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Show School Board Still Boggled By Bulging Classrooms rently housing programs for the han( dicapped, the deaf and blind and shvetht.ill iilt'i other state sponsored programs as if GRANITE PARK. Weve got to they were empty rooms. make some plans and decision, not The handicapped are students oniy next Tuesday, but down the too, Superindentend John Reed road for the next five to 10 years, J. Call pointed out, and the deaf and Dale Christensen told fellow blind deserve moie than an just an members of the Granite Board of asterisk Education here Tuesday night Board members were also informWe cant afford to get caught ed Tuesday that projections for the again with this kind of problem, he 19 91 school year would place added. enrollments in at least three east Christensens comments concern- side elementaries - Libbie Eded a three-mont- h study of alter- wards, Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson native modes of student housing in- - at well over 100 percent capacity volving six overcrowded elementary Granite Park junior high, it was schools on the districts west side noted, would be asked to house more The study, the board was inform than 134 peicent of the students it ed, was intended as the first step in was designed to hold in 1991, while handling what is perceived to be a by 1995 the percentage would climb growing student housing problem to more than 170 percent Both Granite and Cottonwood high throughout the district - including several schools east of the Jordan schools w'ould be approaching op River tirnum capacity in five years, while Erroneous reports in The Deseret by 1995 enrollments will have topAews Sunday, they were told, gave a ped the 100 percent mark false picture of available classrooms "And the Granite (high) projec in east side schools tions are conservative. Call pointed The paper, board members were out AP Associates (which con-dted a demographics study for the infformed, counted classrooms cur bv Ralph II. Goff II u Volume ILL Number district two years ago) puts the numbers even higher." Overcrowding on the district's west side, however, is an even mote imminent problem Last week district adinmistiators recommind ed a modified version of the 45 15 plan for year round school be adopted for five of six schools Hillside, Copper Hills, Farnsworth Jim Bridger and Fox Hills - invol ed in an alternative housing MiM' for the past thiee months The sixth school - Calvin Smith elementary - should be allowed lo remain on the tiaditional nine month calendai for the coining school year, it .vasierommen'O'd PTA sponsored steenng (omie.i tees from each of the six schools ed conducted meetings ami suneyx of neighborhood concern'- - i!out the various modes of altemaive lions I I assistant supei mtendent Loren Burton explained We need to not only study the vear louud mode, but also boundary lungm bonding refinancing and o'hri wavs of dealing with this over-ow ding to come up w ith a real pro-g- i am for growth," Christensen said m all lot planning for the firuu board member Patricia G s iiidMiom commented "but even if wete given the money to build this- - new schools tomorrow, they I'lkin be reads this fall We've got o do Mimetlimg and weve got to io it r igd a.vav Union aide l hv principals from him' of Hie six schools involved in he hi iv explained various year-inaiand alternative housing to the boaid and gave reasons (housing (lie modified "45 15 I iiui sda I! (it ulpli cn 'In cl If n 1. ,0 H Green Sheet Publication ib.'w (h-- Orchard elementary PTA president Janet Fredrickson notes community efforts have garnered more than 300 signatures cn petition to create district for sidewalk construction. HAPPY TO REPORT . . . : a-- ' , Martinez Takes Building Is Cul Off In Reins Of Postal Area 'Zone' Service At Magna A1 MAGNA. A employee of the Postal Service has assumed the reins of postmaster here A1 Martinez succeeds Jim Potter, who is now postmaster of Midvale Cathy Igoa of Wells, Nev has been acting Magna postmaster since September I wrnnt to help provide the best service possible for the residents and businesses of Magna, Martinez said "I'll have an open door policy and I want to get input from everyone on how we can make their service better. Martinez, or Marty as many call him, was born in Grand June tion, Colo , he moved to the Salt Lake area in 1951 and went to work at Hill Air Force Base, then served with the Army in the United States and Germany In 1957 he took a job with what was then the Post Office Department as a substitute clerk at the old downtown station in Salt Lake City He later worked as a letter carrier r During the sixties, he took a break Horn the post office to run his own service station, but came back to his former job in 1966 much at home there because he has several relatives living in Magna "Before actually started the job I would go to the post office in the ev emngs to look at the books and get acquainted with my duties I'd run into someone I knew every time " 1 Martinez and his wife, Even, who works for the Automobile Accessory Distribution Company (AADCO) m West Valley City, have four children Son Rick works for the Union Pacific Railroad Daughter Kim, a freelance commercial artist, has her own advertising business, while daughter Karleen, a cashier at Harmons Food Stores, is planning a spring wedding X two-yea- After