| Show School board votes activities cutback The Uintah School Districts District's Board of Education unanimously voted to support the Society of Superintendents Superintendent's recommendation to cut back on the activities that students throughout the state participate in each year In efforts to cut down on activities in all areas that cut into time at school for participating students the Society of Superintendents have compiled a list of recommendations they plan to present presen the High School Activities Association at a future meeting The vote came during their monthly bi meeting held March 20 at the district offices Another superintendents meeting scheduled earlier in the week was to center around such non-athletic non events as forensics drama speech music I sAny Any recommendations from this meeting will likewise go to the athletics association INCLUDED IN their list were the maximum number of games that can be played time limits for practice time and season play a number of qualifiers for state tate meets placement of golf and tennis on a co educational coeducational basis and simultaneous meets in boys and girls events The recommendations call for limiting the number of games in basketball and football in 18 and 9 respectively plus state tournament and play offs Wrestling would be confined to 15 dual meets and or tournaments plus the region and state tournaments Baseball would be limited to a maximum of 10 games excluding state tournaments and would be scheduled to begin their their- their games games one week following the final finall basketball game or state stat tournament It was pointed out in t the c. c list Of f recommendations that the coaches in the state met and unanimously voted to support a move to summer baseball THEIR THEIn FINAL recommendations gives individual districts the right to further curtail their schools in additional additional additional ad ad- areas according to their needs and desires ie i.e. limitation of competitive competitive competitive com com- games or meets held in a given activity prevent any given team participating participating participating par par- in 2 or 3 games or meets a week eliminating certain activities and cutting travel The recommendations if approved by the Activities Association would have a great impact in the Vernal area since students participating in activities activities activities ac ac- particularly athletic athletics are required to spend a great deal of time Ya way m. m school when hen traveling to other schools In other board business they learned the costs of the new elementary school construction is estimated to be Dale Allsop of the architectural architectural architectural ar ar- ar- ar firm Silver and Allsop said their fee fees would come out of the estimated bid price rather than the actual bid price The bids for the construction is expected expected expected ex ex- to be awarded in July with the site work bid to be awarded in the latter part of April Allsop recommended to the board that the sprinkling system be installed as soon as possible in addition to the planting or grass seed this fall TilE THE BOARD felt depending on the actual bid price the payment of construction construction construction con con- would be feasible on a two year basis If not a tax anticipation note could be obtained to carry the payment into a third year In another matter the board voted in ina ina ina a 3 2 split against allocating for forthe forthe forthe the Uintah Basin Area Vocational Center building project Mr Les Bennett requested the money Continued on Page 16 A Activities Jt cutback t f r Continued from Page 1 M. M to enable the building project to 10 get under way this summer The stAte stale legislature approved additional money for Cor the project six weeks age The J. J center now has committed with r an additional needed to get the thet t building under way Following the vote Mr Bennett Dennett was informed the board will re-examine re the issue after questions concerning tl the ti ownership of oC the building and the establishment of ot its it's board are resolved In other board action Presidents President's Days was approved to tobe tobe be left as a holiday while holding the year mid conference on another day f resulting in having the teacher checkout check out one day later in the spring 4 The board voted to expend an adr additional ad ad- r 1800 for the construction of ot a atile atile tile drain around the P P. E. E Complex to divert a stream of oC water that was discovered during its site work A A vote to neither endorse or approve Uintah High Schools School's German Clubs Club's fund Cund raising efforts for a planned trip to Europe this summer was approved The individuals involved with the trip were recommended by the board to Coli follow ow recommendations offered by Dr Walter Waller Talbot State School Superintendent Till TILE BOARD voted f to authorize David Rust Ashley Elementary School Schoolteacher Schoolteacher Schoolteacher teacher to participate in a teacher exchange program with the United Kingdom next school year The board authorized early retirement for Cor Norwood Hardy Title I math teacher and Wilma Webb media specialist for Cor Uintah High The board also agreed to review Theda Washburn's Washburn's Washburn's Wash Wash- burns burn's request for Cor early retirement at a later date It was agreed to stand on a previous board motion mollon to relinquish the copyright for Cor the Ute People Textbook if iC the district can buy the book at cost in inthe inthe the future It was mentioned the district has spent more on the book that has been gained fj- fj Dr L L. L Wayne Reid informed the theA t board teacher recruitment is up over A c- c last year about a mo month th ahead of oC schedule He mentioned trouble in the r. Resource area and Girls Girl's Counselor at atthe atthe the junior high an and in the Theatre Arts tt area at Uintah High School P Members of ot the Board Dan Turner fk and Dr Reid were each allocated I c C for or th the e N. N National I sc school h 00 1 Board Boar d Mem Members be rs a convention in Anaheim scheduled to torun f run from Crom April 1 to April 4 Any adjustments adjustments ad ad- to be made will be made on arrival from Crom the convention Tom Snyder discussed the Washington School District with the board and mentioned information he obtained from Crom a state school board publication showing the district comparable in size to Uintah had less employees 11 less teachers two more schools less administrative staff and more st students dents than Uintah School District The board reacted favorable to his suggestion that they contact the Washington ton District regarding their differences r i |
