W A8 Sanpete Messenger Sanpete "7 r $£' Revenues down expenses up school district faces tight budget 7— t Fountain Ml t— LIU GreJ?i Medical Clir”’ S By Lloyd A Service of Central Call Associate publisher V MANTi— The “'I' vjsv COURTESY MOLLY BROTHERSON GREEN FOUNTAIN pumpkins spice up By Ftm Green clinic John Hales Staff writer Children from the Fountain Green area participated in a “pumpkin coloring contest" sponsored recently by the Fountain Green Medical Clinic a phyMolly Biothcrson sician assistant says that over 60 children colored pictures that were hung up to decorate the clinic for Halloween The pictures were judged with the best little artists receiving a "spooky gift pack” Among the winners were Felicity Phillips for the age 4 and under group Rebecca Salas for the age group and Nathan Beck for the age group Photos of administrator Paul Gottfredson At the Oct 13 district board meeting the board learned that this year’s revenues are expected to be $20327046 down $130888 from last year and expenses will be more $19980035 this year up $ 035808 from last year That difference has produced the district’s first general fund shortfall of $357608 Most of the rise in expenses is due to employee salaries which account for about 85 percent of the budget The board dipped into its reserves to cover the difference Gottfredson explained “We probably carried the employee Rebecca Salas and Nathan Beck show “spooky gift packs" they received for winning a pumpkin coloring contest sponsored by the Fountain Green Medical Clinic Multi-colore- d South Sanpete School District budget shows the district is iri good shape financially although some areas need improvement according to district PHOTO also risen faster than anticipated such as utility costs For example utility costs for Gunnison Valley High School went from $65000 to $83000 “This one caught us said by surprise” Gottfredson “We have a real problem there and we’ll have to find out why It could be a lot of things together” MOLLY BROTHERSON commented “One problem we know of is the old gym It keeps the furnace running just to heat the old structure but it is still used for a lot of functions” “Our food services continue to cost us about $20000 a year (expenses versus revenues) and it has remained this way for more than 15 years now” Gottfredson noted Coupled with increased ex GREEN FOUNTAIN trict superintendent rime yw John Hales By r tt ft 'Time v: Students and parents enjoy lunch at Gunnison Valley Elementary School which celebrated its annual School Lunch Week last week Cafeteria workers served nearly 500 people over three days to promote awareness of good nutrition and proper eating habits for children Problem WITH NEAR VISION? Tired of rr Acer hi‘LL'1 SvmU jf' S I SEE US AT U $ “B James tWMHWStW- ii T rw- h ft 7 yW front 70 tf yW 4 4! t Yiirmny yummy yummy Yve got lunch in my tummy Petersen was excited with the site “Not everyone will be inter i promote tobacco prevention in viewing During the meeting the board also viewed a CD presen tation on the history of public education I community councils send observ-- t ers to school to see for themselves the nature of the problem and how it is being addressed A new website has statistical data on schools including enrollment test results and comparisons between schools Dis- Trampoline performer to ested said proached by parents who were concerned with enforcement of the school dress code referring mostly to girls with bare midriffs Manti High School principal Brenan Jackson noted “We actually call a lot of kids in on dress code violations but even so it’s a judgment call most of the time” The board suggested that the Principal Kirk Anderson COURTESY learn for example how many dents are at a particular school how many students are absent what test scores are and how one school compares with others Once at the site viewers can click Reports and choose the report they are inter- stu- discussion of policy revisions due mostly to the absence of board members Nancy Jensen and Jim Braithwaite Board member Larry Smith told the board he had been ap- them this year but we don’t regret that because it gave us time to prepare our employees for the benefits cut” Other students in Susan Monsen's first grade class at Fountain Green Elementary who colored pumpkins that were posted at the Fountain Green Clinic ernments However overall the board felt the district is dealing well with its budget The district retired another $11 million in debt this year The money set aside for healthy and positive” higher level before dropping are on Page ested in these figures but for those who are there is a lot of valuable data there” At the website http: bionic usoek 12 ut parents can Gottfredson One teacher asked the board to revisit its step policy which increases salaries depending on years with the school district The teacher questioned the policy of requiring teachers to have ten years with the district before qualifying for retirement benefits regardless of how long that teacher had taught in other districts The board bypassed its usual benefits one year too long at their other winners penses were decreased revenues The board learned that the school district’s enrollment is down about 120 students and that decrease has affected the income from die state and federal gov- major improvements is $902000 and will continue to increase until the next set of major projects are needed ‘The balance is good Operating expenses have PHOTO Wednesday October 20 2004 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunnlso- n w ft p'ff 4! Staff writer MT PLEASANT — The North Sanpete School District Tobacco Prevention and Control Piograin will sponsor presentations this week by Michael Brook founder of High Performance Productions and author of “Creating Time will present an asat North Sanpete High School and North Sanpete his trampoline he delivers a mesperformance about the inner qualities sage tor building vibrant necessary steal health phv emotions and good encourage to tobacco trol a positive approach prevention and rime Iff? h ft yw l“rff 4! 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