that he held a variety of jobs, including his first supervisory one as foreman of building services at the new Main Post Office on Redwood Road, which opened in 1975 He has also worked as manager of Customer Services in Ogden Since 1981 he has been m equal employment opportunity positions, e working with people in a area to resolve porblems and to promote programs ensuring equal opportunities for employment and advancement five-stat- really wanted to come to Magna because Im looking forward to the responsibility and challenge, Martinez said, adding that he feels vety I ofc, , along the street ueith of 0 year old who was struck and while walking along it, on e b d to school i ' as v alkmg along the mem i, 34 smith between 6490 ui, U("l when he daited into '1 i n !mid an easfbnund I i ' mh!s i ' earea had demand m Mu- ; I', . w - n o dh tm Lee lad was the ('1 to 'n ( ur on I'h' block and a half t c ' oi mad in tour years and the m I9!iii alone Fourier PTA ! s' si ideid Gm Gai drier was also I, k and killed tliei e m May while iiiimng home tioin a PTA 'ei line I i it Ihed'ui isveiy real, area Donna Peirv told the council theaiea Frederiekson pointed out that a petdion had been received by the ci ty signed bv more than DOp.opem owneis h presenting the hi Pts which weie being coiisidcied Ue a special improvement district to stall the sidew alks there Newman 'util lecommt nded to: mg the special impt v ement a way to speed i.u sidewalk stallation along the Mietc n of rua which some have icned m cli.iul s Death St rip - son.ot.vng be done" about 'oilovi M m n e in ;ih 'i ui Vi provement district, if cveivthing goes as planned, cuib, gut'er and sidewalk will still he installed t1 s summer along 3785 Smith That was the conclusion reached by city officials here Thuisrlav following questions hv Orchard elementary PI'A piesident Jams Frederiekson In addition, the Citv Council also authorized John City Managei Newman to proceed with plans loi intallmg a flashing school crossing light and hn mg an additional cioss ing guard to help with trafic irur-- t 4 -' i EST VALLEY Even though the City Council here v "ted unanimous!', Thursday not to create a special in 60-1- 5 ' Go ' On Sidewalks : (mil 1 5 percent five-trac- Both the 15 14" and 60 15" year si hoot programs were ex J.iii. J9. 33 45-1- 5 k That same school on a program would have 240 students pei track, with 960 students in attendance at any one time Relocatables would be required to handle the overflow because this system would HMd Guard, Light Authorized, Too l than i , City off period A school with 1,200 students and a capacity of 900, for a hypothetical example could be placed on the four track system with 300 students per track Only 900 students would be in school at a time, increasing the schools capacity by a little more pn I 45-1- 5 y I Four of the six si bools wi re high1 in favor of the year round option with veai louiid coming n as an ac ceptahh secondan aginative to buildmg un additional Hhool an changing school bound uies from the Fox Hills committee ! he Calv u 60-1- 5 60-1- 1 increase capacity by only 25 percent Both year-rounoptions, he pointed out, would have similar advantages and disadvantages While teachers would be off (rack at the same time as their students, rooms would change as students returned to school following off periods The plan would see students in school the same number of hours per day as their traditional school calendar counterparts, noted Hillside principal Dave Adamson, while the plan would call for lengthening the school day by 16 minutes to meet minimum state requirements " The plan would see three off periods per year, while four breaks would occur under the option Both plans call for a common vacation in July, with a 3 break occurring under the "45-1vacation plan and a The traditional under school year has about 11 weeks off each summer The extended day option. Farnsworth principal Rose Coshow Continued on page 9 d 5 i ing 2 plained in detail, including the number of tracks each would require, the number of days in school per track, off days, increased housing capacity, the length of the school day and common vacations Sheryl Benson, principal at Copper Hills elementary, explained that under the "45-1option, students would be divided into four groups, with each group in school for about 5 45 days and off for 15 Under the plan, students would be divided into five groups, with each group in school about 60 days before a Smith steering committee recom-m- i mied i ernaming on the traditional si tool e,u if at all possible he district's lecommendation combined elements of the studies I1 fiom six steering committees, resi-(,eii- D i i 1)1 t on residents askmi the along the when o in ii to ins! ill sJewalks "an a- - mu kly a- - f ossible p. a King ban as unposed on die stiu-- i Dec 22 win n the council met t s ssin to take to ni ernei me t,e i o.id safe! ; walking ilaien e i - Mieuk msidlla m w.is iil'm ue go d ti 'no urn king Wild- lie , an v lion to - i nil is a ,'iobh ni until en U sola i legal mechanisms could be put in place for sidewalk construciton Mayor Mike Embley pointed out at the time that it was necessary to take steps to improve public safety prior to the beginning of school follow ing the Christmas recess No Parking signs were installed by Public Works Department employees over the Christmas holidays, with Police