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Show rI CIRCULATION 278 2860 If r rotf tone NEWS. ADVERTISING 278 2866 d igkt. pleat call a paper will bo rakoo to your boat by 1 0 A.M. Friday morning ACTION ADS 278 4142 Vol.x foil f recede k c copy of by Tkurtdoy Southeast Salt Lako 2263 Kast 4800 South No. 21 If It Had Wttkl Gomimmitv Now-pap- June 10, 1963 or 1 Oe Been A Meeting, Board Would Have Voted Yo I I When is a meeting not a meeting? I$ I Sheriff Jeep Patrol volunteer etrupple down npHinUlnuide with 16ear-olaccident d ictim. i Who Pays For I The Rescues ; I 3 1 i & f I In winter its snow slides, plane crashes and lost persons and in summer, it's more of the same multiplied by the thousands of people who head into the mountains to climb, drive or otherwise cavort themselves into all kinds of trouble. Who pays to find the wayward hiker, pull the injured climber off a cliff? The answer represents the biggest bargain in Salt Lake government these days. Taxpayers do not ante- All the bills up a dime to meet this responsibility. are picked up by a remarkable organisation, the Sher-- I iff s Jeep Patrol Every time theres an emergency in the canyons, And, unlike volunteer members spring into action. similar organisations, there's not even the reward of basking in public limelight while they're risking life The crowds are nearly and limb on a mountainside. always several miles away at the nearest paved road. A accident in the canyons call for special skills and present peculiar problems. A girl breaks a leg, for instance. Simply a matter of calling an ambulance in the city. But Tuesday afternoon, when a southeast high school girl, broke an ankle while climbing in BigCottonwood Canyon, it took a crew of experienced mountaineers nearly four sweaty hours to transport her down the sides of the cliffs. & ! THE ORGANIZATION HAS 45 approximately members, 27 of whom own and operate drive vehicles four-whe- equipped radio. - ji a el each two-wa- y Oi the compliment are registered physicians, one is a Justice of the Peace, several are two deputy sheriffs working on their own time, and the rest come from all walks of life At no expense to Salt Lake County or any other government agency, the Jeep Patrol operates a closed -- in, van truck which (.hirf deputy (icorgr Q. Mflw fiimm down off the el Jfw. & (Continued on page 4) In the case of an elected board conducting public business, it's not an official meetunless it is formally ing announced In advance and open to the public. the Granite Therefore, School District didnt really meet last Tuesday night, June 8 Instead, the tun membership gathered around the horseshoe table at district offices for an informal salary talk with the Granite Education Association. While official action at such a session was legally Imposthat will have to sible wait for the official meeting Tuesday, June 15, the board did firmly state its position. Asking for a consensus of school the five -- member board, the teacher's negotiating team learned that next Tuesday it will vote to reject the GEAs salary system and unanimously support the pay plan proposed by Superintendent Elmer J. Hartvlgsen. As the result of this unofficial expression of Intention, within the next few days the Granite Education Association will call a mass meeting of all members to decide whether to work next year on Superintendent Hartvlgsen' s terms or push some more tor their own Index system of salaries The school board said 'no because; 1 ) The GEA plan costs too administrators much, claim. "Why us? asked the Granite Superintendent, complaining that the teachers organisation Is asking for the juiciest salaries of any school district In the state 2 ) College credits dont necessarily reflect In classroom says performance, Granite school board members arguing that the GEA proposal simply promises automatic pay raises to teachers who will go back to school for advanced training. 3 ) The school board also says it Is reluctant to commit future boards by adopting a pay policy which grants yearly increments for service andor advanced training hinged to a base pay figure The GEA schedule Is built around a base salary for the first year teacher with a bachelors degree This year It's $4,700 Pay goes up In six percent steps for each year of service up to 11 years and in 10 percent jumps as the teacher adds 30 and 60 extra credit hours, a master's degree and then a master's degree plus 30 credit hours advanced study Top pay proposed for 1965-6- 6, under a revision of the basic structure, would be The total program $8,366 would eventually call for for the classroom $9,776 teacher who has 30 credit hours over a master's degree and 14 years service in the Balk Or Go Along? GEA Calls Out Faculty Reps Will Granite District teachers balk, push harder or go back to work under the same old pay plan? That's tne question to be decided Monday, June 