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Show Saturday, November 11, 2000 A-10 The Park Record ipping info the 'gardener's gold' and planting d by Jennifer McKenna OF THE RECORD STAFF Beautiful things are happening at McPolin Elementary School, or so the students hope. This fall, students are planting daffodil bulbs in two large planters in front of the schiI and are anxiously awaiting spring to see what pops up. "We talk about how the will be at the middle school next ear. When they pass McPolin. they will see that they left a pail of themsehes here." said counselor Diane Cashel. Cashel has helped to organize the planting, along with an arm of community volunteers. vol-unteers. Insa Riepen. director of Recycle I 'tan in Park City, approached Cashel Hand water and blue lockers have to go by Jennifer McKenna OF THE RECORD STAFF "The math placement tool was poor." s,ud district director ot curriculum cur-riculum and instruction. Merry Haugcn. of last year's placement tests tor middle school students. At Tuesdav's board meeting. Haugcn answered questions as to what the goals ol math curriculum realignment realign-ment are. "The goal isn't for all eighth-grade eighth-grade kids to he in geometry." she said, and this misconception is one of many that parents of middle school students have, she said. Three tracks are available for middle mid-dle school students as they climb the ladder of math throughout their high schixl careers: A. B. C. Parents need to understand that the three tracks are designed to meet the different levels of student math abilities, she said. "All have the same value." said Haugcn. "Parents think some are better than others." but it is not true, she said. Board member Carol Murphy asked Haugen if students who wanted to complete Trigonometry or Calculus in high school had to " double up" on math, meaning enroll in two math classes for a year. The answer is ves. but not all stu t wit FREE estimate and in-home design ,r-" L"7 " M A s i (Get Z Closets & Receive. 2 FREE DRAWERS j FREE ! TIE OR BELT RACK l tinth aofk Plnpel mm cam uiudci RES r.U O6to6erfcst Celebrate in Midway AT THE 93fwe93ar3nn Traditional German Cuisine served during october RI GI LAR MENU ALSO IN tH t(. T Sunday Brum h Executive Chef: Jesse Layman Innkeepers: Sandy Jay Niederiiauser 1235 Warm Springs Road Midway Uiah 435 654-1400 c . w with the idea of a composting lesson for the students at McPolin. Riepen contacted Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Management Facility, who donated six tons of compost, "the gardener's gar-dener's iiold." said Riepen. to the school. Summit County Public Works sent a truck to Salt Lake to pick up the dtrt, and the Jumoi Curl Scouts Troop S.Vi volunteered to create flowerbeds as part of a recycling project. proj-ect. The Park City Nursery and several sev-eral parents daffodil bulbs. Local construction workers xisited the school with a mini tractor to move the compost into two beds. The eoal. said Cashel. is to "make McPolin more beautiful." Looking at the "prettv ugly thing they put in the ground." Cashel said it is a real lesson dents are interested in reaching that level of math, said Haugen Haucen is linking at a new tool for testing the students' mathematical mathemati-cal skills this year. Paging Martha Stewart The Technology Learning Center (TLC). designed to meet the needs of alternative education students, is close to being finished, according to district Director of Maintenance and Construction. Joe Schurring. The TLC is in the old bus carage between McPolin and TMMS. Right now. the district is Uxiking at how to best use the space and what programs will be offered for students. Schurnng also presented the board with a general facilities update, with a spotlight on the heating heat-ing and cooling problems at Park City High School. According to Schurnng. "we've got everything back to normal. Now we're crossing cross-ing our fingers and hoping everything every-thing works." Normal is something students and faculty at the high school haven't felt in awhile, with radical changes in temperatures around the building these past few months. Schurnng said that at the end of last year, phase one of three phases was www orgjnizmgutah com i consultation V T-v Locally owned & operated since 1986. BANT m.:... for students. Riepen wants them to know that "Mother Nature docs it all around us evervdav" and to "get away from throwing that (computable (com-putable waste) stuff inio the blue bin." Last year, the Recycling Center donated Colorado Blue Spruce trees for students to plant in their neighborhoods. neigh-borhoods. It is a "real dream." said Cashel. and projects in the works include xenscapmg. "We've given up on the adults." said Riepen. "They donl have the listening lis-tening ears anymore. Once (the kids) see the area in front of the school turn into a beautiful area." it will change their mind about garbage. "C.od stuff grows in it: it's not garbage. We need to return in to the earth." completed in the heating and cooling cool-ing system. However, "something else broke" after the repair, he said. Part of the problem is due to a buildup of hard water and bacteria in the sy stem. He dumped a small sample on a piece of paper in front of board members to show them what must be shoveled out of the system in order for it to function correctly. There are four main systems throughout the high school, and a small section of the vents have already produced over two garbage cans full of hard water. Repairing the system is incredibly incredi-bly expensive, and Schurnng said he is trying to be cost-effective. It is such a large project, however, that it may take between two to three years to clean and repair the whole system. There are also concerns at Treasure Mountain Middle School part of which might be a job for Martha Stewart. According to Schurring. blue is not a very good color for lockers because it absorbs so much light, making the hallways-darker. hallways-darker. "To me. it's like walking in a dungeon." he said. Water and poor lighting are issues that Schurring is trving to work through. Sk lights You can beat an egg. You can beat a drum, i But it's hard to beat i. our rate, i -- - ",--0'-' . 1 t . ' j U , . . closing costs. s o pcrrs ir:e-es: ma? be ran Acwc- m tn mmults or ms. 0-a' ! rtf Of nc eqjtty r home To acc stop o U S Bank. i'Sf -scan ccm or can l-iOO-US-LCASS. ert 4TC0 ', Park City Office (435) 647-3730 TObanll. j '' . y 1 m ' 'i r tv - r v -ps. A great bedtime You never know when you might have extra guests, but it lt you'll know they'll frr , rcat night's sleep. Frtvv : size to king size, Mountain Timber offers a wide selection of beautiful leather Comfort Sleepers that allow you to go from living room to bedroom in no time at all. Affordable and available at Park Gty's Mountain Timber Furnishings. r - ..-- lip I is. i . .... ,. 1 ...-aSS"- ' STEPHEN ZuSv PAa RECORD Students from Mrs. GoodmarVs kindergarten class at McPolin toss daffodil bulbs into planters that decorate the front of the school. "Our goal is to make McPolin more beautiful," said counselor coun-selor Diane Cashel, who helped to organize the Community of Caring project. are one option to allow more light throughout the school. The tuvniiin The schiH) board was presented with its annual audit report at TuesJax's meeting. It all looks "good" according to the auditor, but there were a few items he needed need-ed to mention h law. One project was over-budgeted and the board was advised to have better accounting for products and senicis before writing checks to providers. In addition, a little "help for the secretaries" is a good idea, because they are handling a lot of information and financial duties. SLOC is knocking Is there any room for SLOC to house its activities during the Olympics? If the price is right, according to hoard members. Board members are looking at a contract to rent out schinil facilities for a hefty sum. possibly including a 5l).(HH) deposit for damages. Concerns include a possible delay of school if SLOC's rented trailers are still parked outside schixils and if damage occurs to the buildings. . F fl1 Sv1- '3-i S0 .J. . J r y-. . C : r,r V' il . 4 . j" i ' 1 - i -l teig suns " J I I V STEPHEN ZDS PA CW Catherine Ward, Ramona Lambert and Laura Meuleman sing the "Sound Of Music" at McPolin cn Tuesday. The high school performers debut on stage next week. c? Ml H J' - -n ,;s ; fit NA W story unfolds. . . I i J ' reams " j '-T- ' V 4 s i ' '-. 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