08/05/2026
Dear Jim Bridger Families and Community Members,
Starting tomorrow, August 5th you will notice construction taking place around our campus as we begin a fencing project designed to help create a safer and more secure learning environment for our students and staff. We appreciate your patience as this important work is completed.
Also, as we prepare for the upcoming school year, we want to share an important Granite School District policy update.
In February, our Board of Education approved an update to district policy regarding animals on school property. Under this updated policy, dogs are no longer permitted on school campuses at any time, including outside of school hours. Click here for the full updated policy https://drive.google.com/file/d/13JoSQrrqvj9_QyOYzZlyU5xHbjwi91Ts/view.
We know that many of our community members have enjoyed walking their dogs on school grounds in the past, and we appreciate the care and pride people take in our shared spaces. However, this change was made to help us maintain clean, safe, and welcoming environments for students and staff. Despite our best efforts, pet waste has increasingly become an issue on school grounds, creating challenges for students during recess, physical education, outdoor activities, building rentals, as well as for our custodial teams. Many schools have been forced to keep extra clothes on hand for students whose clothes become covered in pet waste, and some schools are using funds to pay for outside companies to clean waste off the fields. We have also had multiple students bitten by dogs during school hours around Granite School District.
It is important to understand that these campuses were built primarily for the purpose of educating children with public use as a secondary benefit. Our campuses will continue to be a welcome place for public use after school hours and during the summer when school activities are not taking place. We are asking for your cooperation in helping us keep our campuses clean and safe by not bringing dogs onto school property moving forward. By working together, we can ensure that our campuses remain places where students can learn and play without avoidable and costly disruptions.
We will work with our law enforcement partners as appropriate to enforce this policy.
Thank you for your understanding and for your continued support of our schools.
Sincerely,
Granite School District