14, the legislative body when faculty representatives of the Granite Education Association -- - meet to face the collapse of efforts to introduce a new pay system for the 1965-6- 6 school year. At the session to convene at 7:30 P M in GEA headquarters, faculty representatives could recommend accepting the deal offered by the school board, fighting for the associations proposed index system or the body could order a mass meeting of all 2,007 GEA members. Ironically, the teacner's representatives will be meeting one day before the school board will render Its official verdict. Salary increases are only part of the controversy An even hotter Issue Is the question of professional growth Incentives which the GEA negotiating team says is vital to teachers and the school district . hope for a very flexible plan and am very much against a rigid statement Dr. Jay O Brlnton: "As the teachers already in tne district move up the scale, more and more of our budget will go to support that portion of the program until we have very little to offer new teach- ers "We'll find ourselves in a position where we won't be able to compete with other districts for teachers (Mr. Halterman interjected, "Youd need half as many new teachers each year if you kept the ones you've got ) Richard Winder: "There's a lot of arguing over certain I personally words here. think theres too much spread between the beginning and the end ' I'm against too much autoSome increment. matic younger teachers work harder and do a better job than older teachers. Forace comment surprise wrinkle was the GEA's desire to eliminate One location allowances special for teachers serving in west side schools. Granite administrators said the extra pay Is necessary to staff schools In the western section of the district. a new plan. Your plan just doesn't offer the advantages Ive been led to expect. Tin strongly behind the schedule. superintendent's Theres no sense shadow boxing Other board members marized their sentiments: Mrs Howard B. Summer-hay- s: "If you had the same amount of money every year, as you start to add for growth you would have to cut the lower schedule "I think , this makes the schedule too rigid and could I work to your detriment sum- Board President Keith C Brown chopped discussion abruptly when be said: 'Tra going to make a foolhardy statement. In business, we dont make changes unless there Is a good reason There must be something drastically wrong with a system or there must be great advantages In Principals Pay Up $576 - Maybe! Elementary and high school principals as well as certain other Granite School District supervisory personnel will get a flat, across-the-boa$576 increase next year if the tentative budget jells in its present form Elmer J Superintendent Hartvigsen unveiled the proposed pay scale for certificated personnel but added that the present budget would need a lot of chopping to meet income. According to his program with all factors added in, elementary school assistant rd ng would jump from to $9,724 annually; senior high assistant principals, $9,548 to $10,124; ele- principals $9,148 mentary school principals, Junior $9,948 to $10,524 high school principals and district instructional supervisors would earn the same salary increase, from $10,448 to $11,024 District directors pay would go uo from $11,048 this vear to $11,624 Highest pay at this level would go to senior high school whose salaries principals would jump to $12,024 from $11,448 Green offered no system offers the greatest Incentive for professional growth and development promises to become a central issue before final agreement la reached. Hitting close to the hot topic of merit pay, Mr. Summer-hay- s remarked, "Studies have shown that the general public feels teachers should have more opportunity to be recognised for performance In the classroom. "Hours of study are not necessarily a criteria for good teaching Quality of performance in the classroom doesn't always depend on hours of study My worry is that your plan pushes teachers into just going back to school all the time Richard J Halterman, president of GEA and next Utah Educational Association head, said, "It's ridiculous to think a teacher can work on the same university degree he got 10 years ago "I admit a lot of teacher aren't doing the best job What were proposing is one step in the direction we must go "Teachers must improve their background for teaching by going back to school Revealing a new wrinkle to the program, Mr. Halterman added, "At the same time, we hope we can pick courses we'll accept for extra credit hours and set-u- p training programs for further professional advancement "We hope in the process to eliminate incompetence and Which (Continued on Page 4) Granite Budget Needs Chopping The operating budget hasn't been balanced yet growing school district A Summary at Expenditures: Administration Instruction