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Show Report shows support for $40 million school bond million, $1 million is earmarked for the purchase of property for a second se-cond high school sometime in the future, part of the funding would go to remodeling several existing junior ju-nior high schools, air conditioning would be installed in the elementary schools and some of the junior high schools, and strategic remodeling of existing high schools to allow for more students. In addition to building a new school, the board is looking at other ways to better use existing facilities to house the booming growth rate. Some of the plans have already been implemented, while others wait in the wings for the bond election elec-tion outcome. Kendell said the construction of CONTINUED ON PG. 2 By SCOTT SUMMERILL FARMINGTON-Results of a Dan Jones survey indicate that 62 percent of Davis County residents would support a $40 million bond for a new high school, while 30 percent per-cent would vote against the action. The report was released Tuesday, April 3, at the regular meeting of the Davis County Board of Edu- cation. The report also showed that most residents see overcrowding as the greatest problem in county schools. "We've had an enormous amount of growth," said Superintendent Richard Kendell. 'This was during a period of relative stagnation in the economy." Kendell pointed out that many of the schools in the county are already at near capacity and will far exceed the limit in the near future. "We're over capacity in the north nor-th end of the county already," he said. "The question now is how we're going to deal with the growth in the district. There is no way I can foresee the district not building a new high school. ' Kendell said the growth trend is f ar from over. "AU you have to do is drive through Clinton and Syracuse and see all that open space that could be developed," he said. "Woods Cross is a very open area too." The $40 million raised if the bond is approved will be funneled into several plans, according to Kendell. The high school will eat up $27 Greatest Problem Facing School District Owawdmg 50- H g Teadn-Wago H 0 LadcofSpbes ' 1 H Ote 3ffifc- I B PI Q DortKnow - H I r? H Source Dm Jono 2fflt" 1 H A.om "JalLJklJaL Hawx One Undecided How wtd m tend efecDon prti BOND CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 portable schools is one of the options op-tions that has begun, with a maximum max-imum of six per school. "From a curriculum point of v ie w, th at ' s about all we can handle," he said. Another of the options is year-round year-round school and extended capacity classroom scheduling. Both are currently cur-rently in use in the county. Ken dell said the district has also tried an open enrollment program that allows students to voluntarily attend schools outside their boundaries boun-daries via busing. However, there are fewer than 20 students participating par-ticipating in the program right now. "The governor has mandated a 70 percent capac ity schoolroom load or lose funding," said Kendell. "Many of the south end schools are underpopulated at this time. But, students don't want to start again in a new school away from their friends. ' Also being considered is a school boundary shift. Kendell said there is a study being conducted that will provide data on how and where the shift should take place. "The study will be released the last week of May," he said. "Until then, we're not sure exactly where the shifts will occur. The decision won't come until sometime in August, so there would be a lot of time to get public input. Should the decision to shift be made in August, it wouldn't go into effect until September 1991." Board member Louenda Downs said the board will not make any shift decisions until after the bond election. ' We 're waiting to see what happens," she said. In other business, Brent Hilton, a licensed architect from Salt Lake City, was named as the project - i Projected Bond Election Results 8.13 I m I ravor I CXv'vX Oppose I vXv: I undecKkd j JyJ I March 1990 manager during the building phase of the new high school. Hilton has 20 years of experience in building schools, the last 1 1 years with the Granite School District, where he managed the construction of some 40 facilities. "I've had a lot of experience in this area," Hilton said. "I've also been involved working with the state to get tax exempt status on the construction. I don't see any problems prob-lems with getting the exemption for this project." With the architect and project manager in place, all that needs to be done is hire a contractor, find a site and get the funding for the school with a winning vote in the May 8 bond election. |