Show faculty forum by lee F gledhill this is the week of the utah ed association convention in salt lake city on october ich and the green river tea chers along with over others from all over the state will attend meetings listen to speeches engage in discussions and view demon stra eions all this is aimed at improving the performance of teachers and of the schools attendance at the coave is mandatory for the teachers of this district it is required by con tract however it might be noted in passing that all expenses of the con bention are paid for by the teachers none is paid by the taxpayers in teachers pay their own liv hv ing and traveling expenses the cost for speakers and meeting places are paid by the utah educational association out of dues paid by tea chers i leave st submitted to the in the attendance report for green river school for the first six weeks of the current year we had students enrolled this term av daily attendance was 24 tu budeit deit eito in other words 16 students were absent from school each day on the average this record could be improved I 1 believe especially since the weather is good and there is little sickness the senior class had the worst record their atten dance average was only 84 as compared to 94 for the entire school parents and students need to watch at for two reasons first because good at at school is an initial step in building good work habits for use through life second money received for the sup port of schools from state funds is in direct proportion to ATTEN DENCE and not enrollment those extra days out of school mean dol lars for the school the deer hunting holiday for the school will be on monday october this will all allow teachers and students three days for the hunt without missing any school lets have all the students back in school on tuesday morning october high school reports will be ct c t soon they will be sent home with the students sometime before october watch for them dis cuss them with students and tea chers |