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Show THE PARK RECORD www. park record.com SATURDAY, NOVEMBER II.20C0 .11 A-9 olucatiosi EDUCATION EDITOR: Jennifer McKenna 49-90 14 ext. I It Briefs Patrollcr of the year Jsssa Schaub. a 20-year teacher at Park City High School, has been named to the Intermountain Ski Patrol of the Year, which includes ail of Utah's ski resorts and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Angel Giving Trees Soaring Wings Montessori School has placed Angel Giving Trees inside the Eccles Center and the Park City Library. The trees are decorated with paper angels made by Soaring Wings students. On the back of each angel is a wish made by a resident of Park City's Peace House, a shelter for victims vic-tims of domest;c violence. Park City residents are encouraged to fulfill these wishes by choosing an angel and returning it with the appropriate unwrapped gift to the box near the tree. Residents may also make monetary mone-tary donations. Soaring Wings students stu-dents will deliver the gifts to Peace House residents on Dec. 15. The trees will be on display from Nov. 13 to Dec. 12. For more information, please call Sally Tauber, 649-9028. Magnet meeting The Park City School District International Baccalaureate magnet program committee has planned a meeting to enable parents and other interested members of the community to learn more about the International Baccalaureate organization and the Middle Years Program. The meeting win be Tuesday. Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the cafeterialoru-n at Treasure Mountain Middle School. For more information, contact Nancy DeFord. 615-0225. Voter turnout tissrns education a top priority ! ! ! 0 School board welcomes one new member, keeps two veteran candidates by Jennifer McKenna OF THE RECORD STAFF "It s not official yet." said David Chaplin, who ran a close race with School Board District 1 opponent Debhy Turkington. Chaplin received 484 votes and Turkington received 423 votes. "It s more competitive than in the past." he said, "but iff a healthy thing." Chaplin attributes this to more involvement by community members and the fact that "schools are doing a more public kind of job." "I really am not disappointed." said Turkington. attesting to the fact that "it was really good to get as many-votes many-votes as I got." It was Turkington' first time running run-ning for public office and she has realized that "a lot of people are ready for change." She feels like she ran a good race and is confident that at least she "made 'some people think" about issues facing the school district. Turkington feels fortunate to hae Chaplin as an opponent, whom she called "a really, reall nice person." District 1 saw a clean, open campaign in which "neither candidate was out to get the other one," said Turkington. In District 2, incumbent Carol Murphy ran away with 710 votes compared com-pared to Richard Williams' 306 votes. Murphy has about sii and a half years experience as a board member and knows that "you generally vote for people you know." As a school board member. Murphy is used to "working backwards," back-wards," she said. The goal is set from the beginning, and is usually the same every year, she said: "the most important impor-tant is kids in schools, what they're learning and how well." Board members shouldn't come into office with an agenda, she said, but with a willingness to look at every issue critically and fairly. Murphy was surprised at "how simple" it all is. "Parents want good schools for their kids." she said. Williams was not available for comment. This is exactly what Jim Santy and Russell Wong, candidates for District 3 want. Santy defeated Wone. 605 to 496. Neither Santy nor Wong were available for comment. The election results will be confirmed con-firmed by the Summit County Commission next week. Summit County School Bond Elecrions 2000 IX. 1 DlSL 1 teres: 334 Dist. 1 Eshffis 372 DtsL 2 Murphy: 710 $iLarx&3G6 Dm. 2 Nonh Summit Dist2 Gear 28 Dta.3 Smtv.; 605 IX 3 Ckr-fo 10" Dia.3 jcriins: 304 Park City School Board members for the upcoming year include: David Chaplin, Carol Murphy, Jim Santy, Colleen Bailey and Katfvyn Adair, superintendent superin-tendent is Nancy DeFord and the business administrator Is Von Hortm. Districts four and five did not have school board members up for reelection. Duck and cover: sparks are flying over school realignments 0 Discussions of restricting and realignment in the school district draw radically different opinions by Jennifer McKenna OF THE RECORD STAFF Park City may soon see its first vol came eruption, the force of which is brewing brew-ing beneath recent proposals for new school boundaries and grade realignments. realign-ments. Ignited by concerns of split neighborhoods. neighbor-hoods. McPolin ESL student population, popula-tion, and confused bussing, parents have sprung up in each subdivision, creating a nng of fire that is likely to stay hot for quite some time. At its meeting at Parley's Park Elementary School on Tuesday, the school board was met with questions from parents regarding these issues. As with recent meetings, the topic of ESL students came up quickly. One Parley's parent told the board that "no one is opposed to bringing ESL kids over." However, he and other parents are concerned about "how well (the Hispanic parents! could get around if they all live around McPolin. Maybe they donl have a car." he said. Community members at the meeting nodded in agreement. Another parent hopes that "these changes arenl temporary, so that we dont have to go through this again." She a!o was concerned with the ESL program. "We have to prove to our children that we can make sacrifices." she said. Sacnfices, however, will be different for each family, depending on the location of their home and ultimately, their ESL status. sta-tus. These issues have placed parents at odds with other parents, too Chns Der. a member of the high school PTO. said the high school is "way overcrowded." However. Dyer said that "Ecker Hill people" ran the numbers of enrollment vs. capacity and said "the high school won be full for another six yean." But as Nancy DeFord said, capacity is a difficult issue. "For many schools. 80 percent feels full." she said. Dyer agrees. "Walking through (the high school), there's no room," she said. ESL students were also the primary concern of another Parley's parent. School board president Colleen Bailey said that the Park City School District s ESL program is "about primo" as far as ESL programs around the country are concerned. According to Bailev. programs pro-grams were researched two years ago and the current program was "the best was " With McPolin currently serving the highest number of ESL students, a concern con-cern for many parents is the "lack of integration." inte-gration." One parent wants to see ESL kids "mixed in the schools DeFord said the Kurd has plans to "go to the Hispanic community to get their input" as far as redistncting and realignment. Strong opinions are the nature of this flame which a sure to stay hot through December, when the school board is expected to make a decision on a school redistncting and realignment design For everything from townhomes, n .rv to tovvnears -31 We've got you covered. The fxk Record h jour coroectkw to tf west tmptt, v&im msmni far tea! autos, jets, fcw and mm. Wm!m yoy need, thatm m 'w jet ft cc4 . Siaplifj your ed and H3t us toby! ONLY ONCE Fnd ttst bt$t bed clissi5is t: www.parirecrixem PARK CITY, UFAl I ... 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