Show School Operating Cost Climb in 10 Years Total Tofal operating cost of or Utah schools Increased from to 2033 1886 or ur percent in the 10 years since 1962 the Utah Taxpayers ers Association said today The costs do not include funds for capital outlay and debt service service ser ser ser- vice the UTA NEWS noted PER CAPITA co costs ts in Uintah district district dis dis- were compared with the state average of or 1 said the news Alpine School District had the states state's lowest per pupil costs with Wasatch Wa Wa- satch District was next with 99 Daggett District had the highest cost cost- UTA CLAIMS that the teacher teacher pupil pupil ratio is the most Important item in determining determining de dc de- de school operating costs When the ratio drops just one point it costs taxpayers an additional 46 million According Ac Ac- cording to the Association in the past 10 years the ratio has dropped 11 percent per cent from to This cut in the teacher pupil ratio means that 1385 more teachers arc arc now being used to teach a similar number of pupils THE TEACHER pupil ratio in Uintah was compared to the state average of Daggett District had the lowest ratio with and Alpine the highest with followed by Wasatch with The UTA NEWS further noted that 72 1971 average salaries of classroom teachers in Utah were or per month for time worked Uintah average salary was ASSOCIATION ANALYSTS said that fringe benefits retirement social security and insurance cost taxpayers an additional million This is equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent to about for every school em em- Adding this to the per month would put monthly average teacher salaries salaries sal salt aries at near 1037 By districts average salaries range from a low of in Park City to toa toa toa a high of in South Summit r |