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Show Board to make plans for $1 0 million bond The Uintah School Board will hear a report from their bonding agent and plan for a $10 million bond passage in September at board meeting Thursday, Aug. 14. Jim Fenton, the School District's bonding bon-ding agent of Zion's Bank, will report to the board details of the $10 million bond. If the bond is passed, it will finance a high school near West Junior High, a middle school in Vernal, and a vocational addition at Uintah High School. In view of a potential boom in school children, Superintendent Wayne Reid will review with the board the possibility possibili-ty of year-round school. Reid will present pre-sent the minutes of a June 18 meeting of the Public Education Study Committee where Dr. William White of Jefferson County School District in Colorado presented the year-round school program pro-gram in that district. In an editorial comment by G. Donald Gale, director of public affairs for KSL, it is suggested to "go slow on year-round schools." The editorial suggests that year-round year-round school is not overwhelrpipo economically, and socially the adjustment adjust-ment problems are even more acute. Up for second and final reading for the board acceptance is a building rental ren-tal policy and a sluffing policy. The building rental policy will require re-quire commercial entertainment or semi-commercial entertainment using school facilities, to keep 50 percent of their proceeds in the area. For a strictly strict-ly commercial venture, the Board of Education will receive 50 percent of the gate receipts, after expenses or $500, whichever is greater. For rehearsals, groups will be charged $10 per hour for use of school buildings. For use of an auditorium, profit making groups will pay $50 plus custodian, supervision and light man costs. For use of gym $50 will be charged and for cafeteria $25 will be charged to profit groups. Non-profit groups will pay for costs of cleanup and supervision for use of school facilities. With the second reading of a new sluffing sluf-fing policy and the boards approval, students will be suspended from school on the fourth sluff. With the first sluff students are assigned one period of detention after school. The second sluff will receive two periods of detention, and the third will involve the Department Depart-ment of Social Services. With the fourth sluff students will be suspended for no more than ten days. Upon termination of the suspension, all parties involved will determine future action. During Thursday's meeting the board will also review the drop out rate for Uintah School District. According to UTA calculations using State Office of Education figures, 43 for every 100 students in Uintah County drop out. This figure is the highest in the state, and according to Superintendent Reid is not a just figure. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the Uintah School District office. ' |