Corner Canyon High School

Corner Canyon High School is a public school in Draper, Utah. It is the newest high school in the Canyons School District. Its colors are navy, silver and white, and its mascot is the Chargers.[2]

Corner Canyon High School
Address
12943 S. 700 E

Draper
,
Utah
84020

United States
Coordinates40°31′01″N 111°52′13″W
Information
Established2013
School districtCanyons School District
Teaching staff84.56 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment2,022 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.91[1]
Color(s)Navy, silver and white      
NicknameChargers
Websitecchs.canyonsdistrict.org

History

Corner Canyon High School opened in fall 2013.[3] It was built at 12943 S. 700 East in Draper, Utah,[4] using funds from a $250 million bond approved by voters in 2010.[3] Its classroom wings are two stories tall, and it includes a lecture hall, an auditorium, a 3,300 seat gymnasium, and a football field with artificial turf. It was the first comprehensive high school in Draper, and the first new high school built by Canyons School District after it split from the Jordan District in 2009.[5]

COVID-19

In October 2020, Corner Canyon High School received nationwide criticism for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in a New York Times article titled, "'Out of Control': When Schools Opened in a Virus Hot Spot". The school reported an excess of 90 cases in a two-week window.[6] The Mayor of Draper, Troy Walker stated that, "he had heard from some Corner Canyon parents that there was an agreement among mothers at the school — he called it a 'mom code' — not to get their children tested for the virus even if they became ill, to avoid adding to the school's case count and contributing to it being shut down".[6]

References
  1. "Corner Canyon High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  2. "Canyons board rejects student vote, adopts Chargers as Draper mascot instead of Cougars", Deseret News, January 19, 2012
  3. "Brand new Corner Canyon High School opens," Fox 13, August 13, 2013
  4. "School Web Page". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
  5. "Corner Canyon High School opens in Draper," Deseret News, August 13, 2013
  6. Taylor, Kate (2020-10-18). "'Out of Control': When Schools Opened in a Virus Hot Spot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-19.


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