K-6 Utah Charter School

A free public K-6 charter school located in East Salt Lake City.

School Land Trust

School Land Trust Funding and Canyon Rim Academy     

CRA Land Trust Committee Meeting Minutes 3/7/2023>>

CRA Land Trust Committee Meeting Minutes 10/23/2023>>

Land Trust Information>>  (Agendas, Land Trust Plan, Council members)

Teacher Student Support Plan 2022-23>>

School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) manage school trust lands to generate revenue for schools. In 2020 Utah public schools received over $88 million dollars through the School LAND Trust Program.

Committee Members

To contact the Trust Lands Committee, please email trustlands@canyonrimacademy.org 

Colleen Mitchell   
Dave Garrett   
Jessica Sheehan 
Sarah Walton- Chair

Parent Members:
Melanie Mortensen
Melissa Ruesch
Jackie Thiel
Amanda Wiscomb

Rules of Order: Parliamentary Procedure>> 

Summary of CRA's 2023-24 Land Trust Plan:

The plan was directed at increasing RISE testing scores including having ELA - Grades 1-3 to mirror the Early Learning Plan;  3-6th RISE to increase by 2% and Math- Grades 1-3 to mirror the Early Learning Plan with a 2% increase on the RISE test and a  2% increase on the Science portion as compared to the 2021-22 school year. RESULTS: According to our RISE testing- overall scores were as follows for 2022-23 school year: 66.4% language arts, 69.3% math and 75.8% in science.


Money is being used for: Computer Lab, 1st and 3rd Grade chrome books + carts for support of student tiered interventions in math and reading, monies to provide an Intervention Teacher for 2nd Grade, CKLA programming, and Experiential/Science/Outdoor Community Engagement.


Total funding for these expenditures totaled $69,407

Total funding for the 2024-25 school year totals $75,091