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Show A-18 The Park Record Saturday, March 10, 2001 Board members thanked for support Winner of Silver Beaver Continued from A-17 the volunteers." There is little the schxl board can do to bolster PTO funds, since each school's PTO is responsible for noing and spending its own funds. Board president Colleen Bailey said the board has no intention of "equalizing" the funds throughout the district. She later commented that playground upgrades will need supervision Irom the district so that there are no "freelancing operations' opera-tions' that might endanger children. chil-dren. However, administrators and parents seem to disagree on just how many parents are active volunteers volun-teers According to Linda Johnson, principal at McPolin. there are a great number of parent volunteers at the school who work inside the classrooms However, Walker and parent Jill Schifferli said that McPolin does not have enough volunteers for field trips and other school activities, unlike schools like Parley's Park where parents are fighting for room on field trips. An article two months ago reported that there were onlv 12 active PTO members at the school. Walker and Schifferli agreed that many school functions func-tions are the work of a few parents. par-ents. The article did not count all volunteers, simply PTO volunteers, volun-teers, who pay a monthly due. Board member Kathryn Adair asked the PTO members to construct con-struct a matrix of their finances and services, including academic McPolin at a glance Johnson reported that McPolin is currently serving 151 Hispanic students. of whom are in the Limited English Proficiency Program. Fifty-seven students have exited the program, but continue to receive additional reading support. There is a "transit situation." at McPolin. she said, where students and out s fc 1 We won't be able to do that kind of 2H ,he work (on the McPolin playground) that with 'the bound- r arv changes. 43 Jeremy Ranch has done on its play- lep students win j " move to Parley's ground. Park next vear, - Diane Walker said Johnson. RA.f3ni: OTA l,u mue mvruiiii riw pa i ci 1 1 on McPolin's significantly smaller PTO bank account programs for students. Walker thanked the board for their help at McPolin, including ESL aides and programming. The "adversarial" relationship the PTO has had with the school board over the past seven years is gone now, said Walker, citing previous pre-vious complaints that the district ignored McPolin and its needs. Johnson said there will be a need for breakfast to be served at McPolin. since several of these students receive it dailv at McPolin. McPolin will be a much smaller school, she said, with an expected student to teacher ratio of 17:1. one of the lowest in the district. HeadStart will move to McPolin from TMMS next year, and Johnson said she is very excited to have the small children at McPolin. In other business The board approved Valentiner Crane as the architecture firm for the remodeling of Treasure Mountain Middle School, complimenting compli-menting the firm's presentation that was "head and shoulders above the rest," said board member David Chaplin. Proposed school calendars for the years 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 were evaluated by board members. Three different plans for the year w ere discussed, mainly in regards to February breaks and Christmas breaks. Several policies were reviewed, with minor changes made for clarification. clari-fication. After meeting with the Snyderville Basic Recreation District (please see A-l for more information), district administrator Von Hortin told board members that there is a small number of transfer students within the district, contrary to their expectation after the boundary changes. Board member Carol Murphy advised board members to think of ways to use new Charter School legislation to benefit the district. The Utah legislature approved the creation of more charter schools within the state. High school Forensics team places second in Utah The Park Citv High School ond out of six teams. Team is making a name The following students placed individually in their events: bryn Green, second in Lincoln Douglas Debate; Tim Morgan, first in orato- lim Nielsen and .ack for itself. At the regional forensics competition com-petition last week at Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, the team placed sec- McTigue and Matt Lvon. third policy: Andy Washington and Jameson Hulse. fifth in policy: Creed Archibald. third in Impromptu: Ashley Berman. first Under team coach Genevieve Budden, a PCHS teacher, the students stu-dents have improved significantly since last year's fourth-place finish. lne FLHi torensics team win Breslauer, second in policy: Casey Gerary. second in congress. congress and Best Chair; Jeni Ston compete in the state competition on March 10 at Ogden High School. Trust Lands exchanged for higher value properties The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have completed a 212,000-acre 212,000-acre land exchange in western Utah that was authorized by Congress last year. The Trust Lands Administration transferred title to K)6.