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Show Fay Dearden Resigns School Board Post hood of $1,840,920, according to .Taft. Dr. Goodworth also discussed briefly the possibility of building a new district office as well as an additional wing onto Park City High School. The new wing would be used by the Music department. depart-ment. Dr. Goodworth said, at this point, he and the board members are trying to determine priorities within the district in relation to future building projects. Ideally, the proposed buildings should be constructed together in the near future however they must be within the school budget and the Superintendent added he was hoping to apply for federal funds to help allay costs. The district boundary line problem involving many north Park City residents was also briefly brief-ly discussed. Goodworth reported that a representative from the State had been in Park City to further investigate a solution to the growing problem. Although certain families live in Park City proper, they are part of the South Summit School District and therefore unable to cast a vote on matters relating to Park City schools. Dr. Walter Talbot visited board members during the October, meeting and said he would try to find an alternative to consolidation. Dr. Talbot is State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Instruc-tion. Under Talbot's instruction, Avard Rigby has been collecting information and will report his findings to the State Superintendent. Superinten-dent. Dr. Goodworth Talbot said should have suggestions to rectify the situation in around a month. In other business, the school board confirmed 6 members to serve on Park City School Community Council. 2 of the appointments have been on The power failure which struck parts of Park City caused a somewhat abbreviated meeting of the school board last Tuesday night in the mulit-purpose room of the high school. At the beginning of the meeting, long time Park City resident, Fay Dearden, resigned from the school board, as a result of his moving away from the district. Superintendent Richard Good-worth Good-worth said the Board is now looking for someone to replace Mr. Dearden. Anyone living in precinct 2 who is interested in serving on Park City's School Board should send their name to the district office no later than 5 p.m. November 30. Fay Dearden has lived in Park City for many years and has served on the school board for 15 years. Following his resignation last Tuesday night, Mr. Dearden received a unanimous vote of appreciation from fellow board members for his dedicated service through the years. A large portion of the meeting focused on growth projections in the school district, along with building estimates of a new elementary school, new bus garage, as well as a new middle school. Architect Jon Taft presented pre-sented preliminary cost estimates for an elementary school which includes 16 stations, multipurpose multi-purpose room, kitchen and offices. The cost was figured at $1,579,137. "3 years from now, we should be under construction of it (elementary school)," said Superintendent Super-intendent Goodworth. A new 1200 seat auditorium was also presented to the board members at a cost of $888,000.' A preliminary plan for a middle school would cost in the neighbor- council, Marve Radcliffe and Nan McPolin. The new members include Willow Gebauer, Carolyn Southerlin. representing Winters Middle School, Otis Falls, representing repre-senting Marsac Elementary School, and Jack Dozier, from Park City High School. . Because of congestion at the middle school after classes, Dr. Goodworth said it would be better if students are held an extra 5 minutes so buses can be parked. Parents are also requested to pick up their children on 12th street in order to make for safer conditions rather than drive into the parking lot. Finally, . the school board awarded contracts to Mathematics Mathema-tics teacher Don Sturgess at the high school and also hired Martha Ewart as the new girl's basketball coach. The next meeting of the Park City School Board will be held " December 6 in the multi-purpose ; room at the high school. All school board meetings are open to the public. |