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Show ft -i With all members of the Board of Education and Ad-ministrative Ad-ministrative personnel present. President Harvey E. Smith directed the Board's discussion dis-cussion of the following items: Budget The adopted budget was reviewed by the Board. It was noted that some patrons had paid their property taxes to the County under protest. Clarification of the procedure was indicated to the Board. The money paid under protest may be held in a trust account by the County Treasurer accumulating accu-mulating interests for a period of six months. At the conclusion conclu-sion of this period of time if there are not contests involved, in-volved, the monies paid and the accumulated interest should be delivered to the school district. Claims Claims in the amount of $717,267.25 for the month of December were carefully reviewed by the Board, upon finding the claims to be in line with the budget they were approved. ap-proved. Expenditure Limitation The policy of requiring schools seeking Board approval appro-val for the purchase of items costing In the excess of $100.00 was reviewed by the Board. The Board adopted a new policy which requires the local schools to request approval of all expenditures which exceed $100.00, but the administrative staff may approve items for purchase up to $250.00. Any items costing more than $250.00 will have to be approved ap-proved by the board. Affirmative Action The district has complied with Suggested Federal Guidelines Guide-lines in regards to nondiscriminatory non-discriminatory practices. Even though the district has practiced an affirmative action ac-tion program there has not been a formal plan adopted. The Board approved a plan which calls for the district to recruit and select qualified applicants ap-plicants for employment on the basis of job qualifications without consideration for race, color, religion, creed, political affiliation, country of national origin, sex or age unless such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications. This plan of action also applies to qualified handicapped individuals. indi-viduals. ' ' Orem High School Dr. Cliftoy M. Pyne, Principal Princi-pal of Orem High School petitioned peti-tioned the Board for approval to purchase food vending machines. The Board approved ap-proved the Orem High School request to purchase two macines to vend oranges and apples; but denied the request to vend other food items. The purchase of equipment is to be made from local school funds. PI. Grove High School Principal John Gourley of Pleasant Grove High School requested Board approval to purchase new scoreboards for their school. According to the request the Pleasant Grove Boosters Club has volunteered to raise money for the purchase pur-chase with requests to advertise adver-tise on the scoreboards. The Board agreed to allow the purchase pur-chase according to the request, but reaffirmed the policy of no advertising in the schools. It was also agreed by the Board to allow Pleasant Grove High School to sell the old scoreboards to Pleasant Grove City if there is no further need of them at the high school. Barratt Elementary The new elementary school 8 I II I 2 S a i 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 if h mi presently under construction in American Fork was given a name by the Board. Unanimous Unani-mous approval was given to name the school in honor of Tom Barratt who served the interests of education as a board member for 26 years. During his lifetime he donated countless hours and contributed contribut-ed much personal money to advance and sustain education in Alpine School District. The new school will be known as Barratt Elementary. New Employees The request of Dr. Hatch to employ the following personnel person-nel was approved: Helen Pav-lick, Pav-lick, Windsor-Geneva Elementary, Elemen-tary, Aide; Barbara Bowman, American Fork junior, Science; and Rosalyn Hancock, Han-cock, Lindon Elementary, first grade. LeRoy Shear was employed in Central Maintenance and Janice Brown as a secretary at Grovecrest Elementary. A.F. Jr. High Gary Keetch, Principal of American Fork Junior High School requested and gained approval for his school to purchase pur-chase a King Double French Horn. The purchase to be made with local school funds. Am. Fork High Principal Con Brady of American Fork High School requested permission to purchase pur-chase musical instruments for the Jazz and Pep Bands. The board approved the request to purchase a Bass Guitar Amplifier, Ampli-fier, an electric piano, and an BE A WISE 5LJD CkTvO Checkerboard Kitchens JEajps Be a wise hostess and plan parties that are easy on you and your budget. Make Holiday Buffet Casserole your main dish entree. It's a colorful combination of rice, turkey, broccoli and cereal bite-size crispy rice squares. The cereal is partially crushed and lightly seasoned with majoram. Add some to the casserole itself for extra flavor. Use the rest to form a crisp and crunchy topping. Colorful, delicious and yes, easy on the budget and on you. The recipe calls for only 3 12 cups cooked turkey, yet makes eight generous servings. Assemble it early in the day and let it bake while you're happily enjoying your own party. HOLIDAY BUFFET CASSEROLE 4 cups Rice Chex cereal (bite-size crispy rice squares) crushed to 3 cups 18 teaspoon and 18 teaspoon marjoram, crushed 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 2 cans (10 34 oz. each) condensed cream of mushroom soup 12 cup dairy sour cream 1 teaspoon seasoned salt 14 teaspoon onion juice 1 jar (2 oz.) pimiento, chopped and drained 2 cups cooked rice 1 package (10 oz.) chopped broccoli, cooked and drained 3 12 cups cooked, cubed turkey or chicken Combine cereal crumbs and 18 teaspoon marjoram. Mix in melted butter. Set aside. Combine soup, sour cream, marjoram, seasoned salt, onion juice and pimiento. Stir in rice, broccoli, turkey and one cup cereal crumb mixture. Turn into a 2 or 2 12-quart oblong casserole. Sprinkle remaining cereal crumbs over top. Bake in 350 oven 30 minutes. Garnish Gar-nish with parsley, pimientos or cherry tomatoes. Makes 8 (one cup) servings. 