West High School Principal Jared Wright was put on administrative leave last week with no explanation from the Salt Lake City School District. Students staged a walkout Friday in protest.

West High School Principal Jared Wright has resigned, roughly two weeks after being put on administrative leave for reasons the Salt Lake City School District has not disclosed.

West High School Principal Jared Wright was put on administrative leave last week with no explanation from the Salt Lake City ...

Jared Wright was placed on administrative leave from West High School the week of January 13. Parents found out when a weekly school newsletter announced the vice principal as Acting Principal.

Jared Wright said in a Facebook post Tuesday that he has worked in the Salt Lake City School District for 20 years, had been the high school's principal for over four years, and has decided to ...

About 200 West High School students walked out of class on Jan. 17, 2025, in support of their principal, Jared Wright, who was placed on administrative leave.

Students at West High School in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, staged a walkout in support of Principal Jared Wright, who was placed on administrative leave the week before.

In a social media post Tuesday night, Jared Wright explained that he stepped down and resigned his position due to "pressing family obligations," although he did not specify what those were.

Over one hundred students at West High School in Salt Lake City held a walkout Friday to support their former principal and to raise awareness over what they call a sense of fear within the hallways.

On Friday, nearly 200 students at West High participated in a walkout to protest the district’s actions to remove principal Jared Wright from his duties at the school.