville
* Woods Cross Elementary - Woods Cross

### Junior high schools

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* Bountiful Junior High School - Bountiful
* Centennial Junior High School - Kaysville
* Centerville Junior High School - Centerville
* Central Davis Junior High School - Layton
* Fairfield Junior High School - Kaysville
* Farmington Junior High School - Farmington
* Kaysville Junior High School - Kaysville
* Legacy Junior High School - Layton
* Millcreek Junior High School - Bountiful
* Mueller Park Junior High School - Bountiful
* North Davis Junior High School - Clearfield
* North Layton Junior High School - Layton
* South Davis Junior High School - Bountiful
* Sunset Junior High School - Sunset
* Syracuse Junior High School - Syracuse
* Shoreline Junior High School - Layton
* West Point Junior High School - West Point

### High schools

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* Bountiful High School \- Bountiful
* Clearfield High School \- Clearfield
* Davis Connect 7-12 \- Layton
* Davis High School \- Kaysville
* Farmington High School \- Farmington
* Layton High School \- Layton
* Northridge High School \- Layton
* Syracuse High School \- Syracuse
* Viewmont High School \- Bountiful
* Woods Cross High School \- Woods Cross

### Special schools

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* Family Enrichment Center - Kaysville
* Mountain High School - Kaysville
* Pioneer Adult Rehabilitation Center - Clearfield
* Renaissance Academy - Kaysville
* Vista education campus - Farmington

## See also

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* Utah portal
* Schools portal

* List of the largest school districts in the United States by enrollment
* List of school districts in Utah

## Notes

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1. ^ Until 2016, Dr. W. Bryan Bowles was the superintendent of Davis School District.[1]: 72 However, effective 31 August, he retired and a replacement had yet to be named.[4]
2. ^ As of 2016, Fruit Heights was the only city within Davis County which does not have an elementary school located within the city. (All the communities within Davis County, except Hill Air Force Base are classified as cities.)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "Utah's 2015-16 Educational Directory". schools.utah.gov. Utah State Office of Education. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
2. ^ a b "About Davis School District". davis.k12.ut.us. Davis School District. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
3. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Davis District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
4. ^ Jacobsen, Morgan (July 13, 2016). "Davis School District superintendent announces retirement". Deseret News. Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
5. ^ Rogers, Melinda (November 14, 2012). "Davis district sued over flap about lesbian mothers book". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
6. ^ Flood, Alison (November 15, 2012). "Utah district sued for segregating children's book about lesbian mums". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
7. ^ Geidner, Chris (January 14, 2013). "Utah School District Students Can Read About Lesbian Parents Again". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
8. ^ Tanner, Courtney (May 7, 2019). "A biracial Utah boy was shut in the doors of a school bus and left dangling outside as it drove forward. Now his family is suing". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
9. ^ Andone, Dakin; Boyette, Chris (May 10, 2019). "School bus driver dragged biracial student because of his 'racial animus,' lawsuit says". CNN. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
10. ^ Tanner, Courtney (July 17, 2019). "A Utah school district agrees to pay $62,500 after a biracial boy was dragged by a bus". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
11. ^ a b Tanner, Courtney (October 21, 2021). "Justice department chastises Utah school district for ignoring racial harassment of Black and Asian students". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
12. ^ Chavez, Nicole (October 22, 2021). "A Utah school district ignored hundreds of racial harassment complaints against Black and Asian American students, DOJ says". CNN. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
13. ^ a b Metz, Sam (November 3, 2022). "Family of a Black Utah fifth grader who died by suicide to sue for school's response to bullying". USA TODAY. Associated Press. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
14. ^ Tanner, Courtney (August 8, 2023). "A 10-year-old Black girl died by suicide after being bullied. Her Utah school district will now pay the family $2 million". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
15. ^ Metz, Sam (June 1, 2023). "Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'". www.apnews.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
16. ^ Tanner, Courtney (June 1, 2023). "The Bible is banned in these Utah elementary and middle schools now for 'vulgarity or violence'". www.sltrib.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
17. ^ Matza, Max (June 2, 2023). "Utah primary schools ban Bible for 'vulgarity and violence'". www.bbc.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
18. ^ Wilson, Tilda (June 2, 2023). "A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves". www.npr.org. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
19. ^ Li, David K. (June 2, 2023). "Utah parent upset by book bans gets Bible pulled from school shelves to expose 'bad faith process'". www.nbcnews.com. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
20. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Davis County, UT" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 3, 2023. \- Text list

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