Show School District Forecasts Mill Property Property Tax fax Raise At the school board mee t I 1 rig ng next Wednesday it is extremely likely that the property tax levy will be raised three mills School Superintendent G 1 en enC e n nC C Tuesday at Ver n a I 1 Chamber of Commerce meeting at Cafe was asked w hat h a t would happen if the mill I 1 e v y were not raised IF THE board doesn't au au- au thence the raise the seh sch o 01 district may have to go out 0 of f business he replied Some of the additional fu n ds are needed to take care of cur cur- current rent increments the superintendent superintendent dent pointed out He reminded that the recen t state legislature had authorized school districts to raise the mill levy A three mill levy will produce new money 70 per cent of which will go to teachers sal sal- salaries salaries aries Tea T e a c her h e r s will get an across the board annual in in- in increase crease of over a year two period the first year and an additional the next THE MILL LEVY will raise three mills the first year and an additional one mill the seco n d year There are professional ed ed- ed educators in the district the sup sup- superintendent stated Supt said that non n on- on professional workers also must have consideration and they will receive raises of from to yearly Supt said that his hardest job is to recruit 35 to 40 new teachers each yea y e a r Ele Ele- Elementary teachers are just not available he said They prefer to live on the Wasatch Fron t which takes first choice of the t h e teachers he stated BEGINNING teachers in Uin tah lah School District get per year compared with i 1 n Cache County yet Cache has hns no difficulty in getting teacher s without recruiters ev even n leaving their offices The board has discussed the t h e proposed tax hike for the past three meetings but has deferred action the n t re- re revealed re revealed and then pointed out that action must be taken at the Wednesday meeting as contracts have to go out When asked about merit pay Mr said be was all in inI favor of granting pay for extra I services but it was a lot easier to say than do The proposed merit m failed to pass the legislature be- be because because cause of the cost of its administration adminis- adminis administration he revealed HE REPORTED that t the b e board had received a delegation from Lapoint and Tridell at the thelast thelast last meeting opposing an i in n crease in the property tax The delegates had felt that teachers salaries are high enough and the line must be d raw r a w n some some- somewhere where Supt pointed out that 52 teachers in the district are at atthe atthe the top of the salary scale and have no further opportunity for fori increases If the proposed 17 snub millio on n fertilizer complex is built in the county with an assessed valuation tion of 7 million to 8 million this will aid the school districts district's finances he forecast CHAMBER directors turned the problem over to the tion committee for consideration and and a report next Tuesday I I I i |