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Show THE PARK RECORD "'jivww.park record.com :;;SATSUNMONTUES, MARCH 2-5, 2002 A-1 1 .ucatioii EDUCATION EDITOR: Jason Reade649-9014 ext.118 educationparkrecord.com Briefs ill ' ;' School board to meet Tuesday f The Park City Board of Education will ;,meet Tuesday, March 5 at the Ecker Hill Middle School media center, located at 2465 W. Kilby Road. There will be a special work session beginning at 4:30 p.m. during which . the principal, site council, and PTO from Ecker Hill are invited to provide updates on the school, followed by a discussion with the board. The 'public is invited to attend. " The board's regular work session will follow fol-low at approximately 5:15 p.m. Agenda items include: discussions on revisions to the charter school proposal, the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation District concession trailer; at Ecker Hill, preliminary budget requests, and tuition tax credits; a report on the school' trust land goals; and information sharing. . McGowan named to Syracuse Dean's List Melissa McGowan of Park City was named ttf the Dean's List at Syracuse University's College of Visual and . Performing Arts for the fall 2001 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours and earn at least a 3.4 grade-point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the semester. McGowan ,is a freshman majoring in musical theater. ILabriola to attend FIDM Jaclyn Labriola, a Park City High School senior, has been accepted by the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and will major in graphic design. ' FIDM is the largest college of its kind in the western United States, and has been preparing students for careers In fashion-related industries for more than 25 years. The school is based in Los Angeles, with campuses in San Francisco, San Diego, and Orange County, Calif. Labriola is the daughter of Blaise Labriola and Pamela Thorpe. Meet l4 At Soaring Wings, even our assistants are required to have a Bachelor's degree. In addition, Chabli holds an Elementary Teaching Credential from the Montessori Society (AMS) and is one of only two active AMS Elementary Teachers in the state of Utah. education for peace since $8J A private school for children 112-9 years of age The only American Montessori Society school in the state 435.649.3626 www.soaringwings.org www.americanmontessorisociety.org Legislators Supporters argue Rep. Lire's bill would improve undocumented students' educational opportunities By JASON READE Of the Record staff The outlook for undocumented students looking to gain greater access to the state's public colleges and universities was unclear as of press time. Legislation introduced in the Utah House of Representatives by Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas, has failed to garner the overwhelming over-whelming support proponents had hoped for, but was still scheduled for a floor vote late Friday afternoon. Only a month ago, Ure, whose district includes Park City and Summit County, expressed confidence his bill would see a successful vote in the House. "I'm expecting that bugger... to get that through," the Majority Whip told The Park Record Jan. 22. "These people are here, and legislature they're going to stay here. Let's try and raise them to a higher level." Ure could not be reached for comment late this week. According to Park- City High School Spanish teacher Gerry Maak, the prospects for passage were "not good" as of Thursday morning. "They havent called it to the floor for a vote, because David Ure doesnt think he has the votes for it to pass," Maak said. But aggressive lobbying later in the day by Fred Esplin and Nancy Lyon of the University of Utah may have swayed some legislators. A longtime advocate for immigrant education edu-cation reform, Maak lobbied Ure to introduce intro-duce the legislation, which would allow high school graduates who have lived in Utah for at least three years - regardless of their immigration status - to pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities. Current federal law effectively prohibits states from classifying undocumented' stu- Our Faculty i I I . y, C ogP MontesSQ V debate fate dents as residents, instead labeling them as out-of-state or international students. Federal legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 19 requires states to provide equal residency resi-dency status to non-resident students if undocumented immigrants receive such benefits. As a result, thousands of otherwise eligible eligi-ble American high school students are More than 2,000 miles later tt3&-?A MILES BY..IIB 8 - . Five hundred kindergartners and first-graders from Richmond Hill Primary School in Richmond Hill, Ga. accepted accept-ed a challenge from their physical education teacher Tracey Powell. Powell challenged the students and teachers teach-ers to "walk" to Salt Lake City (2,127 miles) by the time the Olympic Winter Games started. An area on the school grounds was mapped out for the children to walk to accumulate the miles. The goal was reached a week before the opening ceremony, so an additional challenge was issued, "Can we make it up the mountain to Park City?" They did. The first-graders pictured are from Cindy Bosela's class. Bosela is the daughter of llsa Leonhart of Park City and the late Bob Leonhart, also of Park City. ' - v Bra American LTl Ml SfcO of Utah iifflililiiliril I to of immigrant students unable to attend public colleges and universities, univer-sities, as out-of-state tuition rates - which are two to three times more expensive than resident res-ident tuition - are often prohibitively expensive, expen-sive, according to Maak, creating an "enormous "enor-mous underclass." Undocumented students are also ineligible ineligi-ble for federal financial aid. Election-year jitters are making some Republican legislators - who would have possibly backed the bill - reluctant, for fear that opponents could label them as soft on illegal immigration. "The problem is that it is an election year," Maak said. "And there's confusion MMMk i n MANY ANTIQUE PERSIANS (Mm about the immigration process." Esplin, the vice president for public relations rela-tions at the U., agreed with Maak assessment. assess-ment. "It would appear to me because it is an election year," Esplin said. "There could be enough opposition. It may not make it." U. officials, including President Bernie Machen, have been longtime advocates for loosening immigration standards in higher education. "It's something the University of Utah supports, and we applaud what Dave Ure's Please see U. officials, A-10 PHOTO COURTESY OF ILSA LEONHART GUARANTEED 10WEST PRIC5 viz i t nn . 1 1 r 1 1 i win iw ! winwiiij fl ( COPY 1 |