SC - Our Contributors

SavvyCitizen solicits contributions from a number of individuals, always with the goal of trying to find the best representative of a particular position on the issue in question. Whenever possible we try to solicit contributions from local residents and business people, but when necessary we will go beyond our borders to get the best person for the job.

Our Contributors...

Larry Jensen
Craig Johnson
Gordon Jones

Larry Jensen

Larry and his wife are the owners and operators of The Newcastle School, an award winning pre-school that has been operating for 24 years (the last 14 in Draper).

Larry also serves as the Secretary of the Draper Community Development Corporation (DCDC), whose mission is to promote and support community land uses and economic development while preserving Draper's historic and cultural heritage. That mission is accomplished by identifying opportunities, educating and engaging the public and bringing together elements of government, commerce, finance and philanthropy to complete projects which enhance our unique community. The current project of the DCDC is the restoration of the Fitzgerald Home and its development into the future home of the Draper Area Chamber of Commerce.

Read Larry's take on: None Available

Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is a 10-year resident of Cranberry Hill. He serves on the Alta View School Community Council and is a board advisor and committee chair at the Channing Hall Charter School in Draper. He also serves on the State Charter School Administrative Rules Review Committee. He is a partner in SPOT Business Systems, a Draper-based software company.

Craig and his wife, Lisa, are the parents of three children. They attended Jordan High School and Brigham Young University. Lisa is a part-time faculty member in the Linguistics Department at BYU and serves as the spokesperson for Utahns for Public Schools.

Read Craig's take on: School Vouchers

Gordon Jones

Gordon was the first Executive Director of the Utah Education Funding Project, which eventually became what is now Parents for Choice in Education, on whose board he still sits. He has been studying and writing about school choice in Utah and elsewhere for more than thirty years. Gordon has a Master's degree in Education from Stanford University and has taught secondary school (11th and 12th grades). He currently teaches part-time at Salt Lake Community College. Gordon and his wife educated their seven children in the public school system and are both products of public education themselves.

Read Gordon's take on: School Vouchers