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Show Brand-New Program Extra Year of Schooling Okch With S. L Students bees Almost unanimously approved ap-proved by the students," Dr. aferk-eley aferk-eley said Saturday, "especially by those who arc really earnest ta Um effort to acquire an education and to f at ahead." . ArUetdatlae; TJnK Out ' The new system provides tor separate seventh and eighth trades, eliminating tha old articulating articu-lating unit, which eonalatad of tha combination of tha two grades. Tha flrat class to ba really affect af-fect ad by tha change will ba tha By Helen Orozford School stodente of today must apand aa axtra year hehlnd a desk, surrounded by blackboarda ' and books, but they asarn to has It They don't avan envy their elder brothera and sisters who grad uated a faw years back. Ia fact they consider themselves much mora fortunate, according; to Dr. Marlon O. Merkeley, la charge of instruction and curriculum. Salt Lake City schools. The naw lS-yaar program has eleventh grade students attending high schools this year. Dr. Merk-eley Merk-eley said. Next year they will ba tha first full third-year elaaa aver to attend high school. . This year there ase only approximately approx-imately S00 twelfth graders at all three high schools,. Dr. Merkeley said. They will comprise the smallest graduation class m a great number of years. Students In this class consist of those who are taking tha twelfth year at their own choice, or those who are from other schools. .. last Mare Expected A total of 33 credits will be necessary nec-essary for graduation instead of tha former number of IS. There will be an Increased aiimhar of elective Subjects, also. An additional 1800 students are expected next year, Dr. Merkeley said, which will necessitate hiring 90 more teachers. "We have had no adverse eriU-eisw eriU-eisw train tha pes en la at stu-denta," stu-denta," Dr. Merkeley continued. "Parents realise that an extra year develops their children and makes I them much more mature." |