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Show Last week we published brief statements from the candidates for Precincts 1 and 2. Following are statements from candidates running for the Salt Lake City School Board in Precincts 3 and 4. This information was obtained by direct interviews conducted by the League of Women Voters and the S. L. Schools Ombudsman office. Primary Election will be September 12. An attempt was made to obtain photographs of all candidates but we were unable to contact some of the candidates before our deadline. Primary Candidates for Precinct 3 Carl R. Child John Geigle RuthC. Ross Eldon A. Taylor Carl R. Child Child is a graduate of the University of Utah, father of six children and is a Division Engineer for Standard been a Board member for 10 Oil. He has years. This candidate feels the student role in the schools is to learn and contribute to the elevation of social value according to his ability. He sees administering the district policy as it relates to their schools and catalyzing students to realize their potential. He sees the and central office as setting-ou- t defining specific goals and policy as they relate to the schools and the Board members as policy setters in both short and long term matters and in selecting of administration. He would like to see the Board become less of imbalance" in the area which was to be helped. He is in favor of "true impact area funds" and wants the local populace to control schools. He views the school's role in the community as one of teaching students responsibility to themselves and others, and awareness of their total role in the community. a "rubber-stamp.- " would relate to those who elect him by practicing an open door policy, meeting with people, having fewer closed executive school board meetings and having He more school board meetings where the public can come and John Geigle Geigle, the father of 5, has attended LDS Business College. He has worked with the United students and feels parents should have a greater voice in the schools. He is not satisfied with the Carl R. Child organizations should be confined to matters of personal teachers' benefits and have no role in the school. He sees the parents as having a dual role of with professional staff and giving input to the elected School Board officials. Child thinks the principals have the role of find out what happening, and being sensitive to the PTA. He sees public education as "what has made America great." He fears that private education may overcome public education is and sees equal educational opportunity as Ruth Ross community facility. She community counsel and other rules of the school system. Teachers should be more concerned with the needs of a priority in the school system. Child feels Federal Aid often puts restraints or creates "an present superintendent and staff, in that they "do too much on their own." He sees a need for more communication between the superintendent's office and the School Board and the public. He plans to "mingle with the people" as a way of relating to those who elect him. He believes there is a need for Federal Aid and that present Federal Aid allocations could be spent in better interest of the student. He Mrs. Ross, is mother of 4 children and grandmother of two. She is currently an equal employment specialist and has been very active in community involvement which includes: Women in Community Service, a task force on youth, helped promote first minority educational opportunity for all children regardless of race, color or creed. He sees the neighborhood school as an asset to the community and that TV program called "Pride", member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), secretary of Women order of Elks, past president of Grant's PTA and has received commendations both from the mayor and the governor for community activity. She feels the student needs more representation in school and there needs to be greater community organization. She believes there should be more parent volunteer work in the school. She would like to see a complete community including a library, theater, community center, etc., in each neighborhood. She feels there is more need for supports equal school. Long range changes include utilizing present and future structures for grade school related organizations. He is interested in having a bigger voice in defining the problems of the district and in finding solutions. He is concerned about financial allocations and in the how and why of determining the closing of schools. He feels the students have the responsibility to follow the the teacher's role as that of teaching and feels teacher's centralization is detrimental to the community. Fund, Cancer Drives, has experience with at Ruth Ross full-tim- e psychologists beginning in junior high school to assist the students. She would like to see work study program and structural athletic programs at lower grades and continuing through senior high beginning a also thinks the teacher who comes into disadvantaged areas should be sensitized to the area before beginning to teach. Mrs. Ross feels present administration is doing a better job than previous feels the superintendents but school board should deal more directly with the people which includes students, parents and minority groups. She believes in equal educational opportunity for all students and that the equalization of all facilities would hep solve the many problems. She sees the school as the center of community activity. And in these schools there is a need for more teacher involvement in the community and a need for more minority teachers in the schools. Eldon A. Taylor Taylor, father of six children, is a graduate of Brigham Young University and has been active on parent committees in the schools, especially when dealing in the area of morals. He is working for the U. S. Postal Service Department. in the Vehicle |