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Show Page 7 September 1, (The 2004 schools in People in general dont trust the feds when it comes to education information their s.ll By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Nearly everyone trusts the classroom teacher and hardly anyone trusts a politician. The trust level was one of the items addressed in a public opinion poll done by the American Association of School Administrators. Kirk Wright, superintendent of the Juab School District, introduced the information via a Power Point presentation at school board meeting on Wednesday. The presentation showed public perception of school issues and revealed the sources the public most often sought in finding out information about the schools. The poll indicates that superintendents are a credible source of information about schools, teachers and principals are even more credible and federal officials are the lea.- -t credible source of information about education." said Wright. When determining how to improve schools, when an educator disagrees with officials" from Washington, the public agrees with the local educators. On a scale of from zero to 10, respondents were asked to rank believabihty. The scores were tallied for two polls, August 2003 and October 2003 Going with the latest poll, the October 2003, it was School district says our kids are safer in school By Myrna Trauntvein Times-New- s Correspondent Students are actually quite safe in schools. Superintendent Kirk Wright said recent statistics show that kids are safer in schools than many parents think, in light of some of the tragedies in recent history, such as the one at Columbine High School. People remember that massacre which occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County near Littleton, Colorado with fear and are concerned for the safety of their children, said Wright. Two teenaged students conducted a shooting rampage killing 12 other students and a teacher before committing suicide. It is considered to be the worst school shooting in U.S. history. In spite of a few horrific incidents, said Wright, the .number of homicides have actually gone down since 1993. Children are actually safer in school than they are anywhere else, said Wright. According to information obtained from the CDC (Center for Disease Control), he said, the likelihood of a student being killed in a homicide at school was 1 in 1,700,000. While the likelihood of a student being killed in a homicide away from school was 1 in 21,000. Wright and the Juab School District Board of Education reviewed the probability list of conditions that any child would die from during the school year. The likelihood of any child dying from any cause is 1 in 3,000, said Wright. The probability of a child being found that 86 percent of those taking the poll thought their child s teacher was the most credible source w hen getting information about education. "Classroom teachers are considered good sources of information by the public, said Wright. Teachers in general rated at 80 percent, the child's principals at 72 percent, principals in general at 67 percent, school leaders at 61 percent and school administrators at 59 percent. The credibility of public education news sources were ranked with 58 percent trusting local media. 56 percent the lives of 1 Correspondent Two schools in Juab School District will.be closed in every 200,000. Diseases still cause the deaths of a great number of children in the United States, said Wright. One child of every 200,000 faces the possibility of dying of pneumonia or influenza, 1 in 260,000 of bronchitis, emphysema, or asthma, 1 in each 390,000 of dying of cerebrovascular disease. HIV takes the life of 1 in every 420,000 children; 1 in 79,000 has the chance of dying of heart disease, 1 in every 850,000 will die of diabetes, 1 in every 1,300.000 has the probability of dying as a result of meningitis, and 1 in 1,300,000 has the chance of dying of adverse effects of medical care. An act of nature, including lightning, will kill 1 in 780,000. Wright said the School Violence Resource. Center website Fact Sheets; What Are the Odds? indicates that the number of homicides in schools has continued to crease since 1993. Trauntvein By Myrna de- schools this year. Principals from both Nephi Elementary and Juab Middle School requested the school board allow the schools to dose enrollment to those outside the district's official confines to others who may seek to attend either of the schools. said superinIn the tendent Kirk Wright, if there was a student, for example, in Fountain Green or Santaqum who wanted to attend one of our schools, we have allowed pa.-t-." h- - raw-a- 1 1. -- rt i k h m 1 polling firm Th polls inUlhed about I. (MM) randomly si lcit I a lolt an have a conti i nee h ii of j lu-- 1 i 1. This information is intended to make school system leaders more effective tdxocates for not only public mi 1 1 minu- - t 5 pi ru r.t B twt en 7() ari l 75 or ru nt of the pul lie rouu - t h ir ho informat inn about loc .1 new- - t r - md local ti lev u ii n w Onlv 7 i eivt nt 3 t in d n inform itmn ubi.ut radio. 