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Show 6A Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, July 27, 1983 m 37Vi0 Try By CAROLE COLE Raviaw Corratpondant Davis FARMINGTON County School District is exploring many ways to improve the quality of education it offers and is making an effort to respond to the questions raised by a national education report, A Nation at Risk. The national report was critical of the curt rent level of education in the United States. Superintendent Lawrence E. Welling reported on the countys efforts thus far at the Board tions, Welling said. County efforts include participation in a workshop held July 21 and 22 involving 12 district supervisors, 12 administrators, and 12 teachers. Welling said he expected that the workshop would identify what is right with education in the state as well as. writing, speaking, and listening), mathematics, and science (problem solving) may be re- quired in elementary grades with expansion of the basic competency being required in junior and middle schools. It may be that admittance to high school will be based on certain performance standards. Accountability of both teachers and administrators for student performance has also what needs improving. Ideas developed at the workshop later will be aired to the public and the public invited to comment and present addition- been proposed. al ideas. The process is a long Welling presented a chart one, Welling stressed, as educashowed the encroachwhich of Education meeting on July tion is up against a lot of tough ment that extracurricular ac19. He stated that A Nation at questions. tivities have made into the inOne particular problem that structional Risk is only one of three naday. In the 1940s and tional reports that have come needs to be addressed is how to 1950s, extracurricular activities out in the past couple of months. really compensate teachers for were conducted totally outside It will take the best efforts of . the jobs they do. Merit pay is the regular school day. In the all of us educators, parents, only one aspect of that question. 1950s and 1960s the number of and students alike in order to Several ideas have been extracurricular activities inmake any significant inroads togenerated in response to the creased and some activities n ward solving the problems that Nation at Risk report. Most appearing as regular face education, Welling said. of them involve increasing the classes. The board intends to work level of expectation, perhaps In the 1960s and 1970s it beclosely with the State Education beginning at the elementary came the norm for such acOffice in its efforts to develop level. to be included during the Nativities and Minimum basic competency guidelines programs. tional guidelines may not be for functional skills in the areas regular instructional day. Is it clear until after the 1984 elec- - of communication (reading, time to go back? Welling asked. be-ga- . A - A; ...? Staff photo by Rodnay Wright ly reduced the price of his product, for a quick sale. Helping him is dog Sabasgion. CHERRIES are for sale along Mountain Road in Fruit Heights, Farmington and Kaysville. Here, Jared Clark has apparent- - Emergency Clinton Residents Training To Decide Bond Is Offered Deavis EeJueeofloirs ffir Hxeellenee DeSeeas By CAROLE COLE Raviaw Corratpondant y FARMINGTON At a workshop held July 21 and two-jda- 22, 38 administrators, teachers and advisory personnel met to discuss the needs and priorities of the Davis School District. Some of the issues addressed are those mentioned in the re cent national educational report, A Nation at Risk. Dr. Lawrence E. Walling, Superintendent of Davis School District, feels that while many of the problems enumerated in A Nation at Risk parallel those of the district, not all of them do, and it was the workshops goal to identify problem areas of greatest concern to the district. Welling conducted the workshop and coordinated the efforts of the several study groups organized within the workshop. Primarily the educators, all of 'whom were at the workshop on their own time, were interested in improvement of the districts current program as well as identifying the needs of the dis-- 1 trict and developing new programs that will enhance the qual- ; A BOUNTIFUL cpmmunity education course in stress management will be con- ducted on Tuesday afternoons, p.m., beginning Aug. 2 at the Davis County Mental Health Center office in Bountiful. I Travis Campbell, a clinical psychotherapist, will conduct class. He the 15- - to Relates how stress is one of the most common problems we face throughout our lives. Every age tias its own special stresses, he says, from dependency as a six-we- ek : ; 2-- 4 child, to role confusion in Adolescence, to dealing with physical and emotional losses in eld age. I Stress also comes from many pther circumstances ence in Davis County schools. 3. Make changes in elementary classrooms including smaller class loads, more support personnel, more preparation time, and use of specialists as needed to teach art, music, physical education, etc. extracurricular activities outside the regular instructional day, thus allowing more time on the task for stu4. Move dents. Cooperate with cities and make greater use of community resources. 5. Correlate curriculum in all follow-u- p Stress Management , ing teachers, the business commun9. Improve teacher evaluation ity, and students. 2 Establish an ongoing joint and train principals in evaluacommittee to promote excell- tion. through 12th grade, and have On areas are basic and absolutely An FARMINGTON essential for students to learn. medical emergency training For example, in the area of course What to do until the mathematics, some 600 diffeis being rent things are being taught, but ambulance arrives, the Davis County offered by of those only 120 were con- Health Department to interestsidered really essential. Those ed groups of 10 or more. The 120 have been identified as benwhich is four hours in chmark skills. The study group course, consists of first aid hints length, recommends that teachers con- for situations. emergency centrate on teaching the benSome of the emergency procechmark skills and test students at least three times each year to dures taught are the Heimlich maneuver, cardiopulmonary see that the children are learnresuscitation (CPR), and treatthem. among parents, spirit subject areas, kindergaretn Course Set - ity of education in the county. Brainstorming sessions developed some 82 ideas that the workshop participants thought might be beneficial. Those 82 ideas were consolidated into 12 areas that the group considered of greatest concern and worth to the district at this particular time. 1. Improve home and school communication and public relations, including course disclosure. Reestablish a team evaluations. Help teachers be better prepared (retraining, help for new teachers, help with majorminor !. preparation). 