Show uintah school district IN discusses DiSCUSS CS west side building program PrOf fram plans the uintah school district doard board of education at its last regular doard board meeting tuesday october 11 declared its intentions of proceeding with plans for new school construction on the west tide side of the county with the completion of the new elementary school in vernal the attention of the school doard board can be given to 0 replacing outdated and substandard school housing on the west side THE SCHOOL BOARD boand has adopted a policy of payas pay as you go rather than resorting to bonding to meet school building needs in the district the new vernal elementary school that la Is now under construction will be completely paid for at the time it is if toady ready for occupancy in september 1961 ad dit lonal ional tax revenue will then be made available for future school building needs the board of education anticipates that replacing the old alteria school with a new building will receive its next consideration edwards and daniels architects have already begun making plans for or this new n e w building this school would dosal ply consist of eight classrooms an office a library and gymnasium at sin an anticipated cost of over the present alterre Alter rot junior high school enrolls students in grades 7 and 8 DURING THE PAST two years the board of education and superintendent have hav determined ter mined to give equal opportunity to 11 II students regard continued on page 8 west side continued from page 1 less lesa of 0 where they live in the county as far as an possible many new programs program have initiated in all schools in the district which have tended to bring them in line with other schools in the state those changes that have taken place particularly in the schools on the west side ol of uintah county are as follows released time for pals for supervisory purposes kindergarten program for all students transportation for kindergarten students remedial reading programs in todd alteria and whiterocks new furniture and lighting fixtures for many classrooms new and additional equip ment to fo rall rail schools barly in the industrial arts and homo home making depart ments of the alteria junior elgh high new musical inspru merits for a full band program at alteria Al terra limited foreign language programs in todd and alteria Al terra initiation of a referral program that has reduced the student attend ance and drop out problems appreciably increased wages of teachers and administrators in todd alteria Al terra and whiterocks above teachers and adminta orators in other schools in the district di obtained special school status for whiterocks which resulted in reduced teacher load and single grade level classes counseling services for alteria PLACED NEW school buses on the west side consolidated avalon school with todd ob bained cooperation of indian agency in paying directly to district in advance for student lunches and supplies and ob deeds to the whiterocks school property which has been under consideration tor for the past several years |