(X)0 acres of state school trust lands inside federal wilderness study areas (WSAs) to BLM, while the school trust received a similar quantity of BLM land with greater potential for providing revenue to Utah's public schools. As part of the exchange, the state also transferred a 483-acre parcel of school trust land immediately north of the city of St. George to BLM for inclusion in the Red Cliffs desert tortoise reserve. The exchange was based on a May 30, 2000 agreement between Utah gov. Michael O. Leavitt and former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, which was ratified by Congress last year. The purpose of the agreement was to reduce conflicts con-flicts between the development of school trust lands, which by law must be managed to generate revenue rev-enue for public education, and preservation of lands in Utah's west desert for wilderness study and recreation. Among the areas where BLM received trust lands were the Deep Creek Mountains, the Notch Peak area and several areas surrounding sur-rounding Zion National Park. In return, the school trust received several sev-eral large parcels of land in Tooele County, land adjacent to the Intermountain Power Plant near Delta, and several small parcels of development land near St. George and Cedar City. A complete list and map of the lands that were exchanged can be found on the Trust Lands Administration's web site at www.trustlands.com. As part of the legislation approving approv-ing the exchange. Congress required the state and the BLM to submit land valuation data to an independent independ-ent appraisal expert to evaluate whether the lands on each side of the exchange were of approximately equal value. This requirement was intended to address concerns expressed by some third parties that the lands being acquired by the state were more valuable than the wilderness wilder-ness lands being transferred to BLM. After reviewing a variety of data, including multiple sales of comparable lands, the independent appraiser confirmed the parties' conclusion that the lands on each side of the exchange were worth approximately $20 million, and that the exchange lands are approximately approxi-mately equal in value. The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration is an independent state agency which manages 3.5 million acres of Utah trust lands exclusively for the benefit bene-fit of Utah's schools and other public pub-lic institutions. Longtime local receives service award for Scouts by Jennifer McKenna OF THE RECORD STAFF Gene Lambert, a 30-year resident res-ident of Park City, has joined the ranks of distinguished leaders lead-ers in the Great Salt Lake Council Boy Scouts of America. Lambert received the Silver Beaver Award, a recognition of his service in scouting, including training, camp organization and Scout Master. "It's an opportunity for young people to learn to develop devel-op character, to be self-assured and able to take care of themselves, them-selves, and to be exposed to a lot of opportunities in life. They rub shoulders with mature adults that good ( I COURTESY OF BSA Gene Lambert was a school board member for 16 years. Latter-Day Saints, and is currently cur-rently working as a district level administrator for the county. Lambert and his wife, Linda, have six children they raised in role models and help Young people learn to develop them form character, to be self-assured and to !hVtituwiu tae care of tnemeives and to e carry them exposed to opportunities in life. " - bene Lamoert Boy Scouts administrator h r o life." Last year, Lambert created a Boy Scout troop specifically for Hispanic children in the Summit County area. "There was a need," said Lambert, for these children to be introduced to Boy Scouting with other Spanish-speaking children and adults. "It was an opportunity for them to get acquainted with the program before being introduced to the other kids," said Lambert. For close to 20 years, Lambert has volunteered as a Boy Scouts of America leader in Park City. In addition, he was a Scout Master lor eight years, a charter representative for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Park City School District: two daughters live in Texas, one daughter lives in Israel, another daughter is a junior at Brigham Young University, and two sons, one who is a senior at the University of Utah and one who lives in Brigham City. The award, however, does not mark the end of Lambert's scouting career. In addition to his job as an appraiser in the Summit County Assessor's Office, where he looks after the administration of Greenbelt Statutes, Lambert will continue organizing camps and training for Boy Scouts. Dusty Godnick: Park City students, parents, and community members wish you well! Eagles Dance, a Private Residence Club at The Canvons DOUG BRAITHWAITE artist reception MARCH 10 & 1 1,2001 3-7PMCodaGalle,y Saturday & Sunday artist will be present 10 of Sales Benefit Multiple Sclerosis PARK CITY I PALM DESERT I NEW YORK 804 Main Street Park City, UT 84060 435 655 3803 'POOR |