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Show wovE-i school archifecfs With too many "loose ends" in the original contract, the Uintah School Board made several alterations before approving an architect's contract last Thursday for two new elementary schools. Architects Ralph Edwards and John Taft, Edwards and Daniels, Salt Lake City, presented to the board a contract asking five percent of the construction cost of the eastside elementary, 4153 South 2500 East, and up to five percent of the construction cost for a similar school in the Lapoint-Tridell area. Although the northwest elementary will use nearly the same floor plan as the southeast elementary, the contract requires up to five percent of the construction cost to protect the architects. ar-chitects. "People we've dealt with before start out saying the two buildings will be exactly the same, but there are always some changes," Edwards told the board. "Where we're going with another original plan I feel comfortable at five percent, for the first building," board member Gary Taylor said, "but it is too open ended with up to five percent on the second." Upon the board's request, Edwards said he would come down to 3.9 percent on the second building. The board was also concerned about article five of the contract which said the board would pay reimbersible expenses: mailing, long distance communication, and travel. After some discussion, the board approved the contract, but cut out payment of reimbersible expenses and held the architects to 3.5 percent on the second elementary school. Superintendent Phillip Ellis read a letter to the board from the Ute Indian Tribe in opposition to the construction of the northwest elementary in La point. "We are herein strongly opposed to the initiated construction of an elementary school in Lapoint...and we strongly urge the Uintah School Board to immediately halt all further construction con-struction on the Lapoint Elementary School until Ute tribal members and patrons of the westside of Uintah County have been consulted...." said the letter from the tribe. The letter is based on the results of a survey conducted by the tribe's Education Division which indicated that 79 percent of the Indian people are opposed to the construction of the new elementary school in Lapoint and that 98 percent of the Indian people surveyed sur-veyed are opposed to the construction of a new high school in Vernal. The board took no action on the Ute Tribe's letter. Architects told the board that they should finish up their work in 14 days so the building could be bid Nov. 19. The southeast elementary school in Davis will cost $2.5 million and will have 46.416 square feet with 18 teaching units. The northwest elementary in Lapoint will be the same design, but may have only 12 teaching units. Students in grades kindergarten to sixth grade from Tridell, Lapoint and Whiterocks will attend the northwest elementary. p a i jii I., ii .1 ii 1 1. n.. i.i ii. .iijijjj u ujibwiiiiiii im mii wiijiwn inijawipMWtBiBP 1 riTT II ill rn n 1 I ri 1 cartel 'Li JBM JH CHILDREN AT Saint James Religion Center will take part in the UNICEF program during Halloween Hallo-ween on October 31. Third grade class members and instructors are: front row, left to right, Gary Lee,- Camie Petersen, Mathew l ,-;. 5tv -Am c fe) I -A f45 Att , AA "Ti :.v W Vi.'A A' -:'xV; Ah ") 'M. W;HJ FOURTH GRADERS at Saint James Religion Center prepare for Halloween by decorating their class room. The youngsters will take part in the UNICEF program. Members of the class Davis, Laura Steinfeld, teacher; Kathleen Steinfeld, teacher and back row, Sister Elizabeth Telford, David Rotzler, Gilbert Martinez, Mar-tinez, Carol Deeans.Jessica Wade, Mikel Guinn. are: left to right, Corey Gines, Tommy Karren, David Thomas, Michelle Maxson, Jamee Hoffman, Hoff-man, Kaydee Pallesen, Bonnie Larsen, teacher; Monique Fama and Lana Steinfeld. |