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Show He feels a deep interest in the citizenry and that they should have more voice in the school. He would like to strengthen the PTA. He feels morals and ethics are important in school and that He also believes that young people should take an "active" role in the civic affairs of the community and feels since he is a recer presently' weak. He would like to see better rapport of the school board within itself and with the administration and the graduate of the school dis ct, he has an excellent insu int "what's going on within . jhools." He feels the present board is "far removed" from what is going on within the schools. He is public. dissatisfied He views the teachers role as being responsible to set an standard achievement discipline in the schools is example for the students both ethically and morally and teachers should follow rules and bring respect back to teaching. He sees parents being involved through the PTA and volunteer groups. He sees the present Board as having some strengths but feels that there are "rabble-rousers- a few that tend to " disunity the Board. Although he views some opposition as "healthy" he believes that the Board should be seen by the public as unified. He is in favor of an 1 1 member Board rather than a 7 member Board. There are four immediate changes in Salt Lake City schools which concern Taylor. First, is the moral and ethical standards enforcement. Second, is unification throughout the system. Third , is better communication with public administration. And lastly, need to allocate funds so that school would not suffer at expense of another. He sees and the with the present examinations and "attitude" tests which are presently administered in the school district. "Learning should be the primary function of the schools." He feels the present administration staff is too large and too expensive. Further, the superintendent seemstoo concerned with the bureacratic functions of administation and is not "primarily concerned with students and teachers." He also believes the Board is too "secretive," holding far too many meetings in closed sessions without public participation. He would like to see the Board serve as a "central organizing body" that would attempt to represent the various needs of the community, students and teachers. Bauman also feels the Board should be made up of more minority groups, including young and female members. one the the schools as a community function and that schools and community would benefit if present school buildings were used more for community functions. Also, he feels that if a school has to be closed, then this school could be used for other matters. Pete Gallegos Gallegos, age 31, is assistant director of the Utah Technical College. He has a Masters from Stanford University Precinct 4. Jon M. Bauman Pete Gallegos Paul Ed Owens Lemonte Peterson Not available at time of printing: Barbara S. Bybee Delila Knudson English Literature. Community involvement includes membership in SOCIO (Spanish-speakin- Primary Candidates for in organization) g and the Utah Education Association. Gallegos is the former president of the Foreign Language Instructors Association. He comes from a Chicano ethnic background. As an educational administrator, Gallegos has been particularly interested in the needs of the student. He strongly urges that education should be designed with the student in mind. He states, "Education should be for the student rather Jon M. Bauman than the parents and administrators." Bauman is 18 years old, entering his sophomore year at the University of Utah. Previous public service includes working with the Office of Economic Opportunity legal services English as a project and teaching second language at the Guadalupe Center in Salt Lake. Upon completing undergraduate studies at the university, Bauman hopes to enter law school. He is concerned with the closing of schools in Salt Lake and believes that the operations and functions of the Board should be open to the public scrutiny and responsive to the public needs. Gallegos believes that students should have a large role in the creation and implementation of curriculum. In this process students should also have a part in the evaluation and assessment of curriculum. Teachers' should be closely aligned to students in making up the curriculum. He thinks that, "students andteachersshould be a catalyst in education." He further thinks that parents and the PTA should have a limited role in the schools. They should be used as a resource only. He feels that the present administration is too far removed from the "student problems and issues." He feels that the administration "needlessly ties the hands of principals with edicts and bureaucratic regulations." He feels that the principals are "victims of bureaucracy." He concludes that "principals have limited authority with no power to implement or innovate." The present board according to Gallegos is "too traditional." He adds "that it is not aggressive enough to bring about change nor to meet the present educational needs of the student." He would like to see committees of students who would access, evaluate and create curriculums for the individual schools in the community. There is a primary need for more voational training programs in the schools which would entail according to Gallegos, "a of academic, and a of vocational training." Gallegos supports the initiation of more tutorial programs, through the use of para professionals or assistant teachers. Finally, he feels that the student-teache- r ratio must be Paul Ed Owens -- brought "down to practical, workable levels." The school should be a pool from where community leaders emerge, he says. He also believes schools should be a source of labor in meeting the job market requirements of the community. He feels that the federal aid is useful only when "it is used as it is designed to be used." The money, according to Gallegos is not presently utilized as well as it should be. ratio. Owens would like to see some type of incentive program for good teachers. He feels that in certin areas there should be innovative training programs for teachers and more administration that will enable them to become more sensitive to the needs of all students. He feels the school system is geared more for the average student. There should be more individualized programs to meet the needs of more students. There should always be minority representation not only on the School Board but the school system. that inadquate minority representation in the school system is reflected in the high rate of drop-out- s among minorities in the schools. In regard to school closing, he feels that this should be the last resort. There are other areas that we should look for cuts rather than closing schools. through-ou- t Paul Ed Owens He feels Owens wants to represent the people in his community and throughout his precinct. The fact Central City that he resides in does not limit his ability to work with all of the people that he will be representing, he says. In order to insure good communication from the Board to the community, parents, students and teachers, he will hold neighborhood meetings different sectors community for obtaining information and concerns from all people that he will be representing. Along with his experience as Director of the Central City Head Start Program for five years, he has shared many problems that parents, teachers and students have expressed in the Salt Lake City School system. He does feel very strongly that the parent should have a much more meaningful input into the education that their children are receiving. There should be a very close teacher-studen- pare n t t -- 1 e a c her , relationship, therefore bringing about a more personalized atmosphere conductive to a good learning environment. We must search for ways to reduce the teacher-chil- d style of education, the whole district is poorer for the inadequacy. The equality of education is not in equal distribution of teachers, materials, or facilities, but rather in the constant growth and learning of the individual child, no matter what ethnic or economic background. Students should learn social adjustment not pure academics and facts. All types of activities such as art, band, sports, etc., contribute to the social growth of a person. Minority students should be helped to make their culture more acceptable and unified with the American culture. The district needs more male teachers and teacher salaries should be raised to attract more highly specialized teachers. Children can be taught equality by experiencing Lemonte Peterson in of the lacking suitable teachers for its Peterson, 56 years old, is married with four children. He was on the School Board for 9 years, up to 1970. He is on the Advisory Board of Utah Technical College; Advisory Board of Odessey House, past member of the Advisory Committee for SOCIO. If elected, Peterson, wants to be an element of unity in the Board. He will support the corporate decisions and policies of the Board, and not support private or faction opinions or personalities. He is satisfied with the machinery of the Board. Although desiring to represent the people of precinct 4, he doesn't see his role as pushing pet projects favoring that precinct. His responsibility is to the whole city, the entire Salt Lake District. If one school is it. Children have rights; an example of this in the schools is the right to a review by a board ,of students, or the right to voice complaints to proper authorities. He sees a weakness in the present system in not providing sufficient technical or vocational training in junior and senior high schools. He envisions an office or Assistant Superintendent of Vocational Training. Public Opinion not aware the dignity and great need for vocations that require training other than college. The public needs to be educated regarding the need and the dignity of technical skills and work. Minority representation on the Board would please Peterson. He also values the input from the is minds and experiences of interested citizens from the university realm, who are not patrons of the district. |