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Show WEEKLY REFELX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. MARCH 29. 1979 OUTDATED at Clinton Elementary School are housed in cramped quarters, requiring desks be pushed together to fit Two 4th grade classes CROWDED CLASSROOMS By TOM BUSSELBERG CLINTON Davis County School District board member savs hell go to bat to improve physical facilities at Clinton Elementary School. JAY STEVENS, board member from the precinct including Clinton, has told parents from the school that he would do what he could to provide adequate facilities. He addressed them in a special meeting last week called to discuss the Tuesday bond election along with board member Dee Forbes, who also represents North Davis County. The school is old. If we get this bond issue approved, he said in we would put another addition on at Clinton, a telephone interview with this reporter Monday. There are plans to try to alleviate that situation (inadequate facilities). It is in the plans to add portable classrooms. The school board authorized the district to authorize bids for 13 additional portable classrooms district wide. Moore were former residents of Fruit Heights. Mrs. Morris Johnson spent a week in Parowan with her the past week undergoing treatment. Mrs. Wilma Buhler of Bountiful was a Sunday dinner guest of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Preece. Mrs. Eva Montgomery of Ogden was an overnight guest of her sister, Mrs. Sally On Sunday they attended the farewell testimonial of their sister and brother-in-law- While there they attended the annual St. Patricks Day celebration. Howard Larkins of Phoenix, Ariz. recently visited with his mother, Mrs. LaVida Larkins and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace the attended Abrams American Legion Beauty Pageant and dinner held Saturday evening at the Hilton Elder and . Mrs. Rulon Rasmussen who are leaving to serve on a mission to the San Diego, Calif. LDS Visitors Center. Their farewell was held at the 12th Ward of the Big Cottonwood LDS Stake, in Salt Lake City. WERE THE books and audiovisual material alljtjone room the school might have a fulltime library aide, Mrs. Robinson said. Wasatch School (in Clearfield) with 253 students has a librarian. If you have everything together you can get a fulltime librarian. Mr. and Mrs. R A.F. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Farlin Murri returned from spending four days in St. Gauge where they attended a convention. Elder Carl Hamblin the Kaysville 2nd Ward, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Hamblin. Mr. and Mrs. Linn Sandall spent Sunday in Orem where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Brvant Slade and family. They were there for the blessing and naming of their who was named Brittnay Lynn. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Tolman of Provo. FURNITURE.CLEANERS I I I or Residential or Commercial Buildings Baked on Enamel Custom Made with Precision on Job I OliElULY RAIN GUTTERS I Manager free estimates-- 773-856- 6 LAYTON, UTAH No Seams No Leaks e Requires No Maintenance His mission farewell was held on Sunday, March IK, prior to his entering the M TC in Provo. Mr. and Mrs. Golden lalor and Mr. and Mrs Linn Sandall returned from a two dav trip to Wendover, on through Nevada to Idaho and home Mrs. Shirley Smith enter- tained at a miscellaneous bridal shower at her home Thursday evening in honor of Miss Christine Little who will be married March 30. Assisting hostesses were Mrs Ann Marcusen, Mrs. Roene Chappell and Mrs. Eileen Cook Thirty-twguests attended o SALE ALUMINUM GUTTERS Don Pearson Mrs. Raymond Bond. SEMI-CONDUCT- OR lie 13th LDS Ward. They also visited with Mr. Various Colors Elder Ed Bond ol 2344 Pinewood Lane. Layton has received his mission call to serve in California He is a member of the Kaysville 10th Ward and the son of Mr and NATIONAL Cheney and daughter Carol Joy on Sunday in the Kays-v- i LOWEST PRICE EVER -- re- turned home Wednesday evening, March 21, from serving a two year LDS mission to Hawaii. He is a member of Havorka of Wisconsin; Miss Kathryn Moon and Miss Karen Kone of BYU in Provo; Mr. and Mrs. Hatch Howard and Mrs. Lillie Howard of Woods Cross; Mrs. Della Winegar of Bountiful; Mr. and Mrs. Orval Anderson and family of Brigham City. They came for the mission report of Wendell and Sarah and Mrs. Lynn Moore at Spring Lake in Southern Utah last week Mr. and Mrs. CONTINUOUS APPARENTLY THE most pressing need, to Mrs. Robinson, was new encyclopedia sets. In a visit to the Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cheney and families. Mrs. Wendell Cheney and daughter Carol Joy were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walker and two children of LaMar, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coles of Fayette, Utah; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cheney and daughter Linda of Ammon, Ida.; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson and family of Centerville; Dana F. Snell. Mr. and Mrs. Reid Daniels and family visited with Mr. WE WERE trying to raise some money for audiovisual equipment, she said in an interview after the meeting. We sent flyers home with the students but but to take orders instructed them not to go from relatives, parents and close friends. Then the PTA parents were supposed to collect the money and fill the orders." A man, apparently from Clinton, called district personnel questioning such a project aimed at improving school facilities. Deputy Supt. Lawrence Welling