: The worst student to teacher ratios in the country; near the worst per pupil funding in the US; low starting salary schedules that shortchange new teachers so the oldest teachers can be overpaid, though all do the same work; LIFO policies so that younger teachers are always fired first no matter how good they are and no matter how poor senior teachers are; teacher layoffs expected at every recession, with waves
of recessions expected indefinitely; bad funding in the
absence of recessions and worse funding in recessions; constant loading with
additional requirements and expectations; poor and worsening teacher morale; poor and worsening working conditions; ugly architecturally uninspired facilities and often trashy temporary classrooms; inadequate learning materials, resources and technology; inadequate administrative
support with the worst student / administrator ratios in the county; inadequate librarian, psychologist, behavioral specialist, counselor, nurse
support due to the worst ratios; inadequate student discipline structures; and much more...
Additional requirements: For a Utah resident to be eligible for Parent / Caretaker Relative Medicaid, the child must be deprived
of parent
support because
of a death,
absence, incapacity or underemployment
of a parent / caretaker relative.