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Show EDUCATION The Park Record. Editor: Bubba Brown education@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.118 JEREMY RANCH TO HOLD SPRING CONCERT Jeremy Ranch Elementary School fourthand fifth-graders are set to hold their spring concert. According to the school's newsletter, the concert will be May 19 at Ecker Hill Middle School at 6 p.m. The concert will feature performances from the fourth-grade recorder ensemble, an African drum ensemble and a combined fourth- and fifth-grade chorus. Attendance is mandatory for all fourth- and fifth-grade students, who are asked to wear black bottoms with a light top for the performance. The performance will count as 25 percent of their grade for the trimester. For more information, contact the school's music specialist, Kim Meade, at kmeade@pcschools.us. FEEDBACK SOUGHT ABOUT SCIENCE STANDARDS The Utah Board of Education is seeking public input about sixth- through eighth-grade science and engineering education standards, according to a press release. Those interested can access the standards, as well as an online survey about them, at schools.utah.gov. The Board of Education is also holding five public meetings to discuss the standards. The one nearest Summit County is set for May 19 at the Salt Lake Center for Science Education Media Center, at 1400 Goodwin Ave. in Salt Lake City. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. After a 90-day review period, and revisions based on the feedback are made, the Board of Education will vote on the standards. If approved, they would be adopted for the 2016-2017 school year. PCHS TO HOLD SPRING PLAY The Park City High School's drama department is putting on its spring play. According to the school's website, pcschools.us, the play is called "The Good Doctor." Performances will be held April 30 through May 2 at 7 p.m. at the Black Box Theater at the Eccles Center. An additional matinee performance is scheduled for May 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. TOP EDUCATORS HONORED, A-10 A-9 FILM PROGRAM GETS A BOOST, A-10 www.parkrecord.com WED/THURS/FRI, APRIL 29-MAY 1, 2015 Community offers input on master planning Park City School District workshop reveals support for a possible new school BUBBA BROWN The Park Record The Park City School District's master planning process, which could result in the construction of a new school, is moving forward. The district last week held its second workshop to discuss the potential need for a new school to replace the aging Treasure Mountain Junior High. Parents, non-parent community members, local business people, school administrators, teachers, other district employees and students attended the invitationonly meeting. Moe Hickey, a member of the Park City Board of Education who also serves on the district's master planning committee, said it is important for the district to have many voices at the table as discussions about building a new school ramp up. Added Rory Murphy, co-chair of the master planning committee: "It's a critical part of the process. We have to listen to what the public's concerns are and make sure that we insert those into the whole planning process." The workshop, which drew more than 50 people, was held prior to the Board of Education's scheduled vote Tuesday night on whether to realign the district's grade structure. Hickey said resolving that issue is a crucial step in the master planning process. Under realignment, elementary schools would move from holding preschool through fifth grade to housing preschool through fourth grade. An upper elementary school would likely house fifth and sixth grades, with a middle school holding seventh and eighth. Park City High School would contain grades nine through 12. Currently the high school holds grades 10 through 12. Superintendent Ember Conley recom- COURTESY OF KATIE ELDRIDGE Members of the community and Park City School District representatives gather at the district's Master Planning Workshop April 22. The workshop allowed community members to voice their opinions on the district's master planning process, including the details of a potential new school. mended implementing grade realignment to the Board of Education in a previous public meeting. The primary issues facing the master planning committee are whether to build a new school, where to place it and which grades it should house. Hickey said the workshop revealed broad support for housing seventh and eighth grades at Ecker Hill Middle School and building a new school for grades five and six. Two benefits to that include that Ecker Hill was built as a secondary school and the cost of building an elementary-level school is less than building a secondary school, Hickey said. Most of the disagreement centered on the location of a new school. Hickey said the two primary locations under consideration are district-owned property near Bear Hollow and land on the same campus as Ecker Hill. A positive of putting the school near Ecker Hill would be having fifththrough eighth-graders near the same location, Hickey said. Bear Hollow's primary benefit is its central location within the district. "When you blend all four elementary schools into the fifth grade, you have kids coming from all different directions," Hickey said. "We've taken into consideration what is the easiest access for the community." The district had previously considered property near Park City High School on Kearns Boulevard. But Hickey said that option has been largely dismissed. Since the high school would be expanding to add ninth grade under the realignment, a new school on Kearns Boulevard would be adding one more grade of students to those currently there. Hickey said that would add to an already-bad traffic situation. Murphy said it's been refreshing to see how many people agree with the district's plans. "There have been some real good ideas come across the table," he said. "What's been surprising to me has been the consistency of the answers that are coming from disparate sources. It's like, ‘You need to do this,' and you're hearing that from five different angles. You're going, ‘Well, I guess we better recommend we do this.'" A third master planning workshop is scheduled May 14 at the district office. Future public meetings will also be held as the process continues, Hickey said. The master planning committee hopes to make a recommendation to the Board of Education in June. If a bond is needed to fund a new school, a ballot measure would follow in November. FIGHT NIGHT At Butcher's and Boneyard Mayweather vs Pacquiao 1 $ Saturday, May 2nd 7pm per person That's right, just $100 per person. 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