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Show dItiflCaatLndDiin The Park Record O Section A Thursday, January 27, 1 994 D Page A6' Briefs Burke Jo I ley elected VP. of UASBO Park City School District's Business Administrator, Burke Jolley, was elected to the office of vice-president of the Utah Association of School Business Officials, the highest peer recognition available. This appointment is a president-elect position, and means that Jolley will serve a four-year term, including a year as president in 19. Curriculum discussion planned Patsy Gleason, Park City School District's new director of curriculum and instruction, will be the guest speaker at the Thursday, Feb. 3 meeting of the Treasure Mountain Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization. The meeting will be held in the forum at 7 p.m. Parkites on Deans List Dr. Stephen R. Baar, vice president for Academic Affairs at Westminster College of Salt Lake City, announced that Elise M. Miner and Leigh A.Taggart of Park City have been placed on the Deans List for the 1993 Fall semester. To earn a place on the Deans List, Miner, an Early Childhood Education major, and Taggart, a Nursing major, each maintained a grade point average of 3.50 or better during the Fall semester. Q33UG5 Cil teBQEB QTo (jfaffaq Qs SDSiih tfa (gtaMEB Mb Ofr TUt Sixrh In a Ten'Part SerIes of Interviews ExploRiNq tNe Vamous Aspects of PLannIn anc! CrowtIi wiTh iNTERESTEd AN(I CONCERNEd AREA PRofESsioNAls. Interviews have been conducted with Robert A. Mathis, AICP, Wasatch County Planner; Toby Ross, Park City Municipal Corp. City Manager; Charles P. Klingenstein, Park City Planning Commission Member; Joseph E. Tesch, Attorney At Law, Park City Planning Commission Member; Hank Louis, Architect; Wendy Fisher, Summit Land Trust Executive Director; Barbara J. Kresser, Summit County Assessor; Gary Weiss, Summit County Planning Commissioner; Dan Cord, Member C.O.R.R.; and Eric DeHaan, City Engineer. , CHUCK KLINGENSTEIN Planning Commissioner and Univ. of Utah Planning Instructor 3 Chuck Klingenstein, a Park City resident for 1 1 j years, has Planning Commission for over 2 years. An East Coast native, he spent time in the real estate and ski industries before turning to teaching. He instructs land use and management classes for the University of Utah. MATTHEWS: Plan? What is a Comprehensive KLINGENSTEIN: A Comprehensive Plan is the vision statement that sums up the goals and objectives for a community. Our , Comprehensive Plan was written in 1985. MATTHEWS: Why did you join the Planning Commission? KLINCENSTEIN: I sensed a significant change occurring in Park City and throughout the West. We were having urban refugees urban people seeking rural and small town images bringing their urban luggage with them. I became aware that land use dictates the future of a community and its character. MATTHEWS: What is your role on the Commission? KLINCENSTEIN: I feel my strongest role is to plan for the future. Right now we're so caught up in processing rather than planning. We Board of potential by SUSAN VITTITOW Record staff writer The Park City Board of Education held a discussion at its Jan. 25 work session on a proposed site-based management policy. According to Superintendent Don Fielder, the idea of site-based management is to place the authority for as many decisions as possible at the school level, with the people who work closely with the children. The parents, teachers and (where appropriate) students who are affected by decisions should be involved in the decision-making process. Fielder presented a draft of a proposed policy for review and discussion. According to the draft policy, each school would develop a site-based plan which would be submitted to the superintendent and school board for final approval. The plans would be reviewed for compliance with seven criteria. The governance structure must include all appropriate stakeholder groups and have sufficient communication channels to solicit input Staff must be given adequate training and time to participate. The plans must also include a school decision matrix to indicate where final authority rests, a timeline for implementation of site-based site-based management and an evaluation component including an annual report to the school district and all stakeholder groups. Fielder also presented a draft of a final authority decision matrix. Under the proposed matrix, the school board would have final say on the district's budget, goals, school calendar and policies, would evaluate the superintendent, and would set graduation requirements and letter grade numerical equivalents. The individual schools would have authority over staffing and staff development, school budgets, curriculum methodology, student placement, grading systems, discipline and individual school MATTHEWS: concern? been on the MATTHEWS: declaration? and service? ili ftironD of? a Education site-based goals. Many groups would have input on these issues, but the matrix indicated where final authority rests. Fielder stressed that in site-based management, decisions made by the According to Superintendent Don Fielder, the idea of site-based management is to place the authority for as many decisions as possible at the school level. final authority in the matrix are not subject to appeal to a higher authority, unless the matter concerns alleged violations of local, state or federal law, policies or regulations, or of the individual's constitutional rights. According to Fielder, site-based site-based management breaks down quickly if schools are not truly given final authority. If an individual is dissatisfied with a decision made below board level, they cannot appeal it to the board, but they can make a complaint