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Show Thursday, Octobers, 2006 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Page 3 Amid national violence, Utah school administrators reaffirm safety policies -CathyjMred NORTH COUNTY STAFF While the recent acts of violence are far from Utah County, the planned or successful killing of students in other parts of the nation have left Alpine School District administrators reaffirming reaf-firming their plans and policies for students safety. Monday, a gunman shot several young girls in a quiet Pennsylvania Amish community killing six and then turned the gun on himself; Sept. 26, a man held six students hostage at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado, shooting and killing a 16-year-old and himself; Sept. 21, three seniors were charged for a planned attack on East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin having amassed a small arsenal of guns and bombs. Like the victims' schools, Alpine School District schools don't have barred doors and metal detectors, although the district has been proactive against violence by putting policies pol-icies and security procedures in place to protect students. "We have a plan, we try to make our teachers aware," Lone Peak High School Principal Princi-pal Chip Koop said. "It's a team effort with our faculty." Alpine School District spokeswoman Jerrilyn Morten-son Morten-son said the district has a "no tolerance" policy for threats or acts of violence, although it is up to each school's principal to determine whether or not a case is serious enough to warrant war-rant a student's expulsion. "Precautions are district wide and are tailored to the individual in-dividual schools," she said. Sept. 7, three Lone Peak High School students were suspended for two days after writing in colored chalk on a campus sidewalk a list of 16 fellow students. Included with the list was scrawled the phrase "Watch your back." "Their intent was to make kids smile, it was intended as a joke," Koop said on Tuesday. Tues-day. "There was no intent for harm." The next morning, Koop Vineyard inks deal with special service district Michael Rigert NORTH COUNTY STAFF With future residential and possible commercial growth knocking on the door, the Vineyard Town Council helped facilitate that expansion by becoming a member of the Timpanogos Special Service District. At its Sept. 27 meeting, Vineyard Vine-yard Town Council members voted unanimously for a wastewater waste-water disposal and treatment contract with the district. Garland Mayne, district manager man-ager of the special service district, dis-trict, which accepts and treats the majority of the wastewater in northern Utah County, said a district executive board approved ap-proved Vineyard's membership Sept. 14. Other district members include in-clude Alpine, American Fork, Cedar Hills, Highland, Lehi, Pleasant Grove, Saratoga Springs and a portion of Eagle Mountain. "With the Geneva property divided, they have to have a way" to handle greater amounts of wastewater, said town attorney David Church. "The nearest choice is the Timpanogos Special Service District," he said. Mayor Randy Farnworth did not immediately return calls for comment. The district currently serves 160,000 people, Mayne said. With the district's wastewater waste-water treatment plant already processing 20 million gallons of sewage from member cities and towns, Mayne said Vineyard, Vine-yard, at its maximum output, would increase that total by an estimated 3 million gallons of wastewater. Member municipalities munici-palities are billed by the district for services, which are then passed onto residents and businesses busi-nesses in itemized monthly utility utili-ty statements. According to the district's Web site, the district is currently billing $1.17 per 1,000 gallons of wastewater flow. Mayne said the district is looking at a plant expansion project that would hike its daily processing capacity to 30 million mil-lion gallons a day. Vineyard's contract with the district is typical of most other members, with the exception that it contains a total service cap of 7,500 equivalent residences, resi-dences, Church said. interviewed all the kids on the list and their parents were contacted. "We asked if anybody had it out for them. For the most part they said they didn't have any enemies, couldn't think of anybody that would have done this," Koop said. One of the "enemies" turned out to be a relative to a Lone Peak senior on the list. She thought she was playing a harmless prank on her older sister, he said. The incident was not an isolated iso-lated one. A few school administrators admin-istrators in the last two years have had to discipline students for threatening the safety of the school. In March 2005, a Pleasant Grove Junior High School 14-year-old was expelled for creating cre-ating a list of 90 students listed as "special friends." Students and parents brought the list to the attention atten-tion of school administration. A few of the students felt they were in danger. "I think our school is safe," PGJHS Principal Blaine Ed-man Ed-man said. "I'm confident in our school being as safe as it has ever been in the six years I've been here. Having said that, we're aware of the recent shootings being outside threats and so we're responding to try and keep our students safe," Outside doors to the school are locked except the main entry en-try during school hours. Name badges on staff, faculty and visitors are required. At the beginning of each school year, the school reviews safety procedures pro-cedures with drills for earthquake, earth-quake, fire and lockdowns conducted through the year. Additionally, each morning during first period, the instructors instruc-tors teach part of a character education advisory program with every month covering a different theme such as re spect, citizenship and honesty. Lehi High School had a lockdown at the close of the 2005-2006 school year when a girl, upset at a friend, brought a gun to school. Students and parents contacted LHS administration admin-istration about her breach of safety. She, too, was expelled. LHS Principal Chuck Bearce emphasizes trust between the students, faculty and staff to help keep their school safe. "As we work with kids one on one, we teach them they need to come to us, that it is the adult way to do it," Bearce said. "Come in and talk through it instead of getting violent." Additionally, front office staff try to be sensitive to the emotional state people are in when they arrive at schools, being aware of anything out of the ordinary. Still, students, especially regarding student problems, are the greatest eyes that they have with problems in school, Koop said, and need to be aware of their own impact on safety. "In light of the recent shootings, shoot-ings, I will be emphasizing the role that we all play in making sure our school is a safe place," he said. SALE STOREWIDE SAVINGS & VALUES STARTTODAY COLUMBUS DAY STAR REWARD EXTRA 15 OFF most sale prices when you use your Macy's Card through Monday (10 off in home') 25-40 OFF A. Coats for her. Style shown, Jones New York, Reg. $360, sale $270. (i' o) : i mm m H$8l ' y ! ' ' $&& jjjpSSBmiwoowwoiwwwM wmwimwc wmaiicn w hwwwwumwii i t 25-40 OFF B. Alfani, Columbia,' and Weatherproof outerwear. Reg. $100-$395, sale S75S237. of if n ii J SALE 79.99 C. Only at Macy's. Charter Club . cashmere sweaters Reg. $100. 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