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Show Bond questions answered 1993. It would put off the school opening until a year later, meaning high school students in the north would have to go on double sessions ses-sions which are very unpopular.' Question: What happens if you lose? Answer: Boundary changes will take place in any case to address growth from Davis High southward. The north would then have to go on double sessions. Several people wanted to know if people in the south end of the county coun-ty would vote to tax themselves to build a school in the north. Board members Ray Briscoe and Dan Eastman, who represent the south end of the county, said they -had not encountered any opposition in their precincts. Some patrons complained about the overcrowding in the north end junior high schools. Kendell said he believed additions to the building and portables plus boundary adjustments ad-justments would take care of increased in-creased enrollments at the junior high leveL The majority of those attending this meeting indicated by a show of hands that they favored increasing the bonded indebtedness by about $60 million so that two high schools could be built. FARMINGTON-As members of the Davis County Board of Education Edu-cation give presentations on the growth problem facing the schools, the need of at least one additional high school and the possibility of bonding to pay for this school, many people hearing the information informa-tion have questions about the information in-formation the board had collected. Last week, the board held its meeting at North Layton Junior High School. The following questions ques-tions and answers came out of the discussion which followed the accommodating ac-commodating growth presentation given by board member, Louenda Downs. Questions: What would the $40 million bond election go for? Answer: A new high school, air conditioning for it and for Layton and Clearfield highs, should they have to go on year-round schedules, and media centers. Question: Elections are expensive, expen-sive, so why hold the bond election in May instead of in November as part of the general election? Answer: Superintendent Richard Kendell said, 'November would make it too late to complete the high school by August 1992 or even |