6 p re nt tiom tin mi internet and 3 pirn nt 1 p. lu i. 1 1 1 al nut - an 1 te-- t di-c- A s got the news t tii i r s bools trom the local from ni wspipir. lHpirn-ntlu sehool or ditri' t vvt bite, l riews-1- , 17 j i rci nt trom i h i eru-ni from m rs, tti j 1... at tt lev Isioii al-oii- i t 1 ( n!v ill pi t in nt however tvn- - v nit a si ho. or ct in I site vv bile 69 p rcent do 1 di-tri- hool-frui- 1 other sniirt "Will n peoplt a till iv -- i t k inform.it i"ii about -- Ilioul-the public r lu - a- - imiih on t information piepuud b the t and the bool as thev doon the Id d im di said Wright. Most often. th.i-- e wanting schixd- - -- i di-t- m ' m Fo! w s some reaoti. bad predominates," i m nt Bii'h an aLo headed the wrong dmction. he year for two local schools els must live m out attendance aiea in m d( r to at It n Nephi Eh mentary ot dual) Middle St bool because both school' are so crowded, said Wright Brent Bowles to speak to Senior Citizens Brent Bow le- - w ill be t he guest speaker at the Senior r Citizens progiu in at 12'.)0pm on Septemhei 8 Bow les and hi' ite. Tallinn have I daughter, ngi ' 18. I 11. 3 lie has lived ill Nephi all of bn hfe, and ovv n- - and scivmg a 3rd term on the Nephi For after-dinne- vv . 1 a 'inall tow n le is operates here in 1 business current t it v Council the afti pro- curgram. he plans to rent citi projects and other ss t ni it ed- - attend the lunch or to airange for transportation, To ple.i'e call 623-73(1- Iv stipulation, of course, from school. "Of course, we dont kick student out if they are already going to school here because-thehave been approved to attend prior to the school being closed, Wright said. Since the Nephi Elementary enrollment is in excess of 610 students, it would be difficult to accommodate students from outside the district. It w'ould be difficult for our physical facilities to accommodate more than that number of regular district students, said Janet Ware, Nephi Elementary School Principal. Therefore, I would propose closing Nephi elementary for any enrollment for the 200 school year. Steven Paulsen, Juab Middle School Principal, made a similar request of the board. This request (to close the enschool to rollment) is based on the high enrollment that continues at 2 POINT CONVERSION 01. ' L One extra large 16'" topping pizza and 2 dozen buffalo wings 16.99 1 p'jj ' Inside Flying J 1597 Nephi S v (5H Main 23-2408 ' Ijgi 5 Sui-n- s Equipment purchased .J, 6 JW fe' V This year The Times-New- s is happy to provide a full color 8x10 print of any sports photo that we publish in the The Times-New- s for only 01(0 Call Heath Dopp 623-103- 7 at or 660-199- 9 to order your prints! said a slim margin, Wright the public feils si bools are hi id. 1 in the wrong direction but a largt r pi ret nt age of peo le also think that the n ition as a w hole, and Presi-d- t Bv was that the parents of the student would provide the needed transportation to and a line ij -,r dhirtv jirient of distrut t iTi-r.- I f i -- ir. ito-- inf t d rn ition alogt s, f., duh '. m inf t.ngs i an will be in effect this this school. said Paulsen. Last year, he said, the fifth and sixth grade classrooms had more than 30 students per teacher. Even with the addition of teachers to the staff, full classrooms were 'till anticipated. This Juab Middle School now serves every fifth and sixth grader in the entire district." said Paulsen. This comes w ith the addition of the Mona fifth grade. Continued grow th in Mona. Nephi and Levan could produce even larger classrooms than currently exist. "What this means, is that students of these grade lev- - ni. inf rmution rd t n P n king urruulurn They aIo mit a JUAB HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS PHOTO! chased for $3,000, concrete sidewalks were replaced for $4,500, a stage risers were replaced for $2,600. These are the projects r f it. School you approved for the summer maintenance program, said Wright. Everything on the list is either completed or soon will be. m r d lutu!--p i if a!l BUY AN 8X10 OF YOUR FAVORITE From page 6 for Mona Elementary was a ladder for $200, a vacuum for $250, and scaffolding for $500. All 15 exit lights were replaced at Nephi Elementary School for $700, emergency lighting was installed for $960, a new timer was installed in the upstairs fan room for $650, concrete between the main building and the modular units was replaced for $3,050, the perimeter fence was repaired for $2,000, the exterior woodwork was painted for $3,165. Two vacuums were purchased for Nephi Elementary at a cost of $500. One request put on hold at the junior high was the installation of new lockers in both locker rooms. mini-ltr- , 55 percent thinking superintendents were credible, 56 percent believing NEA, 49 percent believing AAS.V 10 percent trusting 'fate officials, and 1 percent trusting the national media. Only 39 percent trusted f derai officials. Wright said the stati'tics f the public poll were put together by Bruce Hunter, "ociate Executive Director of Public Policy for AASA and were released on June 30. 200 I u-- ed - bool Closed schools Times-New- s killed as a result of a traffic accident is 1 in 8,000 A suicide away from school has a possibility of causing the death of 1 out of 28,000. One in every 33,000 children face the probability of dying of cancer, 1 in every 73,000 of dying in an accidental drowning, and 1 of every 390,000 dying in an accidental fall. A firearm accident takes trusting g h- All the inf irm its ii was gatlu r d in Cur r its ri il polls ilorndy L'.i' PuUicAt fairs, an mtt rnatiou d n rk t re-t- school board si Nephi, Utah kTimrs-Nrlu- s |