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Show School Board To Join With Ogden, Weber By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County School Board voted Tuesday to submit a request to the Utah State Board of Education asking that Viewmont High School be accredited this year. They okayed an agreement to join with Ogden and Weber Districts Dis-tricts to acquire federal property at Clearfield Depot. SUPERINTENDENT Ber-nell Ber-nell Wrigley said that customarily cus-tomarily schools are evaluated evaluat-ed every 10 years. This is the scheduled year for View-mont's View-mont's evaluation. He said "the staff to dig in and look at themselves." Harold Gailey, board member, moved that Superintendent Wrigley request the state board to ask for an evaluation by the Northwest Accrediting As-socation. As-socation. The association will review every department and make recommendations, Superintendent Wrigley said. THE TRANSFER of the federally-owner warehouse at the Clearfield depot will be finalized only after the Davis, Ogden and Weber school boards vote agreement, Superintendent Wrigley told the board. Provisions in the contract call for attorneys to draw up legal documents, specify ail districts share jointly in the cost and use of the building. All three districts must agree to move deposits of antimony and magnesium now on the property and maintain the necessary roads. DR. LAWRENCE Welling, assistant in charge of elementary schools, reported on the visit of a 20-25 team of educators from central and northern Europe. They will be in Utah for a week and will visit Davis schools on Oct. 15 and Oct. 18. Dr. Welling said, while here, the educators will spend the first day observing the early childhood program. They will visit head start, observe ob-serve the tutoring program and parent cooperatives and see education instruction classes in the high schools. ON OCT. 8 educators will look at career programs in vocational and industrial arts and observe adult education programs in the community schools. In other action the board also approved the Davis High Symphony Orchestra trip to Mt. Hood College. Until the committee headed by Gayle Stevenson, reports on the criteria for recommending school-sponsored trips. MR. STEVENSON'S committee, com-mittee, to report next month, will make decision on the total to-tal school travel picture and will set up travel guidelines for the board. Viewmont forensic and debate team, drill team and madrigals were given tentative tenta-tive approval for school travel subject to some clarifications by Robert Keddington, assistant assis-tant in charge of secondary schools. HAROLD Gailey, board member, questioned fund-raising fund-raising projects to support travel expenditures for school groups. He and Dr. Reed Marchant suggested the group raise money by selling tickets to their own performances. perfor-mances. Mr. Keddington said he would give this suggestion to the school-travel committee. |