Show i cl tutt i t E iE By ny Dr Wayne Reid Superintendent UINTAH BOARD APPLAUDS STATE STATI BOARDS BOARD'S STAND AGAINST HEW REGULATIONS Under the I very capable leadership of Dr W Walter lter D D. D Talbot State Superintendent of Public Instruction the State board noard of Education has arisen to challenge federal legislation which affects the philosophy morals and ideals of the majority of the people of Utah After being confronted with a devastating series of arbitrary and insensitive regulations promulgated in the name of ending epding sexual discrimination in education the State Board of Education intends to battle this Goliath in the courts UINTAH SCHOOL District applauds this this' gigantic effort There is a feeling that the HEW has overstepped its bounds The The- local school district is by no means against female equal treatments in fact it has become one of the leaders inthis in inthis inthis this area in the state We recognize the needs of some young ladies to engage engage in different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent pursuits than in the past The basic premise of HEW was equitable There shall be beno beno beno no discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal Cin financial assistance However in attempting to institute the designs within the various states states' this federal agency has developed a severe ca case e of f senility and tunnel Although Uintah District has issued the necessary sex anti discrimination documents and will follow them until the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of the State Boards Board's case is reviewed there is serious doubts regarding the very objectionable guidelines There is one feature which calls for prohibition against extracurricular extracurricular extracurricular ex ex- ex- ex activities involving involving involving in in- just justL one sex This means means means' no more more boys boysol or girls pep clubs which is pretty hard to chew HOW V CAN schools guarantee equal enrollment in such classes as home economics auto mechanics or calculus Although some young people of either sex may enjoy these classes the statistics reveal that it is very slight There is a decree that any school cannot help a student find a job with any employer that advertises for a job description that is revealing to toone toone one sex only Ridiculous Girls want to be car hops during their off hours Boys want to pump gas The decision that boys cannot be prohibited from wearing beards or mustaches simply because such a regulation applies only to one sex is ab ab- surd There are really differences differences differences dif dif- in the sexes rather HEW wants to admit it or not and J 1 kind of like those differences differences differences dif dif- dif dif- myself WHO'S WIIO'S TO blame Is it the ERA people Is it Congress Is vis visit Isit Isit it the President of the United States Although it is partially all of these the real culprit for many types of legislations have been you and I the people of the various states who haven't voiced our opinions loud enough The State Board of Education and Dr Talbot are reacting like many other state departments of education should do Bureaucrats do not have all the answers even if II they profess to tot When enough pressure is brought to bear on insensitive federal regulations via the state agencies generally these wake up For For Fora a child who goes lethargically on his way we generally bruise his posterior Perhaps such should be the case with HEW and its it's crude attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to stamp out sexual inequality It needs to instill sensible programs which can foster the idea of sexual justice instead Bureaucratic Ineptitude ineptitude inep inep- at its finest has been displayed by HEWs HEW's ruling of Title IX Personally the son father outings and mother-daughter mother banquets are are terrific I like to watch my daughter compete and she's a good one but I dont don't wish to see her compete against my son who is a good goodone goodone goodone one in his own right also Lets Let's hope the legal quest may help Congress recapitulate the present writings dealing with desultory dogmatic regulations of title IX |