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Show THE GREEN SHEET COLORl-U- L Thursday, July numerous entries in Sotur- parade at Kearns included among them this colorful unit . . Th , days Hometown many 17, 1986 floats, Days representing outlets thot feature Colonel Sanders' favorite product, KIDS, KIDS, KIDS . . . The kids on the float were the crowd tossing pieces of candy and the kids in were anxious to catch some during the Kearns Hometown Days parade Saturday. i This Kearns Improvement District vehicle was among youngsters as it passed by during Saturday's Hometown Days parade, but it ENTHUSIASM . . . Computer Tracking On Horizon GRANITE ' PA. To say the told fellow members of the Granite R ird of Education Tuesday. The numbers have always been on ttie favorable side so far, and overall I see a favorable response, he added. Christensens comments concerned a pilot program reporting student progress which the district has been operating for the past two years. Commonly dubbed the new report card, the programs aim was to develop a new system of communicating student progress on the elementary level which moved away from the tradtional A, B, C grading scale A letter grade can be defamatory e and can knock a childs out at an early age, Christensen said. I cannot feel confident in going back to a letter grading system. school year, the During the 1983-8district had conducted a survey of teachers and parents of elementary-ag- e children, reviewed research relating to report card systems and conducted a study of report cards used throughout the country. The findings of this survey resulted in a pilot program, which began two years ago in six elementary schools - Upland Terrace, Robert Frost, David Gourley, Webster, Calvin Smith and William Penn - using report cards charting academic criteria other than letter self-imag- 4 -- grades With some modifications, the pilot to program was expanded last year include seven additional schools October Election -- - Hillsdale, Crestview, Hillside, Jackl-ing- , Plymouth, Roosevelt and Cop- per Hills. The report presented Tuesday concerned not only the future of the program at those 13 schools, but also expansion of a similar reporting system to the districts remaining elementary facilities. Using a questionnaire to solicit opinions from both parents and teachers, district administrators attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, Maurice Wilkinson, staff associate for elementary curriculum, told the board. Statistics derived from these questionnaires, he said, show that both parents and teachers find the information provided by the progress report as good or better than the old report card by a slight majority. When the various elements of the new progress report were broken down, both parents and teachers prefer the features of the progress report over those of the old report card, he said. But two years of piloting a rating scale-typ- e report card has provided information with no clear indication from parents of acceptance or rejection, he said. On the other hand, we have a clear statement from teachers that they prefer the old report card, with more than 60 percent opting for the old system. With such a high percentage of teachers not in agreement and a split with the parents, we really need to take a good, hard look at it, Wilkinson said. Lets not drop the progress weve - Three Seats Open KEARNS. Three seats on the Kearns Town Council will be the focal point of an election on Oct. 7. Persons interested in serving may contact Marilyn Madsen, for petition forms. Applicants must have been residents of Kearns at least one year, be registered voters and are required to attend two meetings each month, losing their seat if they miss three. The Kearns Improvement District also announced a vacancy on the board due to a resignation and is requesting applications from those interested in serving in that post for the next five months. Applicants must be registered voters, live within the district, and must file a letter of intent by Monday. In other business, council members closed the books on the Hometown Days celebration and extended thanks to those who par- ticipated Council members also approved construction of a facility by American First Credit Union at 5219 So. 4015 West. Approval was also son, Melani Lynn Clark and Amy Shapiro, as well as from Mr. and Mrs. Kearns, Glenn Kroft and Janice Snyder, - Board Temporarily Shelves least. I'm somev i.sappointed in this report, J. Lale Christensen ROYAL GREETING . . . Warm, sunny weather greeted parade goers for Kearns Hometown Days Saturday and a warm greeting was also forthcom- ing from Little Miss Kearns royalty, Jennifer Pear- - wasn't the district's chief product (water) that was being dispensed. Pieces of wrapped candy being thrown prompted the popularity. given for remodeling and construction of a pavilion at the Kearns stake center. Dons Wilson, representing Congressman Howard Nielsen's office, informed council members she will be leaving to serve as executive secretary to the congressman in Washington, and introduced her replacement, Sam Klemm. The council will not meet again until September. made or ignore the research weve The district and the state have defined specific curriculum and expectations for students, and with the use of computer management systems for recording student achievement, the future of the pilot report card may become a natural outgrowth of the districts present curriculum effort, he said. Student progress, he said, will soon be monitored by computer and d computer-generatereports to parents could easily take the place of either the pilot reporting system or the old letter grading scheme. done so far, Christensen pleaded. We need to go further to keep parents involved in the education process. Briant Farnsworth, the districts d director of curriculum and instruction, pointed out that a different situation existed when the study was initiated and the pilot program developed, but changes in educational philosophy on the state level had opened new ground from which to base a decision to continue the program. newly-appointe- Report Card Study Its possible to have this on line he for the next school year, predicted, promising the board he would return with a detailed report similar progress reports at a future board meeting prior to the beginning of on computer-generate- d school. In other action, the board gave final approval to a fee schedule, waiver policy and student travel policy tentatively approved July 1. Unanimous endorsement was also given to changes in board policies regarding certified non- - w A detailed report on proposed changes in the districts medical program was also presented, with Blue Cross awarded management of Granites medical benefits program. 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