Show PROPOSED NEW S SCHOOL HOOL WOULD BENEFIT JUNIOR fal HIGH G R the creation of a junior high school when the new senior elgh high ta built will n beof of great benefit t to 0 t the h s students tua ta of the ath ath grades was the 71 nic yn expressed by principal max abbott in a mass rn meeting e held in the central hag school library monday evening in ae one of the big advantages advantage would be in orientation of the students this would be of special help to those coming in to the junior high from jensen and maeser mr abbott said under the present abet up students U ela coming cornias to the h e high g school cho 01 from central and naples have an edge over those from the other two schools due to the fact that they have had some orientation experience before reaching the senior high school level it as a great adjustment the student makes mr abbott pointed out when he comes from the grade school where he has only one teacher into high school where whore he has a different teacher every hour those who come to uintah directly from the grade school are ate aided in making this step by having a home room teacher tor for three and two periods a dayaye day ahe first and second y years e or with this help the students student are bet better er prepared fa for r the I 1 full I 1 high s school cot program v when he they enter ath th grade those who come into nto the oth grade from jensen and nd maeser have not had this conditioning and are at a decided disadvantage mr ab continued on page 5 PROPOSED NEW SCHOOL WOULD BENEFIT JUNIOR HIGH STUDENTS A continued from ow vage 1 bott said students in a junior high school he pointed out have a program geared to their needs with classes which need not b be overcrowded as they are at p present the junior high could be given many more elective sub elects such as music shop art speech etc in addition to their required courses student body leadership social activities planned for their own age group and removing the necessity for competing with older boys and girls would be other helps in keeping better discipline and in aiding character development he said superintendent harold M lundell showed blueprints of tho proposed new high school to the women he lie also told them that in terms of increased taxation the average taxpayer would have relatively little burden the average assessed kalua tion in the county he told the ladies is A two mill in crease in taxation would mean paying only more in taxes a vear for the new building if a person has an assessed valuation a tion of 2000 so that he paid 64 dollars tax last year he would pay only 4 more or 68 a year to get the new build ing for a person whose assessed valuation Is who paid in taxes last year the increase would be 40 or a tax of per year various other aspects of the need of a new school building and the expected enrollment in rease from school census figures res of the past ten years were liven by ann king and inez cooper |