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Show Kendell optimistic I "We're doing good, but we can do belter," Davis County School District Superintendent Richard Kendell reported to Bountiful Kiwanians at their Tuesday meeting. In an intense and intensive exchange of questions and answers, an-swers, he responded to a score of questions including test Scores, relationship of Davis County schools to national and state averages, parental input, future growth, teacher helps, community communi-ty support, career ladders, salaries, administration and maintenance ratios to students and parental expectations. In the first year of tests in elementary, middle, junior high and high schools, local ratings were in percentiles above the national average in five basic subject areas: mathematics, reading, languageEnglish, science and social science. He reminded Kiwanians that test scores are best used to measure progress of individual schools by ' ' self -examination year-by-year' rather than compare com-pare to other schools which may be affected by a difference in factors such as social and economic background or parent involvement. ' ' We welcome community participation," he said, and used as an example, involvement of parents in discussions about boundaries, new schools and plans for future growth. Year-round schools are anticipated an-ticipated for elementary level, at this time, he said, and some schools will be "retro-fitted" for summer use. He did not subscribe to the "Washington view' that schools should be the primary care provider for children to age 18. |