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Show ....... .-'. , "' " . 01 $10,00. The board reviewed a letter let-ter from the State Superintendent Superin-tendent regarding the district's dis-trict's married students policy. pol-icy. The board adopted Option 2 under the No Fault Personal Injury Protection which gives medical expenses up to $10,000 per person. The board asked the Superintendent Super-intendent to get the consensus of opinion from Principals and Students on changing to daylight day-light saving time in the schools. The board agreed to schedule sched-ule a special meeting of the board on January 9th. A letter from Principal Rowley asking the board consider con-sider adding a public address system to the gymnasium was read and the Superintendent was asked to Investigate the problem. Karl I.Truman was appointed appoint-ed to attend the State School Boards Delegate Assembly and represent the board. There being no further business bus-iness to come before the board at this time, the meeting was adjourned by the Board President Pre-sident at 5:30 p.m. Gym Bonds Sold To Continental Banlc . And Trust Company Contents! Bank and Trust Co. of Salt Lake City was the apparent low bidder on the $365,000 school building bonds at the opening of bids on Dec. 12. Net Interest cost was $55,-925.30 $55,-925.30 with a premium of $39.70. Clark Smith made the motion authorizing the sale of the bonds and all members voted For. Other bidders were Seattle First National Bank, $56,-775.00; $56,-775.00; First Security Bank, $57,190.00, with $365.00 premium; pre-mium; E. F. Hutton Co., $57,-585.00; $57,-585.00; George K. Baum and Co., $58,740.00, with $165.00 premium, and Kirchner, Moore and Co., $59,790. Interest rate on the bonds range from 6 to 4-12. Superintendent Haslem reviewed re-viewed with the board the State Assessment meeting in which the changing role of the counselor coun-selor was discussed. The counselors role is moving to a more professional status that the IDS church is used by the high school without charge and in turn the high school auditorium is used by the church and he said that lie would like a policy to reflect a continued building use exchange ex-change for community functions. func-tions. William W. Firmage was appointed to attend the Regional Re-gional Utah Education Association-State Legislator Meeting on December 19th, with the Supertendent. The board went on record as preferring two games a week for the Region 8 Utah High School Activities Association Asso-ciation football schedule for next year. Gary E. Sullivan moved that the board's rental charge for use of Minersville School by the Minersville Ward be $100 per month; said charge to include in-clude use of Beaver High gymnasium gym-nasium under the direction of Principal Rowley. The motion was seconded . by Clark W. Smith and was passed byunan-imous byunan-imous vote of the board. Supertendent Haslem reviewed re-viewed the energy crises with the board and presented letters let-ters on the things the board could do to help from Superintendent Super-intendent Walter D.Talbot. Superintendent Haslem reported re-ported that the architect had informed the district that the new boiler at Milford High is a hot water system and the one in the main High School building is a steam pressure system. It would therefore, not be possible to use one boiler for the two buildings. James A. Mayer moved that Change Order No. 1 on the contract of Alder Construction Company be approved by the board. The motion was seconded sec-onded by Clark W. Smith and was passed by the board. The Order specifies that Highland Gymnasium Floor as man-ufacted man-ufacted by the 3M Company shall be the surfacing on the gymnasium floors at a cost is not associated with the administrative ad-ministrative aid details that he has been doing In the past. The Superintendent reported report-ed attending the PTA Council meeting in which proposed legislation was discussed. Superintendent Haslem reported re-ported attending the SUSC Awareness meeting with two teachers from Beaver High and two from Milford High. The meeting considered what could be done for those children child-ren who were present in school but were "mental dropouts". Also meeting with the board were Wells S. Farrer and M. Leon Gay, of the vocational departments de-partments of Beaver High and Milford High schools. Mr. Farrer reported that he attended at-tended the National Vocational Convention inAtlanta, Georgia with Mr. Gay and Superintendent Superintend-ent Haslem. He said the exhibits ex-hibits were good. He said that he felt that pupils in elementary element-ary and secondary schools should be made aware of the vocational possibilities so they will know more of what they want in high school and life's vocation and prepare for it. Leon Gay reported that the trip reinforced his backing of the ISP program in the schools. He said that he felt that career awareness should be a program in all schools from grades 1 to 6. He felt much value could be received if elementary schools would invite workers in,various vocations vo-cations in to the schools to tell about their work. He said-he said-he was impressed with the vocational programs he saw in operation In that they let the student out one -half day to attend at-tend the vocational program jobs and they were able to go right on the job as a workman upon completion of the program. pro-gram. He said that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity opportun-ity to attend the convention. The board discussed things that could be done to enhance the vocational programs in the high schools in the district such as building of homes for sale that would give students actual work experience. Superintendent Haslem presented pre-sented a written report to the board on the National Vocational Voca-tional Convention that gave the viewpoint of the meetings as far as the administeringof the programs are concerned now and in the future. Principals Jesse E. Long, Ivan D. Rowley, James M. Briggs and Sherman W. Carter Cart-er met with the board in reference ref-erence to the board's rental rent-al policy. Principal Rowley said the only problems of rental he has is for the gymnasium and Saturday Sat-urday rentals. He said the Minersville Ward wants to rent the gym until their new chapel is built. Principal Jesse E.Long reported re-ported that the Milford High auditorium is the only permanent perma-nent seating place in the community, com-munity, outside of the churches, church-es, that can be used for community com-munity functions. He said that several times during the year |