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Show M "-u wen as other futuristic uses. Class Siias Won't Dseraasp By TOM BLSSELBERG FARMINGTON Class sizes won't be decreased in the Davis School District unless the legislature provides adequate adequ-ate funding, tw o county school spokespeople indicate. "THE LEGISLATURE really real-ly left us about eight percent short last year (on funding), said Davis Education Association Associa-tion Executive Secretary Dee Bumingham, commenting about ab-out just-released figures listing Davis District as fourth highest in elementary classroom size along the Wasatch Front. averaged 28 students in elementary classes, nearly a full student above the state average av-erage and more than two points above Box Elder, with 25.7 students per classroom average. The lowest in the Wasatch Front District. ON THE secondary level. Davis registered third along the Wastach Front at 27.3, an average of nearly tw o students above the state's 25.7. The three higher than Davis in elementary are Tooele and Nebo. both at 28.8: Provo at 28.5 w hile Jordan also stood at "28." On a secondary level. Ogden led with 28.6: Weber was second at 27.6 and Alpine Last year, although the legislature leg-islature provided sufficient funding for districts to pass along only about a four percent teacher salary- increase, Davis teachers received a 7.6 percent raise, much of that from district dis-trict funds. "The bulk of the additional three percent came in class size and a little bit from the voted leeway," Mr. Bumingham Bum-ingham said. "YOU CANT do those two things again," he said, referring refer-ring to increasing class sizes and using state guaranteed support monies that back the - voted leeway. - - "We're close to the top (in class size) and if you take a we probably have the highest average class size among all the Wasatch Front districts," Mr. Bumingham added. OF THE legislature now in session he said, "I think the legislature recognizes the need for better funding to go to salaries but many (legislators) have been up there a very short time. Many don't recognize the 7 percent increase last year was significantly beyond what they appropriated. We can't make that up again out of local revenues." -He said the lawmakers will have to look to other areas to obtain necessary revenue ON A somewhat positive note he said the "very high limits" of classes with 37 or 38 students are gone, this year although there are some classes clas-ses with fairly large enrollments, enroll-ments, especially where two grades were combined, such as where there wouldn't otherwise other-wise be enought students from two grades separately to add classes. "Utlimately it's the teachers themselves who are feehng the load from additional students. Last year they (lee-slature) (lee-slature) cut about $6 million out of the spec.al purpose op-l'?,n op-l'?,n Programs." he continued, with about 10 percent of that .! A major portion ofth was used to keep cl; lower for grades kinder third. FROM THE schO' trict's point of view. Pi-formation Pi-formation Officer Jj, Durrance agreed the ture must act to provi ITJ ( cial relief, esped3' teacher salaries. But speaking of the b on the district she ; . "We're the fastest g county in the state seventh in the nation- j spite of that Sfl, "Teachers got a bf-s. |