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Show J B-8 The Park Record SatSunMonTues, October 4-7, 2003 The fall school enrollment numbers are finally in School districts tally up the total number of students in attendance at area schools By JENNIFER R. MERBACK Of the Record staff The nail-biting is over. District administrators can now tally up enrollment numbers for the 200304 school year.. Park City School District total enrollment has come down from 4.100 on Sept. 2 to 4.059 as of Oct. 1. Last years total enrollment was 3.959 with exactly 100 fewer students stu-dents than this year. Projections this spring put enrollment at 4,041, just 18 students below the actual number. Parley's Park Elementary School has 402 students enrolled, 14 more than the 388 reported in September. The projected number was 420. According to PCSD Business Administrator Von Hortin, the discrepancy is due to students transferring to McPolin Elementary School. McPolin has 360 students enrolled with 37 more students than predicted and two more students stu-dents than the 358 stated last month. Parley's Park did lose some aide time due to the lower-than-projected enrollments. Jeremy Ranch Elementary School has 680 students - 22 students stu-dents more than predicted and two more students than the 678 in September. Trailside Elementary School has 358 students enrolled with just two students more than predicted, but the second-grade classes have four additional students with a teacher-to-student ratio of 27.1 to one - 4.1 more than the district's goal of maintaining a student-to-teacher ratio of 23 to one. Since school began, the district has provided Trailside with 20 additional hours of aide time to help with the second grade. Treasure Mountain Middle School has 627 students enrolled with 28 more students than predicted pre-dicted and 27 additional students in the sixth grade. Hortin says TMMS has received additional help. "We added 1.34 FIE (Full Time Equivalent) to Treasure Mountain Middle School. That is one full time teacher and two class periods. This was to deal with a larger-than-cxpected enrollment at the sixth grade. The full FI E went to sixth while the two periods went to the other grades to even large classes," said Hortin.. With 393 students, Ecker Hill Middle School is nine students under the predicfed number. Last month the number was at 391. Park City High School has 1,239 students enrolled - 44 fewer students stu-dents than predicted. In September, PCHS reported having 1,300 students enrolled and 17 more than predicted. ' South Summit South Summit School District enrollment is at 1,321. This figure is one student more than this time last year and 10 fewer than projected. pro-jected. "We really had no surprises this year," said Zane Woolstenhulme, SSSD Business Administrator. The largest grades in SSSD are .first, eighth and ninth with 110 students stu-dents each. Third grade is the smallest with 91 students, total. 'Hie district added a new first-grade first-grade teacher to accommodate the large number of kindergarten students stu-dents who moved up a grade. The district-wide student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7 to one. With a new superintendent, high school principal and aquatic and fitness center, Woolstenhulme says the district is moving at a manageable pace. "For over five years the districts dis-tricts growth was virtually flat, but last year we jumped 40 students. This year's enrollment is up one student. It will be interesting to see if we enter another flat growth spell or if we get some more big jumps. I personally don't see any big jumps in growth in the near future. Slow and steady is my guess for right now," said Woolstenhulme. North Summit North Summit Sch(xl District has 982 students enrolled - exactly "': 20050 ScUool Dlsfvtcf Enroll wenf Huvnbevs ---4---- .jf .4 4-4.-4.4- -4-.- j 1A 4 4 - - - C . KX! i 1 I i I 0 - S 5 t the same as this time last year. Sixth grade is the largest clan's with 92 students. The district-widb student-to-teacher ratio is 18-to-one, except sixth grade which is 30-to-onc. ' NSSD has hired additional aides to help with the greater number num-ber of students in sixth gradi, allowing teachers to spend less time with paper preparation and more time with students. ! The district anticipates some growth in the next few years. "With the growth that we are experiencing expe-riencing and the projected growth by the opening of a new subdivision subdivi-sion in Coalville and the possibility of another subdivision in South Coalville, growth is an issue that needs to be expected and planned for." said Superintendent Steve Carlsen in a Summit County Bee article entitled "North Summit: The Future Depends on You." A public meeting is being held on Wednesday, Oct". 