Show School Scho l Board Discusses Possible Attendance Ch Changes With Westside Orientation presentations were given Wednesday at Vernal Jr High and Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah High Schools to students and parents of the West Jr High School to acquaint westside students with the Vernal schools STUDENTS from West Jr High were bussed to Vernal during the morning periods and conducted through the two Vernal schools by students and faculty in small groups The west students were shown the expanding curriculum and the new facilities these two schools now of fer Wednesday afternoon parents of the westside students were guests of the Vernal Jr High and Uintah High Schools The parents were given the same tour as the students received through the new modern facilities Residents of the westside met at the West Jr High School Wednesday evening evening even even- ing in a mass meeting sponsored by the Uintah Board of Education and further discussion of possible changes that may maybe maybe maybe be made within the district PRESENT PLANS of the s school hool board include transferring high school students from the Lapoint Tridell and Whiterocks areas now now attending Union High School to Uintah High School School- in Vernal This will Include e about 60 to 70 students March 11 last year Uintah School Board made an with chesne School Board to withdraw its financial and operational interests in Union High School Since that time the Uintah District has been sending over students to the Duchesne District school on a tuition basis AT THE time of the agreement it it it- was as decided between the two boards that if the attendance area ajea ea was to be changed the changing district would notify the other district one year in advance advance ad ad- vance of the intended change and no change be made after February 1 of each year Duchesne District was notified not at this time according to the Uintah Board that a change would be made in the fall of 1970 The school board explained that over every year will be saved by closing down the Whiterocks School and transferring the students to Uintah as aswell aswell aswell well as transferring other students to school facilities in Vernal BECAUSE OF the loss of Federal funds and the small increase allowed Inthe in inthe the recent budget legislature the move has become even more expedient Fewer Few Few- er instructors will be required d to instruct the same number of students made possible possible pos pos- sible by consolidation of schools it was pointed out Salt Lake School District is presently planning to consolidate and close six ix city schools Into larger schools because of the economic fact they cant can't afford to operate the smaller schools in today's high costs and low budgets allowed for these schools A COMBINED dedication program is planned in the near future for three new finished construction projects in the district district dis dis- the board hoard also announced Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- of or last week These new projects projects pro pro- include the new media media center center and multi purpose multi purpose room at Central School the new auditorium and band instruction instruction tion facilities at Vernal Jr High School and the new cafeteria library locker and sewing rooms and two new metal and agriculture shops at the Uintah High School chool It was also reported that the new Maeser Maeser Mae Mae- ser School would be finished during the summer and that several hundred more students can be added to this new new school facility to take some of the load load- pressure pressure pres pres- sure off Ashley Elementary Central and Naples Schools and permit closing Lapoint La La- point School whose students will attend the new Maeser School THE SCHOOL board still has remaining in monies monies obtained from the 1 14 million bond money voted on two years ago that it allocated for construction construction construction tion on the west side This will be used to either build an addition to Todd or orto orto orto to the present West Jr High building to further expand these school facilities ies This expenditure will climax the Uintah Districts District's modernization and expansion expansion ex cx program made possible by bonding bond bond- ing |