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Show 'l AW I m mm a ' m mm Jordan Valley. Sen tinel Volume Numb 18 PiMbM wnMi at 12S ' in 1 O V Jordan District voters will mark their ballots in an $8 million bond election this summer. The Board .of Education approved the measure and also the construction of several elementary and middle schools during last Tuesday's meeting. The bond election, which is slated for July 13, will fulfill the requirement, for receiving State Critical Building Aid, which states that a district must be bonded to capacity. If it passes, the bond election will consist of a 10 year pay back plan and will be used to fund construction of new schools. The To relieve overcrowding in high schools, especially Alta High which is due for extended day scheduling in two years in its current situation, the board is looking at sending ninth graders back to middle schools and sixth graders back to elementaries. Delbert Crump, director of community and student services, told the board in bis presentation on school enrollment that the proposal would work well on the east side, where high schools are in a more crowded situation than elementaries. However, he noted that high schools on the west side have room to retain the freshmen. . board also authorized district "These are long range plans," administration to begin work Crump said,, adding that they Immediately in preparation for the would probably not be considered bond election. until the 1983-8- 4 school year. The board approved a building program for the next two school years. The first priority of the plan includes the construction of a middle school at a cost of $7,295,000 to relieve crowding in the area of Eastmont, Mount Jordan and Indian Hills middle schools. In its meeting Tuesday, the West Next priority would be the Jordan City Council approved an construction of two elementary ordinance regulating the sale of - h raise funds for its planned given several options to perform make-u- p credit, according to a new policy adopted by the Board of Education during their meeting last Tuesday. Thomas L. Owen, director of schools, in noted a The new policy permits high school students to make-u- p credit in their own schools during the optional seventh period. Owen said the advantages to this include the fact that the student is 'already there at the school and that no fee is required. Jordan district classified employees will be receiving a 9.2 percent increase in wages, according to the negotiation agreement approved by the Jordan Board of Education at last , Tuesday's meeting. The Jordan Classified Employees Ass'n indicated approval of the package which will consist of an increase of 8 percent plus 7 cents per hour. Increases in the cost of current health and accident inusrance amounts Ho" art additional 1.25 percent. schools at a combined cost of fireworks. 18,740,000. These schools would relieve crowding in the area of Riverton, Southland, Monte Vista and South Jordan elementaries, and the area of Oquirrh, Terra Linda, Westvale and Welby elementaries. Construction of a middle school in the area of West Jordan, Oquirrh Hills, and Bingham middle schools is also scheduled. The board voted to adopt the recommendations of the parent ad hoc housing committee, which presented its report last month. Included in the report, and. also approved as a separate item by the board, was the recommendation that a previously planned high school on the east side be include sparklers, cones, and Firework sales will be allowed fountains. All other fireworks are twice a year: from noon, June 20 expressly prohibited. Fireworks and ending at midnight, July 26; will be sold in temporary stands and from noon, Dec. 6 and ending and not permanent structures to at noon Jan. 2. At no other time decrease thedanger of fire. may fireworks be sold. In other action, the council Applicants must apply to the city declined a motion for the for a business license and must installation of Neighborhood Box pay a $275 fee before the May 10 Units by the post Office. deadline. Licenses will be awarded NBlTs include eight, twelve or to eight profit and eight nonprofit sixteen units, each five inches by organizations. A lottery will be six inches by 15 inches long placed held and 16 applicants will be in strategic locations" throughout drawn randomly from a hat. a subdivision. Access to the box City Manager Allan G. Tolman would be by key. Only future explained the system will subdivisions were to contain' eliminate the number of stands so NBlTs. Hkw, postponed indefinitely. The district, also acting on another recommendation by the housing committee, will purchase additional portable classrooms. Oponhouso May 8 at now Sandy post of f ico Sandy's new post office will be on display Saturday, May 8, stated Ernie Maes, postmaster. The public is invited to attend an open house between the hours of 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., at 8850 S. 700 E. .1:7 . hail, 1850 W. 7800 S. Tolman. Herriman citizens question control of old school land area than the proposed original district and was made up of people surrounding the downtown area, Herriman excluding many residents. He said that because the association is a corporation rather than a government agency, it could not receive community development funds to develop the land as a park. "The community organization doesn't realize they are bound by the original contract," Emery noted, adding that they were not holding the property in trust. He also alleged that funds obtained from the salvage va'ue of the razed building were being used for other than trust purposes by the the old Herriman school property have been referred to Jordan School District's attorney in a Post Office Representative Chuck Graves claimed the NBlTs would reduce mail theft, home burglaries, and postal expense. It would also improve the neighborhood