Show Average District ler Y 7 1478 Total operating costs of Utah schools Increased from to or nr 12 per cent In the th five years since 1965 1005 V the Utah Ulah Taxpayers Association Mid ald today loday The costs do not include funds spent for tor capital outlay and debt service the UTA UrA Bulletin noted PER PEP CAPITA costs in ht Uintah District District Dis compared with the state stale average of M said the Bulletin Alpine School District had the states state's lowest est per pupil costs with 68 Mur Mill Murray ray rny Is next With 5 Daggett Dist District Dis t had the highest cost UTA CLAIMS that the teacher pupil pupil ratio is the most important item in determining de le school opera operating ling costs When the ratio drops just one point it costs taxpayers an additional 37 47 17 million According to the Association in the past 10 JO years eats the ratio has hns dropped 10 per percent percent cent from to This cut rut In the teacher pupil pupil ratio moans means that 1170 more mOIe teachers are arc arenow now being bring used to teach tench a similar num num- her ber of Jf pupils THE THE TEACHER TEACHER PUPIL ratio In Uintah Uin Uin- tah was compared to 10 the state stab at average average aver aver- er- er age of l an elt had the Ihl lowest ratio with and Alpine the highest with Wash ington had and Cache Cliche had THE TIfE UTA Bulletin further noted that 70 1950 average salaries of classroom teachers in Utah was or per month for fot time lime actually worked Uintah District average salary was Association anal analysts said that fringe benefits retirement social security and insurance cost taxpayers an on additional addi additional addi- addi lIonal This is equivalent to about for every ely school employee Adding this to the 8 9 per month would put monthly average teacher salaries sal aries nril's at nt near BY DISTRICTS average n salaries range from flOm a II low of in Duchesne and in Daggett to highs of InLo in Lo Logan an followed by in South Sum mil hit |