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Show Schools Review Unique Building f fat i Students enrolled in vocational voca-tional education classes at the Senior High School will erect a building to be used for part of the vocational education program if plans can be successfully carried out, according to action taken tak-en by the Grand County Board of Education at their regular meeting last Monday evening. Mrs. Marjorie Tomsic, . a beard member, proposed the project at the meeting. She stated she had examined tht possibility during discussions with engineers and building contractors. The suggestion was that the building be a prefabricated prefabri-cated steel structure which would be assembled by the students. In addition, the students would build all of the wooden portions including includ-ing cabinets and partitions, under direction of Mr. Lloyd Holyoak, vocational education instructor at the high school. Cost of such a building, according ac-cording to estimates presented present-ed by Mrs. Tomsic, would not exceed $7500 including all wiring and plumbing. Th:s would provide a building large enough to help take care of immediate needs of the vocational education department. de-partment. Mrs. Tomsic reported that' Mr. Holyoak and Mr. Leland Teeples, principal, were enthused en-thused about such an undertaking. under-taking. It was brought out during the discussion by the Board members that such a program could be of educational educa-tional benefit to students in many respects and could very well involve other departments de-partments such as the mathematics, math-ematics, art, etc. The Board instructed Superintendent C. Robert Sundwall to examine the proposal thoroughly. At the Monday meeting, E. J. Claus, auditor for the district, dis-trict, explained the recently completed audit for the Junior Jun-ior and Senior High School accounts. Mr. Claus informed inform-ed the Board that, in general the accounts were in order He did present a few suggestions sug-gestions which he believed would be helpful to the accounting ac-counting systems of the two schools. J. G. Pinkerton, Board President, instructed Mr. Sundwall and Mr. Elmer Dravage, Clerk, to examine the suggestions by Mr. Claus Mr. Pinkerton stated he particularly par-ticularly felt that the budgets bud-gets of the schools should be drawn up to more fully conform with budgetary procedures pro-cedures of the district. Robert Child of Child Construction Con-struction Co., contractors for the Junior High and Star Hall construction and remodeling, remod-eling, informed the Board that, with the exception of small items, the work was completed. Following Mr. Childs' report, the Board instructed in-structed Mr. Sundwall to request re-quest a final inspection irony, the architect, Charles Peterson Peter-son in order that the final payment can be made to lrT Childs. Other action taken by the Board included discussions of the building now bein? used by the Daughters of 1 ' f ' - . J vU ' -V i , ....... - . -. A v " x -7.- - . c - Glen Ruby, long interested rn oil prospects on the Big Flat west of Moab, checks oil flow shooting from pipe near Big Flat No. 1 Saturday morning during swabbing operations. Utah Pioneers. Mrs. Gwen Meador and Mrs. Ina Young met with the board concerning concern-ing repairs needed to the building. They stated that, .in order to justify the expense of these repairs, they would need some commitment by the School Board as to the length of time they would be allowed to occupy the build ing. It was decided by the Board that further consideration consider-ation would be given the matter mat-ter and a decision given to the DUP as soon as possible. The well produced, on the swab, at the rate of 10 to 12 barrels of oil per hour, and a pump is being installed this week, aiming at a possible commercial well. (T-l Photo) |
