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Show km Schools Ep Projected Grourdi Sunset junior highs. In 1984-85 occupancy could be possible in the first phase of a 15-room Clinton facility. II room South Weber addition, six room expansions at East Lay ton and Morgan and a 21-room 21-room school somewhere in north Davis. AS IF to emphasize the growth the board approved the bid of Stephen L. Tripp Construction Con-struction of Salt Lake City for the sic-room Stewart Elementary Elemen-tary addition. The bid was $368,000 with Richard String-ham String-ham assigned as architect. Plans call for construction start by March I and completion comple-tion about August 15. Farmington Jr. High bids will be opened March 17. the board decided, while also appointing Mr. Stringham to formulate plans for the new elementary school in Kaysvil-le. Kaysvil-le. It will follow the pattern of Morgan. Know lion and Ste-war Ste-war schools, also designed by Carpenter and Stringham. IN RELATED action the board deferred a decision on a bond sale to build Farmington Jr. High and the Layton High addition. Some S7.5 million would be needed, officials estimate. By TOM BL'SSELBERG FARMINGTON Davis County's population is projected pro-jected to grow; by up to 40.000 residents in the next five years pressing the need for hundreds of new classrooms. THE DAVIS Board of Education Edu-cation received that news during dur-ing its regular bi-monthly session ses-sion last week from Asst. Supt. Gayle Stevenson, who released re-leased enrollment projections indicating the current 39.000-plus 39.000-plus figure could near 48.000 during the 1984-85 school year. Those figures point to continued con-tinued fast-paced expansion in Davis County, where the population was under 8.000 in 1900 and had only doubled 40 years later. Latest census figures fi-gures indicate a population of more than 142.000. AN ADDITIONAL 222 elementary school classrooms, class-rooms, or enough for about seven 28-roorri schools, and 90 secondary rooms, more than enough for a new high school or several junior highs, will be needed, he told the board. The state's continued en-; en-; rVftient growth dirclly-on-Yradicts the national trend to sharply declining enrollments as a smaller percentage of the population is of school-age. A TABLE released by the district indicated south Davis population stood at 70.156 in 1980. should reach 78.919 in 1985 and 83.919 by 1990. Meanwhile, north Davis will continue its accelerated growth that has seen the area soundly surpass south Davis. A 68.948 population was recorded re-corded in 1975 vs 86.026 in 1980 w hile projections indicate 103.583 bv 1985 and 121.842 in 1990. A BREAKDOWN of building build-ing capacities vs. enrollment in the secondary schools lists a near-1800-student vacancy rate, meaning schools are built to handle that many more students stu-dents ranging from a capacity for 426 more at Viewmont to 419 at Woods Cross and 369 at Bountiful. Davis list a 50-student surplus sur-plus while Layton is 14 students stu-dents over and Clearfield 165 under capacity. A similar vacancy trend exists at all junior high but Kaysville. with 203 over capacity and North Davis with 20 student excess. MEANWHILE, elementary enrollment continues to grow at a fast clip with additions planned or under way at Cook in Syracuse for 1 1 rooms. Lincoln Lin-coln in Layton for seven. Stewart Ste-wart in Centerville for six. 12 at West Bountiful, six at West Point and three at Orchard in Val Verda. The 13-room Clinton addition addi-tion is also in the planning" stages along with a 14-room addition for Layton High and the new Farmington Jr. High. A new Kaysville elementary school and Oak Forest in Layton are also being planned. DOWN THE road looking at 1983-84 building projects a Boulton area school "first phase possibly" with 21 rooms, a nine room Woods Cross Elementary addition, a elementary room expansion in rooms in the Centerville-Farmington Centerville-Farmington area and 10-room expansion at North Layton or |