4 af our University Mall amplifier to be used with the piano. The purchase is to be made out of local school funds. Advanced Placement Don Overly, Supervisor of High Schools reviewed with the Board the advanced placement place-ment program operating in the district. Under this program students may take an examination examin-ation and upon successful completion of the exam receive college credit. Last year there were 186 students enrolled in advanced placement place-ment programs at Orem High School, there were 68 students from American Fork High School, and seven (7) students from Lehi High School. Courses offered throughout the district, according to the report given by Mr. Overly, are American History, Biology, Bio-logy, Chemistry, English, European Eur-opean History, Math, Music and Physics. Work Experience Mr. Overly also submitted a report to the Board indicating the number of students enrolled en-rolled in various work experiences. exper-iences. Orem High has a total of 204 students enrolled, American Amer-ican Fork 61 students enrolled. Pleasant Grove 101 students enrolled and Lehi 2 students enrolled. Confidential Records The Board approved a change in its confidential records policy. The policy is now modified to have transcripts tran-scripts sent on to colleges or other educational institutions HOSTESS OJ ."V 64 r s ELSHA oz. t cologne bar t American Fork g a without student or parental written consent. New Classrooms The Board approved the purchase pur-chase of up to four mobil housing hous-ing units from Utah Technical College at Provo at a cost of $13,800.00. The buildings can be used as "extra" classrrwms at schools which are presently over crowded. LOCAL GIFT IDEA This holiday season, through your local craft store, you can give a Christmas Christ-mas girt certificate which will enable the recipient to learn to macrame a plant hanger in a color selection to fit any room decor. Your gift includes all materials, instructions, and the 36-page "Macrame Plant Hangers with VEXAR Craft Netting," new from Du Pont. Visit your local craft store for holiday purchases and the special present that will be remembered. fHoJMfljf i fifths j? W ' cZ A m Starts Jl M Monday, December 27 m M at 10:00 a.m. m mk There will be Reductions in All jp Departments jS Summer Job Hopefuls Should Contact National Park Service Applicants for summer positions posi-tions at national parks, monuments, monu-ments, recreational, or historic histor-ic sites in the Rocky Mountain Region should obtain the National Park Service's employment em-ployment information packet as the first step in a revised hiring program. The packets will be available availa-ble after January 1. However, Regional Director Lynn H. Thompson cautions hopefuls that only about 200 jobs will be available in the Region's 42 park areas for what he anticipates will be nearly 15,000 qualified applicants. appli-cants. Applications for unskilled labor (including roads, grounds, and trail work), aid, technician, park naturalist, and park ranger positions will be accepted at the Regional Office in Denver between January Jan-uary 1 and February 15 for all park areas in Montana, Wyoming, Wyom-ing, Utah, Colorado, and North and South Dakota. No applications applica-tions for these jobs will be accepted by individual parks. The information packet now available includes application forms, job descriptions, and qualifications statements. It can be obtained by writing or calling the NPS Seasonal Employment Em-ployment Unit, P. O. Box 25287, Denver. CO. 80225. or calling (303) 234-4533. The NPS seasonal work force in the Region will total about 2,000, most working between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The majority of these positions will be filled by returning employees with proven work records. Applicants for skilled maintenance main-tenance positions should contact con-tact the individual parks for employment information. Applicants for any NPS position posi-tion must be U. S. citizensat least 18 years old. Those interested in park jobs outside the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Region should contact the appropriate Regional Personnel Person-nel Office. Addresses are available avai-lable from any National Park Service office. Puerto Rico is a 100-mile long island. Only 3 Shopping Days AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN The His Christmas Gift giving was a part of the holiday season even before the first Christmas. The ancient an-cient Romans celebrated midwinter mid-winter by distributing presents to each other. According to the Bible, the Three Wise Men brought gifts to the infant Jesuson the 12th day after his birth. The tradition of Santa Ciaus filling children's stockings with gifts is not quite so ancient but, according accord-ing to legend, did start about 16 centuries ago. At that time a Turkish bishop was known for his great charity. According Accord-ing to one story, he took pity on a man too poor to provide a dowry for his daughters and dropped gold pieces into the girls' stockings hung up by the fire to dry. According to another, gold fell by accident into a poor child's drying stocking when the bishop was on a charitable chari-table errand. It is believed that the custom of hanging stockings for presents originated in Germany Ger-many and was brought to the New World by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam, who also brought America the Left Until Christmas WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22, 1976 tory Of Stockings A CHRISTMAS stocking full of delicious surprises is as exciting today as it was 100 or 1 .600 years ago. concept of Santa Claus. Many modern American parents are pleased to have Santa fill their children's stockings with enjoyable and nutritious Baby Ruth and Rutterfinger snack bars that help give children the quick energy they need in their active lives. Parents and children chil-dren also appreciate Planters Peanuts in stockings since they are rich in protein. Many children in Europe don't hang stockings at all. Instead, they set out shoes. In the morning the good children's chil-dren's shoes are' found filled with sweets and other gifts, those of the bad children with ashes, sticks or coal. |