7. Establish differentiated staffing, including summer programs, merit pay, extended traincontracts, and ing, and increase funding for those programs. 8. Increase requirements for students (graduation, grades, and benchmark testing). The benchmark skills were developed by a southwest region study group who identified the areas that are being taught, then determined which of those ' 10. set of procedures for supporting and, if necessary, removing from the classroom those students who will not learn. 11. Develop funding policies covering such items as ade- quate materials, cost effectiveness, merit pay based on teacher responsibility, and an action program to provide adequate funding. 12. Increase the giftedtalent-e- d program within the district. Workshop participants identified items 3, 4, 1, 6, 8, and 12, in that order, as their top priority items. It was also decided that items 3 and 8 could be merged into one item. Welling said that the next step is to allow for public input, take the proposed items to the school board for their consideration, and then develop ideas to accomplish the proposed tasks. Representatives from each area of education (administration, teachers, curriculum, and elementary and secondary principals) will be asked to return in a similar workshop in the near future to make recommendations on how the proposed items may be integrated into the district programs. MdDVMfE SJMJEi Beesley Music is moving from it's present location. We would rather sell our present inventory than move it, therefore we're offering... , DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS the handled well, stress can sors such as pressures, unemployment, environmental disasters, such as ihe recent flooding, and others, Are difficult to reduce or avoid, learning to strengthen our resources to cope can be critical for good health and happiness. In the class, Campbell will focus on the physical effects of stress, identifying potential Sources of stress and the functional or adaptations we make to it, and a personal assessment of stressors and stress levels. The course emphasizes development of cognitive skills such as problem solving and controlling irrational thinking. n later class sessions, relaxation techniques are employed. A nominal fee, based on what one can afford, will be charged. please for more atinformationAdvance call Joanne registration is required. 298-344- 6. distri- ct-wide home, the job, the environment, Strengthen us for the next en- pounter. Handled poorly, or al-- : lowed to get out of hand, stress can trigger a variety of self- defeating behaviors and physic-- ! al illness, he said. - Because many of lifes stres- Develop a uniform, PIANO ORGAN 495 Easy Play 1200 BRAND NEW Bait Prica Evar BALDWIN 1450 ACCESSORIES REDUCTION ALL ON BALDWIN PIANOS NO EXCEPTIONS MUSIC COMPANY 2457WASHIN3TON BLVD. 6210051 ment for bleeding, shock, poisons and emergencies at home and work. La Nae Valen- tine, Davis County health educator, says a competent bystander trained in emergency medical procedures could mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. . Cost of the course is $4 person. The instructors per are either certified emergency medical technicians or registered nurses. Everyone should have training in basic; life supIf port, said Ms. Valentine. an individual has already had a CPR class or some kind of basic training, it is still wise to take a class yearly in order to keep abreast of current emergency medical techniques. For more information or registration, contact the Davis County Health Department, room 24 of the county courthouse or call Mary Miller at 451-334- 0. . Issue on Wafer By SHARON STEELE Raviaw Corraspondant A pared version water improvement plans drawn by Perkins Engineering is the carrot Clinton City hopes to dangle in front of taxpayer noses in a Sept. 6 revenue bond election necessary to finance the project. Although acceptance of the streamlined plan could bring a water rate increase of 50 cents a CLINTON of culinary household, Mayor Dennis Smith said the overall cost is considerably lower than estimates for the more comprehensive improvements. I feel a lot that, he said. better about Engineer Larry Perkins had originally outlined an improvement program that called for replacement of many lines in subdivisions, as well as those on main roads, at a cost of $1.7 million. When the city suggested a streamlined version, or one that could be implemented in stages and might eliminate a lot of stress in terms of increased water rates for residents, the engineering firm came back with a $1.2 million proposal. That proposal eliminates improvements in nine subdivision lines, many of which Perkins said would be important in the future, but were for the time . being acting only as connectors. The original plan would have lasted a long time, but the new one is still a good improvement, Perkins said. We havent eliminated anything that would make the system undesirable. Youll still have a fairly excellent sergood network vice, until areas begin to develop much more. The cost of the improvements could be amortized at 7 percent over 25 years, with funds coming from the possible receipt of grants from the Board of Water Resources and the Health Department, adjustments in the citys fiscal budget for the years from 1984 to 2000, water rate increases and the sale of revenue bonds. Perkins, who has started ap- plying for the Water Board and Health Department funds, said things look positive. Both Perkins and City Manager Nolan Young voiced the possibility that developers could possibly help put in the remaining lines in the future. Clinton City has been plagued with water problems for a number of years. It was at the request of citizens that the town first began investigating poss- ible improvements, including the installation of a secondary water system to help service unusually large lots. |