Show School Board plans bonus merit system Several items were covered last week during the Uintah School District weekly biweekly meeting TilE THE BONUS merit system received further discussion and according to Superintendent Wayne Reid The Uintah School District Board of Education believes that excellence ex ex- excellence in educational achievement should be recognized In order to expedite such a concept a number of 01 stipends not to exceed fifteen actresses es Its It's also very comfortable and natural to act in an arena theatre Show time for lor The Miser with its fancy costuming and new setting will be the usual pm p.m. Because of the limited seating capacity the audience is urged to arrive early or purchase tickets ahead of 01 time in the schools school's front office during the day Show dates datt are November 17 and 20 The fourteen cast members and their directors extend a special invitation to the community for lor fora lora a hilarious experience with The Miser per year will wID be honored In addition recognition in the local and state newspapers willbe will wID willbe be provided Candidates will be nominated by a supervisor colleague student or parent by April 22 The district teacher advisory committee will review t th e applications by April 29 Announcement Announcement Announcement An An- of the winners willbe will willbe willbe be made by May 13 SUPT REID said that the the- state rules and regulations governing attendance at the district schools will be en en- forced This year it is required that every student will satisfactorily complete three full years or six semesters of approved classes grades ten through twelve Deviations willbe will willbe willbe be allowed from this policy only under extreme and extenuating ex circumstances and must be approved by the Board of Education after the proper work-up work and response initiated by the student-parents student through trough the high school principal Seniors may however take advantage of the senior elective alternative program during their last Jast semester if 16 units Continued on Page 16 18 School Board Continued from Page e 1 have been satisfactorily completed and their program i has been approved by the high school screening committee convened for such a purpose Meadow Gold Gold Dairy requested that the milk bid be investigated as as it was not in accordance with the proper form They felt the milk bid from HiLand should not have been accepted because of the therise therise therise rise in price immediately following the awarding of the bid This is under investigation f t A DECISION was made by bythe bythe bythe the Duchesne District and Uintah District that football competition will begin in the ninth grade at West and andt Roosevelt as w well ll as Vernal t There will will be e a a league composed com com- composed posed of Vernal Junior High West Roosevelt Altamont and Duchesne I The school district went on record in opposition to the equalization and capital outlay bill Superintendent Reid noted at this time the district can build without being bonded If this bill bili went into effect building without bonding would be impossible The Utah School Board and the Society Superintendents went on record opposing this bill p f Duchesne and Uintah h School oo District will have the same school calendar next year REALIGNMENT of high school athletics was discussed A decision will be made the last part of November The two districts have gone on record requesting that schools be returned back to the 3 A 3 A classification instead of the A. A. 4 The high school project house is again up for bids The person person who bid on the house houie decided not to accept accent it Bids are being accepted at the district office Edu Education a tion of the handicapped students was discussed The district provides a special pr program gr m for education of the handicapped The overall goal of this program is that of providing each ach cl child ild with the opp opportunity to achieve an educational level com corn with his or herP her P potential to learn The Uintah School District program has been boon developed in inc c compliance with state and land federal regulations ns and arid is is designed to identify diagnose program for and periodically re-evalu re reevaluate evaluate te the progress of the handicapped child A professional staff staff team will provide the above menti mentioned ned services The complete statement of f policy is available at the board office |