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Box 1327 Salt Lake City Utah New travel policy S Mr okayed by board The Uintah School District School Board adopted the new travel policy polley proposal as the official policy polley in a meeting held at the West Vest Jr High School on on Sent Sept 22 The board unanimously approved the new policy which goes into effect immediately The previous policy had been attacked for the past several months by a citizens citizen's group who alleged the policy was unethical if not illegal TilE THE OLD policy provided for forthe forthe forthe the school district administrators administrators administrators ad ad- and board members to lie be paid first class air fare for conventions and workshops even though they may have chosen to fly coach with th the difference between the two fares Cares going to the school officials The following is the travel policy the board approved Intra State Travel No employee will be reimbursed reimbursed reimbursed for Cor out district travel unless such travel shall have been approved in advance by bythe bythe bythe the Superintendent of Schools or orthe orthe orthe the Board of Education When such travel has been approved in advance reimbursement reimbursement reimbursement shall be according to the following terms 1 District cars should be used whenever possible If a personal personal personal per per- car must be used and is approved reimbursement will willbe willbe be at the rate of cf 15 cents per mile 2 Uintah School District will reimburse employees for lodging at the rate of 2500 per person per day or 1500 per person per day when sharing a room 3 Employees will be reimbursed reimbursed reimbursed for meals at the rate of per meal Inter State Travel The Board recognizes the educational value to be derived from occasional attendance at national and regional conventions conventions conventions con con- and workshops by school employees Attendance at such conventions and workshops will be according to toa toa toa a schedule adopted by the Board Any out of oC state slate convention must be prior approved by the Board at an open meeting and a dollar amount of reimbursement reimbursement reimbursement arrived at and approved for said trip at that time There will be complete effort to arrive at actual expense expense expense ex ex- pense costs Coach plane fare will be used IMI IMMEDIATELY following the ratification of the new travel policy polley the school board authorized Dr Reid to attend a convention in Colorado Springs at a total cost of 90 In response to a question concerning the out drop I situation in the District by Tom Snyder at the special board meeting held four days prior to this meeting Dr L. L Wayne Reid and Frank Andreasen made a presen presentation to the board Dr Reid cited various characteristics found among the drop dropouts He noted that lack of interest in school lower academic achievement nonparticipation nonparticipation nonparticipation non- non participation in extracurricular activities absenteeism low reading ability severe discipline problems broken homes or homes with only one parent low socio-economic socio background and the availability to get good paying jobs in the surrounding areas are generally the characteristics associated with drop Another major characteristic noted is that of teen age marriages which force many students out nut of school Continued on Page 10 Travel policy Continued From Page 1 D Dr Reid Heid also mentioned statistics that reveal the district had 70 outs drop in 74 1973 school scho l year lie He compared this figure to one in 75 1974 following the adoption of the out drop program that shows a reduced number of 46 outs drop-outs despite a larger student body According to a survey conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted by Dr Colleen Colton the reasons given for some of the outs drop-outs in 75 1974 school year were dislike for school marriage and enlisting in the military REID HIm WENT ON to mention successes attributed to the out drop program that has been established in the district During the 76 1975 school year four enrollees graduated one went on to college without graduation from high school by bypassing bypassing bypassing passing a special college test four returned to complete course work during the summer and night school and four known drug offenders were assisted in rehabilitation The presentation concluded with the comment that the school districts district's average daily attendance in grades 7 through 12 is per cent whereas the state stale average is listed at per cent In other board action 2500 was authorized for implementation implementation im ira- into the salaries of women's athletics Ted Taylor mentioned to the board that salary adjustments are necessitated at this time due to the increase of athletic contests contests contests con con- tests the addition of women assistants in the coaching areas and the Title IX requirement The board approved the Allocation of f funds tp ply pay for the Northwest Accreditation Team to do an accreditation in investigation in at West Junior High School Dr Reid mentioned it will cost approximately 1850 to have this service performed It was also announced the new district offices will be ready for final inspection on Tuesday Oct 4 It was also i mentioned there was a strong possibility the offices would be available for immediate occupancy oc oc- oc following the in In In- DAN IMN TUI N TURNER 1 requested permission to attend the National School Business Association convention next year in Denver rather than attend this years year's to be held in San Antonio Texas Mr Turner stated staled the saving of money for forthe forthe forthe the district for his decision to attend the Denver convention In final board action it was decided by the board to hold a special board meeting to discuss the building program as Insufficient time lime was for forIt forIt forit It at this meeting President Ken Aycock stated he will call a aspeci specia in the near future future- c iM |