appearance because the Post Office maintains the boxes. Mayor Dennis M. Randall noted citizen response was against the NBU's. "Twice we asked for public input and over 100 people were against the idea. The Neighborhood Alert Council was also overwhelmingly opposed," he said. motion approved by the Board of Education at their meeting last Tuesday. According to the presentation by Michael Emery, a lawyer hired by several Herriman residents, the old school property, which had been originally conveyed to the Herriman Pipeline Company to be held in trust, had been transferred to the Herriman Community Association, which is a private corporation. The original transfer had been conducted on the condition that if the land was used for commercial purposes and was not held in trust for public and recreational benefit, then it would revert back to the association. Emery proposed that the board issue a mandate for the association to transfer the property back to the Herriman district. Emery told the board that the Graves replied that he felt the company had been Post Office had not received fair pipeline instructed by the previous board to treatment. hold the property in trust until a Salt Lake County Service District 5 or other government authority could be established. The district, however, was voted down and the land was later transferred to the Pipeline Company to be put in trust again, and that an accounting of the use of the trust funds be provided. The board referred the matter to district legal council. The committee of Concerned Citizens of the Herriman Area, Almon by spearheaded Butterfield, J. Rodney Dansie and Sherwood Butterfield, hired to Emery present their case. association. 'vt Y' "' Emery said the association represented a smaller geographic High court gives part of Draper its freedom V U The Supreme Court last week upheld a tower court's decision to let residents living in the southwest portion of Draper deannex from the city and be of the considered part A Officers to check liconses animal control West Jordan officers will be going door to door to check dog licenses during May. If dogs are not licensed and do not have a rabies shot, owners will be issued a citation. Licenses are available at city "most dangerous" W.J. bridge named West Jordan City and Salt Lake County officials inspect a bridge near 2200 West and 8200 South that was recently designated by a Jordan School District committee as the most dangerous place in the district for students to walk to school. The city has asked for Community Development funds to correct the problem and is pursuing alternatives. Left to right are Tosh Kano of the Salt Lake County Streets, County Commissioner Bart Barker, West Jordan Mayor Dennis Randall and West Jordan City Manager Allen Questions about the control of Fireworks ordinance ok'd; mail box plan dropped that fewer problems such as fire will occur. Fireworks that may be sold ji.Sn '4 raise to vorkors , - n mi Board givos 9.2 presentation to the board that four years ago, the district began through Valley allowing make-u- p This the solved problem of High. often courses which doubling caused students to fail several classes. & ,JLV' project by holding a spaghetti dinner this Saturday night. The dinner will be held at Elliot Hall 569 South 1300 East, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The cost will be $8.50 per person. The group wants to put benches, tree,, ground cover, and other landschapping in an area to the rear of the Utah Power and Light office on North Main. "Lp?B5y ta Hi ehRrhnnl high jp downtown Midvale beautification Board okayo Bond measure okayed W. The Soroptimist, a professional women's service organization, will and Mrs Avard Fairbanks pose with Mountview students and the sculpture he designed especially for the children. Entitled "Abe Lincoln Reading the Life of George Washington," the statute will be placed in the school's media center. At the request of Principal Denny kastelic, Dr. Fairbanks taught several art classes for the children in February. During these lecturers, he began the sculpture which was later purchased by the PTA. Students pictured are Dusty Reid, Shay McBride, Matt Peery, Gina Bottino and Paul Minson. Election slated for July . . . 347-S40- Soroptimist sot f und roisor I or Midvalo project Fairbanks Presentation Dr. CCSfcSJBJ Tlt MidulS SCBfe'sel (OSK Ttwrtday. May 6, 1982 ) Cut St, Salt Ufci Canty; Btak ly MMvale SeatM. lac SecMtdass aastaf a at MiaWale. Utah. ia rata SS Jordaa School two Dstrirt Tto iuae sectes. Sabscriptiaa par year Flag Presentation to WJ. Dsnd West Jordan Mayor Dennis Randall presents the city flag to West Jordan High band members Kralg Powell, Debbie Hervey, Leslie Schow, Charri Fautin, and Kim Prestwich. The students will carry the in Canada. flag when they participate in the Calgary Stampede May 5 unincorporated county. The 2,033 acres, which lie east of the Jordan River and west of M5 and south of 14600 South, had been part of Draper's initial incorporation area in 1977. Since then, the 26 families in that area have been waging court battles first in Judge Bryant Crofts 3rd District Court and now in the Supreme Court, explaining they are more closely tied to Bluff dale, both economically and culturally. Dale Gardner, Lawyer representing those residents, said they will soon begin work on annexing into Bluffdale, probably by June. According to the Supreme ' Court's decision, Draper has not made any improvements in the area. The area contains no water or sewer systems, and Draper services, such as fire and police protection, are seldom needed in the area. Draper Mayor Glen B. Cannon said the city will probably be able to get reimbursed for the area's property tax from last year and up to this point this year which the city has not received. "The mistake was originally made in putting the boundary where it was put," Cannon said. . |