said. Id said that it was the job of the board of education to provide those funds and a person shouldnt have to make a second contribution. My impression was that there had been selling by the students. I dont think theres anyone saying the PTA shouldnt help the students. and Mrs. Eldon Perry and Hotel in Salt Lake City. Visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Mr. and Bingham attended a family bridal shower in Salt Lake City on Saturday at the home of an aunt, Mrs. Richard Kennedy, in honor of Louise Kennedy. Thirty family members attended. Stephanie Snell who is attending Snow College at Ephraim, Mr. and Mrs. Blair Arnell who is attending BYU in Provo were home for with their spring break parents Dr. and Mrs George space for two classrooms, Mrs. Robinson said. But due to heat generated from the adjacent tarred roof, It gets so hot in the spring and fall that ii makes it 120 degrees in there and the kids can; stand it. Its easier to stand" for one hour as a library than all day as a classroom. THE POLICY states, It shall be the policy in the Davis County Schools to avoid all unnecessary interruptions by salesmen and commercial agents. Furthermore, any sales agents must show evidence of an approval from the Supt. before acceptance at any school for sales or service. Fxtreme discretion should be used before per- - sister Mrs. Carol Wright. Hig-ginso- nutting advertising through sound system or distribution leaflets, bookcovers, and other materials for any purpose other than that which is directly connected with the school activities. Dr. Welling said it was necessary to have a rather broad policy because of potential problems. "Youve got a captive audience (in the schools), and many salesmen see it as a w'ay to sell their wares. Hardly a week goes by that were not asked to use the kids (to try to sell something). 1 CALLED the principal (A. Neal Smith) and asked if there wasnt some way we could slow this down and indicated for those already involved (in buying candy) I didnt want to cut it off entirely, he said. At the board of education meeting, the board asked district officials to come up with a clearer policy, one called ambiguous by the Clinton PTA delegation. Kaysville Mrs. Abbie Lowe has been confined to the LDS Hospital behind West Clearfield where the Harold Holt Elementary School has been approved and will go if the bond election passes, Mr. Stevens said. Questions about facilities at the Clinton School were raised during the school board meeting March 20. At that time, PTA Pres. Ruby Robinson addressed the board about a lack of facilities and questioned board policy for sale of items to raise funds for school use. The PTA sponsored a Christmas candy sale but was asked to stop the sale by the district office. door-to-do- WHILE ADMITTING he was uncertain how many might be located at Clinton he said the school might get one (wo, although Deputy Supt. Lawrence Welling said &as;planned there for next fall. to say Clinton is my number two priority I 20 OH Regular Price YOUR CARPETS COME CLEANER BRIGHTER DRY FASTER LAST LONGER RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL I J ENCYCLOPEDIAS everybody in. Clinton Elementary School has a dearth of new encyclopedias, the oldest printed long before any present students were bom. Looking under the S volume for some help in answering a question are Carrie Niederhauser, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karren Niederhauser and Chet Parker, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Parker. Both are sixth graders. FREE ESTIMATES 773-372- 7 20 Years Experience of brochures, school, somewhat tattered sets were seen by this reporter. A list provided by Mrs. Robinson indicated two 1975 sets, one 1966, three from 1965, including one of those sets in the library, one from 1963 and one 1960. But problems didnt end there, she said. With 11 housing developments planned, growth will continue to affect the. school, already housing 450 students, including some in two portable classrooms. Projections call for 86 more students next fall. A two session kindergarten will handle some of that load, Principal Smith said. THE ORIGINAL building was constructed in 1922 with an addition in 1965. It includes the' two fourth grade classes which are housed in identical rooms 22 ft. 6 inches by 28 feet, or rooms covering about 616 square feet. The rooms are so small desks must be pushed together in long rows and there is no space for reading tables, individual study or the like. Most rooms are 28x36 feet, Mr. Smith said. In addition, special help is given to about 35 students, generally five at a time, in an 8 ft. by 12 ft. resource room. The onlv ventilation is generated by a small lan room is although vents exist. Another closet-size- d utilized once a week by the speech therapist. Regular Title tutoring is conducted on the stage. In some schools, that is done in hallways, she said. 1 one-on-o- THE SCHOOLS library is housed in what formerly was The library is stocked with about 4,000 books, or about eight books per student, Mr. Smith said. However, audiovisual aids must be stocked throughout the school for lack of space m the media center or library. Mrs. Robinson also said some classrooms lacked facilities found in other schools. We just barely got screens (for projection) in the rooms and just got new globes. One school had one projector for every three rooms. Clinton has two for the whole school. SHE WAS quick to add that Principal Smith is on top of things. 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