If a pattern of complaints Scholarships available High school students with a grade point average of "B" or better and who are U.S. citizens interested in applying for $1,000 college scholarships should request applications by March 14, 1994 from Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation, 721 N. McKinley Rd., P.O. Box 5012, Lake Forest, IL 60045-5012. J To receive an application, need to put the future on the front burner. That's been very difficult the last few years given the rate of growth we've been experiencing. What is your biggest KLINGENSTEIN: Lot infill is happening at a faster pace than ever before and annexations are changing our vision for the periphery area. It's time for the City Council to redirect staff to process applications at a reasonable rate and move planning to the top of our agenda. What is an annexation KLINGENSTEIN: It's a document that says we're interested in an area outside the city borders. In deciding whether or not to annex property, we need to decide what is compatible, what do we want to see on our fringe areas? Do we want a geographic delineation? Do we want to create Park City rural and yet offer high levels of amenities MATTHEWS: How do you accomplish this? KLINCENSTEIN: Through interlocal agreements between Park City and Summit County where Summit County agrees that a border area is in Park City's sphere of influence. When that happens, anything that occurs in the area will come discusses decisions occurred, the board or superintendent could direct the school to rework its plan. Board members expressed concern that this policy would create a wall between them and their constituents. If a parent had a personality conflict with a principal, for example, it would leave that individual with no recourse. Treasure Mountain Middle School Principal Mona Briggs replied, "If this works the way it should work, the school is a much more open place to be." Parents should become more involved in the process of educating their child, rather than less involved. Also, McPolin Elementary Principal Linda Singer pointed out that small, vocal groups of parents have unduly influenced district policy at board meetings in the past. School administrators were concerned that the Board of Education not implement a site-based site-based management plan unless they were fully willing to delegate authority to the schools. They were also concerned that the program could pose additional burdens to their staffs. "They want to deal with the kids in the classrooms," Parley's Park Elementary Principal Martha Crook said. Many of her teachers, she said, do not want to deal with administrative details. The school district has plans to solicit input on the site-based management plan, and possibly consider it at later meetings. students should send a note stating their name, address, city, state, zip code, approximate grade point average and year of graduation. All requests for applications will be fulfilled on or about April 15, 1994. One hundred twenty-five winners will be selected on the basis of academic performance, involvement in extracurricular activities and some consideration for financial need. under Park City guidelines. It's a very powerful document It will be a great solution for the foreseeable future. MATTHEWS: Are we over- regulating or under-regulating? under-regulating? KLINCENSTEIN: I'd like to think we're in the middle, but I know we tend to venture into over- regulatioa As I've come to learn, if you don't over-regulate at times, you have the potential to destroy the very thing that brought us here, This environment comes with a cost. We have a choice: we can either try to maintain this environment and hopefully enhance it through regulation or we can throw in the proverbial towel and let the market forces do what they want, which is entirely bottom line driven. MATTH EWS: Should there be provisions for affordable housing in Park City? KLINCENSTEIN: If this place was just a community of affluent people, it would be boring. We need affordable housing for the 1 . ' 'i 1 .i l i f: . I1 T' r I k" ; - LLM 1 WH i xV 'A'?" 11 ill : 1 Photo by Susan Vrttitow . Bill Lovell, bass player for the group Delusions, practices in preparation for their performance at ( the Globe on Friday, Jan. 28. Lovell is a junior at Park City High School. Teen center schedule Park City Teen Center schedule for Jan. 27-31: Thursday, Jan. 27 Country line dancing. Friday, Jan. 28 Live band: Delusion. Saturday, Jan. 29 The Studly people who live and work here. It's very high on my agenda. We can do that through incentives with participation by the city. ffiSDlGJliB believe that land the future. More people should be participating. MATTH EWS: What are you teaching this quarter for the University of Utah in Park City? KLINCENSTEIN: Growth management in western towns and counties. We meet at the Park City Library and Education Center on Tuesdays from 6 - 9 pm. MATTHEWS: Thank you. Tl fX David & Jane Matthews , , ., v . ,A, . Network Plus Park City, as Working For You 14 Dayi A Week - " a public service. They hope greater Park City residents will become more knowledgeable of planning and growth issues. If you have any comments or suggestions , please call David or Jane at 64-REMAX. Dating Game at 9 p.m. -i Sunday, Jan. 30 Superbowl -party. Monday, Jan. 3 1 Hangout. For more information on these or other Globe activities, ' contact Charmaine at 649-8336. IK - developers and MATTHEWS: What do you feel about public participation in the process? KLINCENSTEIN: Unfortunately, it seems that people only get involved when their backyard is going to be impacted. I strongly use dictates everything in This series is sponsored by David and Jane Matthews, associate brokers, REMAX 19 |