Chief David Campbell pledging additional en-icement measures would be taken to sec that the ban w as observed In the meantime, however, area incidents were encouraged to collect signatures to create the special ement district - a task which Mrs Frederiekson was happy to report had been completed Area resident Mamn Perry, she noted, had also formed a sidewalk committee which had collected pledges from the neighborhood to further benefit the sidewalk effort Nearly $10,000 in pledges had been collet ted, she noted, which could reduce the assessments against pro-pc- i ty owners for the street improvements by that amount However. Newman pointed out. the city had also been pursuing an additional avenue to bring the progs t into reality 4 survey had been conducted by v Near High School Siie Chery Buckner of the city grants of fice in less than a month of an even or.e which contains larger area - about 1,100 homes - (mealing that about 59 percent ol the residents there were of low or model ate in come "That would probably qualify the area for a grant," he noted Many residents had been Ken necott employees and had been laid off from that facility, he explained and Community Development block grant (CDBG) funds - which aie in tended to benefit low and moderate income neighborhoods - could pro bably be used to construct tin sidewalk project "I feel this is the prudent course t follow." Newman told the counci By using the signatures collected f the improvement district as backup, he said, the project won probably qualify for fe ci assistance when CDBG fun become av ailubie in July The council unanimously agre to deny the petition to c i rate special improvement district pursue the CDBG option It alsn structed Newman to use cut. means possible" to find funds ir the current budget to install fa- g i school crossing lights and r crossing guard for the area - Corner Station Bid Is Nixed by Ray F ness iccn sheet s i,ilf Writer SALT LAKE The ( ounty Iuem .1 ing Commission heie 1 uesday ' ,ii to go along with the '"ounty t oii'imx Sion and placed a moratorium on Ml residential constructi-- n in lb- - ov pressure zone near the Hihm plant on the west side of Die valiev The moratorium calls tor building permits oi constiuition be allowed in the one lor the m 'i three months while the countv o ficials and planning personnel euun up with a set of plans to deal vw m possible damage that could an explosion or othei mold i ' at the Hercules operation Dealm, with the problem means coming t j with guidelines for constiuction the area Staff members are expe-Meap-fro- ALLKA WEM ttambo Oil Co lost a h;d ncloie the Plain, u g Corn-mison rl liui sdny to rezone a parcel ol piopcily at the site of the piopos-eHunter high si bool ( limg traf! c comer ns lomnis s'onei' roOi -1 a '(quest hat v 'HI1'! have ' ivmadtlt patMiei the eoM'd (if 4 ()c s, ath ii'd 5(o(i West 'allow constiuction tioni l lo C ol a new smi.e station canve mem e stoi e T o votes ,uie taken on the issue Mi a 4 2 and both ended spot The d I I t motion, made by Gerald Larson and seconded by Tom Pearce, would have amended the master plan to illow tor the zone change Larson and Peai ce were the only two to vote in f nor ('f the question Tne second motion, made by Car-- r oil Elfotd called lor rejection of the one change on grounds of traffic t ( -- ongestion Commissioners also cited the fact that theie is currently a store and service station across school, despite assertions made by Randy Honuchi. representing Ruin-bOil, that there have been no ac cidents at any Rainbo Oil stations in the state o On another 4 2 vote with chair man Margaret Peterson and Commissioner Legia Johnson voting no the commission approved a request from First Security Bank to rezone 10 acres at 3700 So 2200 West from to RM the street from the high school site R Commissioners were moie concerned about the traffic impact of a new store near the future high Turning to subdivisions, the commission approved Brookhaven plat Continued on page 4 8 I present a set preliminary ol guidelines in April Also Tuesday, the Commission aj proved a conditional u.,e pennd tm the Taylorsville Benmon Improve ment District at 1800 W 400 South Commissioners continued for tv weeks a decision on a zoning amend ment application by Jei il W mg( who wants to build a coinniern.il shopping center at 4700 So Redwood Road Developers are current" negotiating with two other propm' , owners and if the negotiations aie successful, the commission wdi change the existing zoning ft oni and RM to C2zc The commission i ejected a zone change sought by Wanda Newman for 64 of an acie at 8200 W 2l!0u South. The change requested would have taken the property from Alt" R but commissioners went alone with a staff recommendation the' such a designation does not fd " with the surrounding ai ca Withdrawn from the agenda as request by Circle K Corporation f for an to a change from acre at 2766 W. 5400 South Turning to subdivisions, the com mission approved the Michelle sub division, a single lot at 1602 Elsie Di (6060 South) Approval was also Dove adddi to Moimngsidp given w null i alls fot 28 lou at 5 DO so V est A C-- 2 11 The Colls And The Cougars INTENSE ... Kearns high s KovaAfu (25) does his best iirnr.svofi oF c mad block on Cottonwoods Dave Ll"v tii ondei (he Cougar basket in Region Three action Friday night. See related Green Sheet Sports. tory In |