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Show Page A8 Thursday, February 10, 1983 Park City News gp J ' ? Valentine Special All furs now 30 Off Men's & Ladies Sportswear Located in the Park City Village Daily 10 -6 649-3279 School board examines new policies The Park City school board met Tuesday, Feb. 8 and discussed several policy matters, including guidelines guide-lines for student attire in physical education classes. In considering how students stu-dents should dress for gym, the board mulled over whether or not fifth and sixth graders should be required to deck out in full P.E. attire every school day. A related issue is whether students of that age should be required to have a pair of gym shoes specifically for physical education. ed-ucation. (As opposed to allowing students to wear the same sneakers they come in off the streets with.) The advantage to having a second pair of clean gym shoes, of course, is to save wear and tear on gym floors and other facilities. The board was also apprised of the fact, however, that requiring students to have two pairs of gym shoes, at a time when students can easily grow out of them in a matter of months, might place a financial hardship on some families. According to district school superintendent Dr. Richard Goodworth, "The board is moving cautiously and carefully on formulating this policy. At Tuesday's meeting they decided to table the issue for awhile, requesting more information from the various school principals involved." In other matters, the Board: Approved the temporary appointment of Marilyn Dews as special education teacher at Parley's Elementary Elemen-tary School. Dews will finish out the year in the job previously held by Linda Singer, who was recently appointed interim principal of the school. According to Goodworth, "Dews is a certificated teacher and knows the students and programs at Parley's where she has done a lot of substitute teaching." Approved the appointment appoint-ment of Jeaneen Wallin as special education aide at Park City High School. Directed that a signifi- I" Pine wifli frtat '"- - fl Save J IU Ten Dollars $10 Ynn uil! cavp tn rinlhirc thp npvt timo thai vnn SL rhroa or more of your friends have dinner at the Yarrow. Simplv present this coupon when ordering your meal and your total bill (to include food & beverage for a party of four or more) will be reduced by ten dollars. Usage limited to one coupon per party. This coupon is not redeemable for cash or when ordering Early Bird Specials. Name ADM ess . Now That's Quite an Appetizer J Holiday Inn, Park City - 649-7000 Ik Good Thru February 28, 1983 Coleman Land & Investment is proud to congratulate our associates who have been honored by the Park City Board of Realtors. Members of Million Dollar Club 1982 1 A. ' U v - "war ! : - . n-ftllrli-,-n-n iriMMiBiiwMMn v , Pete Alvarez, COM Peter T.Cole Vivian I.. ( Topper Thomas I-. l-linders J r v L . J I ' tf r 1 lames X . Uvis Jeff'T. Pol vehronis. CCIM Cniig Keec e I. dregory Schirt Special Awards 1 982 'j r 5? K(Mkie ol I he e.ir llenn Mjyi I )m iii'n .ntl 111 .IIUK I'l Mill Mli siii.in nl ilu W.ir m.m I ( n h-i LA.VDfr..VVES''MKNV l t M.iinsirc i l I'.nkt ii I l.lllS I u o IM liux st Ml I'Iuuk (i ) " cant revision of current policy regarding rental of school facilities on days when school is not in session be undertaken. Among the changes the board woulr" like to see implemented include allowing residents to use facilities on Sundays and national holidays, which is currently forbidden. The board directed that a plan be drawn up which would insure that rental rates would cover operating expenses for the facility and the costs of paying school personnel to oversee activities. The matter mat-ter will be discussed further at a future meeting. Adopted a tentative new policy regarding the definition defini-tion of "minimum school days," or, in other words, how long each day students must attend classes in order to qualify as having been at school a given day. The issue is an offshoot of various special circumstances ski meets, football games, etc. in the Park City district which require students to sometimes be away from the classroom during school hours. After much discussion, discus-sion, the board tentatively adopted a new policy which will be posted at the high school for the next 30 days and then reviewed for effectiveness effec-tiveness before a final policy is implemented. High school principal Jack Dozier addressed the board on the subject of competency tests for high school graduates. Beginning this school year, state law has mandated that all high school graduates pass minimum mini-mum competency tests in a variety of academic areas (math, reading, etc.) before being granted a diploma. According to superintendent superinten-dent Goodworth, the state's intent in setting up the competency tests was "to insure that a diploma means something to a prospective employer." But according to Dozier, the tests have presented a bit of a problem for some students to pass. This year, five students have so far failed to pass the test and Dozier asked the board to address what should be done in the case of a student meeting all the local standards stan-dards for graduation but failing to pass the competency competen-cy tests. It was pointed out that two of the five local students who have yet to pass are special education students and state guidelines don't apply to them. As for regular students who might fail the test, the board considered three possibilities: pos-sibilities: give them their degree regardless of state test guidelines. deny them a diploma. give a "provisional certificate" certi-ficate" which would explicitly explicit-ly list which areas of the competency test they had failed to master (and also allow students to come back at any time and pass those tests which they had previously pre-viously failed, at which time they would be awarded a full diploma). According to Superintendent Superinten-dent Goodworth, "the board wrestled with the problem for a long time" before deciding to table the issue until a later meeting. The next regular meeting of the school board will be March 8. But the board has also scheduled a special meeting for Feb. 22 at which time staff needs and program pro-gram proposals for the 1983-84 academic year will be discussed. The board's regular meeting meet-ing Tuesday night was preceded pre-ceded by an executive session ses-sion which reportedly dealt with personnel issues and the school's longstanding dispute dis-pute with the Redevelopment Redevelop-ment Agency (RDA). Following Fol-lowing the conclusion of the board's regular session at 10:30 p.m., they reconvened in executive session. The final meeting did -not end until the early morning hours of Wednesday. ;Ski conditions It's been snowing most of the week. It's supposed to keep snowing on and off for the next few days. Snow is what we want. Snow is what we need. Snow is what we're getting. What could be better? Everybody in Park City loves snow. If you don't love snow, just leave. With that said, it bears mentioning that all the local resorts are reporting over a foot of new snow since last weekend and, as was mentioned before, more of that fun fluffy stuff is on the way. According to the National Weather Service, Thursday's Thurs-day's weather outlook calls for periods of snow decreasing by evening. Ridgetop winds will be out of the west at 20 to 30 miles per hour with daytime high temperatures in the middle to upper 30s. Friday will be partly cloudy with lingering snow showers. Ridgetop winds will be out of the southwest at 10 to 35 miles per hour and daytime high temperatures may approach 40. It sounds real nice. Get out on those slopes ! Speaking of which, as of Wednesday afternoon Park City was reporting a base of 95 inches while ParkWest had 73 and Deer Valley 69. And everybody has fresh powder! Awesome, absolutely awesome. a. ID BIRTHDAY STARS February 10 Anita McDonald Phil Curry Shirley OKelly Maureen Traeger February 1 1 Sydney Reed John Newland Randy Wells February 12 Marianne Cone Bobbyejean Mueller Shawn Hazelrigg February 1 3 Bill Williams Cork Crandell Bob Kassow February 14 Pete Henderson Gerry Sue Westman Bart f homas Valerie Winn Tia Masters Gail Salowey Jim Kennicott Noreen Nelson Teri Gomes February 1 5 Amika Burdick Craig Runny Bonnie Bedford Park February 16 Suzanne Butler Suzanne Larkin Michelle McReynolds fc a "71 Tfcij. A'r- |