Why This Site Exists
This site was organized by concerned parents to gather what's happening at Vista in one place. Decisions about the school are the board's to make, and we raise our questions about them there. Our central concern is how staff are treated: current and former teachers have written letters describing intimidation and fear of retaliation, and parents have asked the board to investigate since July 2026. As of October 2026, the board hasn't taken formal action. Because Utah's educator standards cover educator conduct, we've also raised those concerns with the state, which reviews them confidentially. We aren't asking for anyone's personnel records to be made public. Everything on this site is either public information or shared with its author's permission.
“Trust requires transparency; transparency builds trust.”
— Utah Office of the State Auditor's Transparent Utah
Letters of Concern
Read letters written by parents, staff, and community members to Vista's administration, School Board, and the state charter board — and add your own.
Meetings
Watch Board and Town Hall meetings live, browse the auto-updated schedule, or catch a past recording.
Policies & Rights
A searchable library of Utah and USBE charter-school policies and parental-rights resources.
“Hindsight Is 20/20”
— Dr. Justin Blasko, describing a lesson from a former boss in the Monroe School District, quoted by St. George News when Vista hired him (2023)
Vista's current Executive Director, Dr. Justin Blasko, was appointed in August 2023. Before coming to Vista, Blasko was Superintendent of the Monroe School District in Washington State, where he was placed on administrative leave in December 2021. An independent investigator's May 2022 report found many complaints of bullying, intimidation, and unprofessional conduct toward staff supported by the evidence, and he resigned that July with a severance package of roughly $396,000. The findings concern his treatment of staff, not school reopening: the report notes Monroe's board approved his November 2020 order sending first-grade teachers back to classrooms. St. George News reported at the time Vista hired him that parents raised concerns both about this background and about the Board's lack of communication around the decision. Read the full investigation report.
Vista's organizational chart, as presented at a public Board meeting, redrawn here for readability. Source: vistautah.com.
Administrative & Teacher Turnover
Compiled by Vista parents using Utah's public compensation database, Transparent Utah, and redrawn here for readability. The dashed vertical lines mark years in which Vista changed directors. These charts were put together by parents, not produced or independently verified by Saving Vista School — the underlying data is public and can be checked directly at transparent.utah.gov. These charts show yearly totals, not anyone's personnel records. The exits chart counts teachers, so it isn't inflated by longer tenure.
Combined years of experience held by teachers who left Vista, by year.
Number of teachers exiting Vista, by year.
Enrollment
Presented at Vista's July 29, 2026 Board meeting, redrawn here for readability.
Enrollment by grade, August 2026, compared to the school's own stated targets.
For independent confirmation, the Utah State Charter School Board publishes its own official enrollment count for every charter school each year.
Vista's official October 1 headcount, 2022–2026, per the Utah State Charter School Board's Utah Charter Access Point dashboard.
Administrator Salaries
Vista's administrator salaries compared to George Washington Academy, a similarly sized nearby charter school, per Utah's public employee compensation database, Transparent Utah. All figures are wages as listed on Transparent Utah, not including benefits. Vista's board sets administrator pay.
Administrator salaries at Vista compared to George Washington Academy, per Utah's public compensation data.