Show important new facility Well managed programming will wilt of course prove its worth but installation of television broadcasting facilities by Grand county School District this month m marks the addition of a major instructional instruction al milestone stone in Moab Designed as a supplementary aid to Instruction Instruction instruction in In- and not meant to replace any classroom instruction the locally operated educational TV facilities will wUl make possible possible pos pos- sible aible the programming of great amounts of material produced and kept on handby handby hand handby by state agencies and will give the classroom class room teacher a big assist that cannot begotten begotten be begotten gotten any other way In addition the facility can be used for forthe forthe forthe the possible live livo broadcasting of school functions to entire community through the facilities of Town Television The total cost of facilities in the districts district's districts district's districts district's dist dist- new educational TV program is less than 20 thousand The system would have cost considerably more had it not been for forthe forthe the generous assistance of Town TV of Moab The company has provided mater mater- fats equipment and personnel to assist with the installation of facilities and will work with local school authorities in operation op of the facilities after completion The company is doing this at considerable expense and should be publicly commended commend ed for their efforts Educational use of television is a widely growing practice used throughout the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion to enrich teaching programs The fact that Grand county school district is one of the handful of local school districts in inthe inthe inthe the State of Utah moving aggressively into into in in- to this field is tribute to board members and administrators striving to provide the most modern and up to date teaching program pro gram possible in this Isola isolated d county The success of district officials in providing providing pro pro- viding a good educational program can only be measured in terms of production And from a survey made last week which showed well over OWl sixty per cent of Grand county school graduates graduates' continuing on with their education at institutions of higher I learning ing it appears that Grand district district dis dis- is achieving its goal |