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Show lakesids Review, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1981 3 A Educating Lawmakers Legislator Visits Holt School CLEARFIELD As part of a statewide program to acquaint state legislators with school programs, Utah Senator Haven J. Bar-lovisited the Holt Elementary School last Friday. Accompanying Senator Barlow on the tour was Dr. John S. White, assistant superintendent of Davis County schools; Mrs. Bonnie Durr-ancpublic information officer of Davis County School district; Mrs. Dell Jean Cook, Davis County PTA director; and Carl Peterson, principal of Holt Elementary School. According to Mrs. Durrance, the legislators have been invited by the school district to tour facilities of their choice to better acquaint themselves with the workings of the school programs before the lawmakers meet in January. The visits will take place during the next two weeks. Senator Barlow said one of his concerns is with the handicapped, the number of jobs available to them, how funding for training will be affected by federal cutbacks, and what can be done if funds are cut back. w e, SENATOR HAVEN Debbie Youngberg, J. BARLOW chats with Leanne Park and Sheri Davis (from left) at the lunch ticket desk Elementary School. Planning Time For Elementary School Teachers By RON KNOWLTON at Holt OPEN SUNDAYS Because many low income families are located in northern Davis County, the senator was interested in the Head Start program. He said the lower the family income is the greater the chance of the children being accepted into the program. Of Holt Elementary School, the; Senator said he was very impressed and called the new style of school a showplace and very stimulating to learn in. A teacher teach in that environment." He said the state is in a much than in better position teacher-wis- e previous years when there werent enough teachers to fill the positions. Now the situation is reversed and there are more teachers than teaching posts so that the schools would feel lucky to r have more choice in hiring educators. "Schools have come a long way and are getting better," he said. Yule Tree Permit Set Saturday by Land Bureau Plans for the annual Christmas frank Snell, tree permit sale have been more than of We usually have people lined up in the office before the sale finalized by the Salt Lake District, front Bureau of Land Management. begins so the permits go quickly..: Those who obtain one of the perA limited 500 permits will be sold mits will be able to cut one pinyon for one dollar each on a basis Saturday, Nov. 14, pine tree of their choice on Dec. 12 or 13 at a designated cutting site beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Salt located 80 miles southwest of Salt Lake District Office located at 2370 Lake City. A map to the cutting site S. 2300 W. and guidelines will be proAccording to District Manager, videdpermit ' for each permit holder. 12-- 5 500 LAYTON HILLS MALL . Review Staff F ARMIN GTON Beginning Jan. 25 students at Muir Elementary School in Bountiful will be released from school 1 hours early every Monday afternoon. Also, the school day will be lengthened by 20 minutes each day Tuesday through Thursday to make up for the lost school time on Monday. The changes will take place so that teachers at the school can spend time on Monday planning for the coming school week. The Davis County School Board approved the planning time requested by the school during board meeting Nov. 3, but not before several parents stood to express concerns about the changes. The changes will mean that school will begin at8:30a.m. eachday andletoutatl:30p.m. on Monday and at 3:05 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. With the present schedule, school starts at 8:45 a.m. and lets out at 3 p.m. Several parents told the board that they did not object to the planning time itself, but would prefer that teachers be given the time on Fri-- i day instead of Monday. That way, parents can plan to leave early on Friday for weekend outings with their children, Susan Mercer told i in Hi JUL ' the board. Mary Smith said she felt a letter sent out by the school to parents was sketchy" and onesided." The letter also left the impression that all good parents would vote for the planning time, she said. She said she felt the school ought to have an open meeting to hear parents concerns and to better inform them what the planning time will ' involve. Dotie Bingman, a spokesperson for the schools faculty, said the school has an open space concept that is conducive to team teaching. The school has also found itself faced with more and more students and fewer teacher aides, she said. She said the planning time would benefit both teachers and students. Supt. Lawrence Welling said he thought Monday would be a better day for the planning time because it is human nature for most to slow j ' I . : Lowest prices of the season on this elegant Utica sheet in bone, navy, raspberry creme, chocolate, blue or daffodil with accent piping. shades in lush, thick sheared velour. Stock up high-fashio- n The more you buy, hand, You The more you buy, the more you save. If you buy a fitted sheet and down on Friday. Planning time would benefit the teachers, he said, by allowing them to get together on a grade level basis. And although teachers would : Eight set 1 (1 pr. flat, 1 you buy a set If (1 bath, 1 washcloth) save on: 1 set 10.33 1 cases) the more you save! Towels 2 set 20.66 4 sets 30.99 ' ' not be putting in more time, they would be better organized, he added. Board member Sheryl Allen said she thought time block would also be more a beneficial to teachers than if the time were split so that teachers had 20 minutes here and 20 minutes there." Also teachers would lose time starting up if the planning time were given to teachers in that way, she said. Board member Raymond Briscoe proposed that the board approve the planning time request but on the condition that the school have some sort of dialogue with the parents and if the feeling from parents about the planning time were overwhelmingly negative, the board reconsider. He also included in his motion a provision that the planning time be held on a day other than Friday and that it not begin before Jan. 25. The board passed the motion with only Dee Forbes voting against it. He said he felt parents should be given more time to consider the planning time request because they did not yet understand it. . two-ho- , ! ; : i . ' ! ; : ur Mooting Set to Air Development Fund ' , A citizens participation FARMINGTON meeting will be held on Nov. 14 to discuss the community development grant for the rehabili-- ; tation of the Rosewood Villa Apartments in Layton. The meeting will be held at the Villa at 2100 S. 1200 W. and will include discussion of present and planned progress offficials of the Davis County Housing Authority said. Any citizens views and comments will be welcome," the authoritys executive director Rosemary Davis said. - Budget Figures Corrected An article printed in the Oct. 28 Lakeside Review states that the budget for Moweda Youth Home has increased from $3,910,653 to $4,445,710. Actually the 1981 budget was and the 1982 budget will be $444,571. The Lakeside Review regrets the error. $391,065.30 T f I V |