22 from 7-9 p.m. in the North Summit High School auditorium to discuss growth issues. Building adequacy, building safely, buildings meeting the academic needs of student, class size, growth and projected growth are the topics that will be addressed. The official enrollment num- GRAPHIC COURTESY OF -SCOTT SCHLENKER bers from all state school districts are due to the Utah State Office of Education by Oct. 1. Every spring, the state legislature legisla-ture pools all the property tax money collected throughout Utah's scIhx1 districts to create the Uniform School Fund. That money is then redistributed to the districts, allocating an equal amount of money for each student. This amount is the Weichted Pupil Unit (WPU). The WPU for 200304 is $2,150. , District budgets for the entire school year arc based on the revenues rev-enues from the Uniform School Fund. . Class teaches kids how to protect themselves from bullying Total Self-defense works to help children with teasing and personal safety issues By JENNIFER R. MERBACK Of the Record staff Martial arts to prevent child abuse? That's exactly what Total Self-defense (TSD) has to offer. Bullying, teasing and personal safety are all covered in TSD, a program designed to help kids take care of themselves emotionally emotion-ally and physically. The class is co-taught by Nancy Sutton and Marcia Thornton - each bringing a different dif-ferent but complementary perspective per-spective to the program. Both help' children learn to handle confrontations without using violence" vio-lence" by teaching them to focus and channel their energy in other ways. Sutton is a marriage and family fami-ly therapist with a practice here in Park City. She has worked with children, adolescents and families fami-lies for about eight years. Familiar with community issues, Sutton volunteers in Park City schools. Thornton is a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Gen Jitsu. She has won numerous honors and awards in the Karate Tournament Circuit and is co-owner co-owner and head instructor at the newly opened Ultimate Training , Center in Park City. . V Back by popular J demand,' TSD, is a six-hour course offered for kids in grades three to five at McPolin Elementary School. Students learn martial arts basics and self-defense techniques, as well as social skills and role playing. play-ing. "Although we realize kids must be polite, it's more important impor-tant to be safe than polite," said Sutton. She also says that providing provid-ing the course in McPolin has the added advantage of working in conjunction with the school counselors. After the success with three additional students than planned for in this spring's class at McPolin. Sutton secured a one-year one-year matching fund grant from the Division of Child and Family Services. .The , child-on-child-abuse-preyention funds allow them to keep the program afford- ritny-gm tgrn w& raa is? j3Hg2iCHaB qsKiu ia.zn aesi' Make (&vvish. - Presen A . fig Y itf'i!i flip i.fiJit '4iHft iiEffi.lHfir 0 ("j niJ Saturday October 25, 2003 6:OOPM The Grand Summit Resort Hotel at The; Canyons yeurFafsfafe'.Jfye0fqfl0.wtt 'Yen ZJfhse? "Jtver "JpriiitfS JJra Large home on private cul-de-sac on 43 ac. Home has S bedrooms, 3 & 34 baths with apprx. 4565 sq. ft. The interior has vaulted ceilings withT&G cedar. There Is a sauna and secluded, seclud-ed, fenced in back yard. Priced at $399,000 Dick Stoner 647-3212 t mv .r.'.rrirt j Lf pr' I. . "JiffirJi'y CfHiJc ,mpt're Ccaiih'cn Great top floor studio condo. This Is Very clean 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo completely furnished and the project with all furnishings. Underground has great amenity package, parking, hot tub and tennis court. Garage parking. Walk to the Park Very good rental history. Priced at City Mountain Resort. Priced at $178,000 $154,900. Dick Stoner 647-3212 Dick Stonw 647-3212 J "U Affordable 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo with 845 sq. ft. Furnishings are included in the price. The property would work for long term rental or residence. res-idence. Priced at $104,500 Dick Stoner 647-3212 r Secluded studio condo at Sundance. Partially furnished and has hot tub. i Property rents well and would make la perfect get-a-way location. Priced at $324,000 Dick Stoner 647-3212 3 able and offer more scholarships. Both Sutton and Thornton have seen the changes in students after taking TSD and they hope students will become interested in taking more classes. "One student, who had problems, prob-lems, made progress and went on to take more martial arts courses," cours-es," said Sutton. Sutton and Thornton are also offering a new class Total Teen Self-defense. This course is specifically for young women ages 12-17 and touches on harassment, harass-ment, social status, cliques and more. i "These arc difficult years foir young women to adjust to. with new schools and njore to deal with," said Sutton. Total teen self-defense is r k. f Please see Teen, B-fe : j SCOTT SINER4RK RECORD A student works with TSD co-instructor Nancy Sutton. I j : it 1 . nil i-te-ffci i 4- Hi Hi ' - f r -, ' t- iw ' t ' " 9t " w : i jir I :r,f'l l- i f. - ' ' ' ': ; : Ji ft l( V"' - ; J fill !...!.. ..--.....H. I IH, Ml! .....I I I , X ttq Ann i rr vnn YOUR STREET, YOUR CITY, YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR WORLD. |
