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Show mAti&mmtJMtrttsm .iMmtmm&am.,,, mri -im- ..I- -i I, r- i, rrttmtimiitimsi in fiiiimiiiiiiintiiBir(l",iinwrttiiiiff airirtirMaaiih-iifJ''- imr-wrrrtgwitr rrff 'fnftff Tit" ' HY fi T-'ir ifn-ir- t Tii- --rr it n urn i r in. i n if h i r i n mr mfr r im r rr if ' L i- . ir rr -' - - a ' -m THE PARK RECORD www.prk record.com A-9 WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2000 EDUCATION EDITOR; Aaron Krnkel 649-9014 ext. II 8 riit rati aim. Briefs Park City resident receives academic honor Virginia Solomon of Park City was recently awarded membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS). She will be honored hon-ored in a campus ceremony next fall at the University of Maryland at College Park. NSCS is a selective, non-profit honors organization. Founded in 1994, NSCS recognizes first- and second-year undergraduate students who excel academically. Parenting forum The Stand For Children Parenting Series will present a forum on Wednesday, July 12 and Tuesday, July 18, entitled, 40 Ways to Raise a Non-Racist Non-Racist Child." The evtwiing will feature Fred Oswald, Director of Academic Programs in the Office of Continuing Education at the University of Utah. His presentation will discuss what racism is. why it exists in everyone's community and how children learn values val-ues that promote non-racist behavior. The discussions begin at 7:00 p.m. and because space Is limited, advanced seating is required. To reserve a space, call 801-583-2277. j Community education still open j There's s3 room in two Park City community com-munity education classes. "Math-a- Magic," a fun and chaJSengng procterrv ' solving class for grades tour and ftve, runs from July 17 to 21. from 9:00-10.30 at McPolin Elementary School and costs $49. "Art In & OuT is an exploration of ine, color, shape, and perspective for chidren age 4 to grade 3 at McPoftx The class runs July 18 to 21, from 11.00 to noon tor ' age 4-K ($29) and from 9.00 to 10:45 am for grades 1-3 ($55). For more informa-:tton, informa-:tton, cal Judy at 645-5600, ext 147. Budo at cuts to impact national competitions O Academic Decathlon, science fairs and other competitions affected by Aaron Krenkel OF THE RECORD STAFF In the 1999-2000 school year. Park City students attended Academic Decathlon competitions, Destination Imagination competitions and national science fail's, and the Park City school district paid the bill. Next year, due to cuts in the 2000-2001 budget, the funding for those national competitions com-petitions is in jeopardy. The final budget for the Park City School District, approved in June, cut the line item for national competitions, which in past years has ranged from $6,000 to $18,000. Park City School District business administrator Von Hortin explained that the cuts were made during the process of negotiating teacher salaries with the Park City Education Association (PCEA). National competitions, he said, were cut partly in light of the school board's review of the competition policy. The Park City School District's competition competi-tion policy has, up to now, funded travel expenses for programs pursuing competition competi-tion at the national level. Kathryn Adair said the cut was made "because we wanted to communicate that there may be a change in these areas." Particularly, said Adair, the district wants to review whether it will continue to fund national competitions at all, and if so. how it will provide funding fairly and equally equal-ly to all programs wanting the funding. Lorie Anderson, president of the PCEA. said the teacher representatives in budget negotiations accepted the cuts for two reasons. One is that they understood some of the unfairness arid confusion surrounding sur-rounding the policy as it stood. For example, exam-ple, she said, Destination Imagination teams from Jeremy Ranch had to undertake under-take several fundraisers to make their trip to Ames, Iowa, while other programs did not have to make such efforts. Conversely, Hortin said the school district dis-trict had not been entirely comfortable with funding the Destination Imagination competitions com-petitions at all, given that the teams faced minimal competition in order to win the state -competition. Anderson said teacher representatives also accepted the cuts because they thought alternate funding sources would be relatively easy to locate. She said a number of grants exist that enable teams to attend national competitions, and the Park City Education Foundation may also be able Ito help out ith the funding. The cuts were agreed to, said Anderson, with the understanding that they would not make it impossible for teams or indn iduals to attend national competitions. Nonetheless, the fact that no specific funding will be available for programs that potentially compete at a national level concerns con-cerns Jim Fleming. Park City High School history teacher and co-coach of the high school's Academic Decathlon (AD) team The AD team prepares throughout the year in 10 grading areas, ranging from science sci-ence to economics, and from music to speech and interview. To win the right to attend the national competition, the team must beat all other teams in Utah. Most schools field an Academic Decathlon team, and Park City competes against 5-A teams such as Brighton and Alta. Park City High School has won the state compe tition the last two years and finished among the top schools at the national competition com-petition as well. Fleming said of the budget cut. "It's disappointing dis-appointing ., It will be hard to raise the money needed to travel to Anchorage Alaska if they make nationals this year, and there's a pretty good chance they will." F leming added th?t eliminating or calling call-ing into doubt the poMbility of attei.i.. the national competition "hurts the students stu-dents ." He said, if students win at the state level, but dont get the reward of attending the national competition (which changes hvations every year). "They'd be disappointed and they'd feel somewhat let down " Despite the fact that the final budget included no funds lor national competitions. competi-tions. Hortin said the district can be somewhat some-what flexible with funding items that do not constitute a very large portion of the budcet. He said competitions funding will likely depend on what the board decides to do with the national competition policy Hortin added. "(National competition) competi-tion) is not in the budget, but that's not to say the board wont come back and revise the budcet English-as-a-Second-Language classes a hit in the summer Community groups come together with schools to help the program run by Aaron Krenkel OF THE RECORD STAFF The Park City School Districts summer sum-mer community education program has teamed up with several community croups to offer a summer English as a Second Language class to elementary-age Hispanic children. The classls instructors have found that summertime is the right time for ESL, as 40 children have enrolled in the course, which meets from 9:00 to 11.O0 a.m. from Monday-Thursday at McPolin Elementary School. Park City Community Education director Judy Tukuafu explained that last-minute last-minute funding sources made the class possible. First, the school district came up with some leftover monev from a federal grant for the 1999-2000 school year. Then, the Park City Community Church Please see Co mmunlty, A-1 0 , ri r , r7. p p TTFT I I i .. " , " ' -mmmmmm f - V '-" 1,1 . . v -LJ- N - ; xMk-TTv'V SrEHEN TJSv PAth RECORD Students Joni Nava and Llzeth Pablo absorb a lesson from English as a Second Language teacher Brooke Coleman. The ESL class at McPolin Elementary School has keen HtgTTfcttemfanc thfs summer Recreation, Education & Home "7 NEW ELRSENTm-SU r ' i r'., -i - . L--.- . l".s: CH'V sir.. S i - '-'T A 38 home neighborhood with 18 acres of open space, internal trail system, adjacent the new 63 acre Trailside Park recreational facility, and the new Trailside Elementary. Currently 6 custom, site-specific designed, 5 Star Energy Efficient homes and 25 home sites (avg. .40 acre) available. Easy 1-80 & MO access and spectacular views of all 4 resorts. Sorry, no highway views. 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