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Show McKenna said that there were three reasons why his panel felt that a further study was necessary. The Davis panel felt that the solution should be a long-term solution. The panel reported that in its opinion, long-term population shifts had not been considered and that a new central cen-tral county high school should be considered. "Dr. Call talks about growth as how many first, second and third graders there are versus fourth, fifth and sixth graders. That's not how we talk about growth. Growth is the building of homes and development," de-velopment," said McKenna. The Davis group also felt strongly strong-ly that the Farmington area should not be divided between two high schools because "the quality of life and community spirit in Farmington would be severely damaged," but that sending Farmington students to Viewmont might be acceptable. Davis Rich McKenna presented the findings fin-dings of the Davis High panel. McKenna reported that the Davis group held a two-hour public hearing hear-ing on June 23. At this public meeting, 146 of those in attendance completed a survey prepared by the Davis panel. "We feel strongly, not only as a group but from the reaction reac-tion we received from the public, that further study is necessary. It's kind of the situation where you have two options, and you look at them and you say, 'do you have an option that meets all the criteria?' We feel that what is necessary is long-term vision. That's what you need in a situation like this," said McKenna. According to McKenna, of those that responded to the survey, over 77 percent felt that the study was inadequate. The Davis group responded to two options previously proposed by Call. The first would send South FarTnington students to Viewmont High and the second, which Call preferred, would send the same students to Bountiful. |