Attendance L Health Services Pupil Transportation Operation of Plant Maintenance of Plant Fixed Charges Adult Education Summer School Total Estimated Income Deficit walk lig mountaineer It a a i Patnl endurance to handle hark If need re-c- ue the highwav. Jeep 'ial -- kill, great mi ion- it -. v $14,733,937 for Budget Request $ 364,339 42 $ 381,514 00 14,332,162 IS 16,551,308 47 90,921 37 405,628 68 1,632,395.15 1,110,729 60 1,528,884 51 41,896 92 154,754 31 00 02 00 00 00 45,000 00 107,724 462,500 1,816,524 1,336,112 1,753,500 $19,659,712.11 $22,454,182 49 22,343,703 00 $ 110,479 49 New GEA Officers Share Single Aim New officers who took the helm of the Granite Education Association June 8 represent a wide spectrum of the teachOfficers and ing profession the executive board come from all sections of the district and have just one thing in commoo they all teach Even two elementary school principals are represented on the executive board The new GEA president, K enneth C J ohnson, is a book -keeping and business machine at Granger High teacher School Retiring president Richard J Halterman, who'll serve as second vice president and will take the UEA presidency in October, teaches physiology and biology at Skyline High E Elliot Budge, first vice president, is a social studies teacher at Granite High School; and treasurer William Smith teaches typing at Bonneville Junior High Executive board members and their positions-NathaH W victopia flminson MARILYN SMOOT Go Where The Girls Are! to think of saimming When summer comes, girls - - - and tie young sprrs around town begin to think about girls This eek s ppuea has a whole section about suits of the athletic variety - - - with tins You 11 recognize it instantly because it carries more issue of the same pret'y girls on the cover Adamson, Jr, teacher. West Lake Junior; Jesse O Carter, history-geograpteacher, Olympus Junior H.gh, Alliee second grade Rae Clark, teacher, Rosecrest Elementary School; G Harlan Clark, principal. Granger Elementary School, Keith J Hesa, counselor, Olympus Junior High; Morgan K Lund, principal. Valley Junior High, Mrs Beth B. Marchant, general - vocal music and speech teacher, Valley Junior High; Robert M science -- biology Riches, teacher. West Lake Junior High, and Mrs Virginia C Rideout counselor, West Lake J unior High , English-histor- in- The GEA calculated its plan would cost $14 634,408 for roughly the same services 6 Expenditure About the only item that didn't go up was the salarlea for the school board, a flat $300 per year for each of the five members. Big increases were revealed In instructional salaries, of course, which totaled $15,191,996 according to computer The figure Includes some $406,343 for Incalculations surance and medical benefits; $9,200 for coaches at four more schools; $196,200 for substitute teachers; $21,483 for sabbatical leave, new this year; $23,000 for extended dat vocational salaries; and $77,316 for school nurses Expenditures for text books were scheduled to jump from $269,474 to $436,860 next rear Salaries of administrative personnel were tentatively set $10,417 higher than this year. Interesting items of expense were $250,000 for electricity, $42,000 to keep the schools telephones jingling; $1,055,000 for custodians to Udy up classrooms; and $1,500 to repair driver education cars Finally, just to prove that even echoed districts must spend money to make money, the cost of collecting and taxes was shown as Increasing from $47,514 In assessing 1964-6- 5 to $100,000 in the coming year. Principle feature of the plan is that only the base pay figure would be negotiated each year When that was settled, all other salaries would advance proportionately according to and professional seniority growth Superintendent Hartvigsen proposal also pays beginning teacher s $4 700 but takes them through 14 years of seniority and six stages of educational attainment Top pay would be $8,000 annually for the teacher with a master's degree and the required years of service in the Granite School District A peek at the district's tentative burtret for 1965-6- 6 structional salaries including administration, nurses, and Salaassorted specialists ries Mr Hartvigsen said, will take some 82 per cent of the district s operating bud-8- 1 1965-6- 1964-6- 5 district showed some but Granite $110,479 must be chopped before Its final School Board members and Granite Education Association representatives got a peek at next years tentative spending plan during an informal session Tuesday evening, June 8 Although not yet reconciled with estimated Income and still subject to the final outcome of teacher salary negotiations, the maintenance and operation of Granite schools will cost some $2,794,470 more during 1965-6- 6 than this year The cost of keeping schools open will tentatively jump from $19,659,712 to $22,454,182 In the state's largest and fastest y |