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Show JORDAN AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR TWO SWIM POOLS Contracts for construction of two swimming pools were awarded Inst Thursday night as Jordan School District Board of Education voted to discontinue the merit study program. pro-gram. A bid opening dale for the new Cottonwood Heights Elementary Schoo also was set for May 21 at 7 p.m. Scott and Beecher, architects, archi-tects, presented final plans at the regular Thursday meeting. Ceneral contracts for both pools were awarded to G. Maurice Rom-ney Rom-ney Construction Co. for the West Jordan and Mt. Jordan junior highs. Low bid on the Mt. Jordan pool was $152,800 and for the West Jordan pool was $155,900. Mechanical contracts were awarded awar-ded to P. L, Neeley Co. for $57,991 at the West Jordan project and Hifeham-Hilton Plumbing and Heating Heat-ing Co. for $59,348 on the Mt. Jordan job. Ashton Evans and Brazier are architects. Work will begin immediately imme-diately as soon as investigations in- dicate bids are free of errors. The board expressed disappoint' ment at the outcome of a recent vote of teachers which showed 235 were opposed to the merit study compared to 206 iu favor. After four years participation in the program, the board felt it would be difficult to carry on an objective objec-tive study with the majority of the teachers opposed to the issue. In other action the board set a bid opening date Monday at 7 p.m. for a six-room addition at Mt. View Elementary School. Commencement exercises for Bingham and Jordan High schools also were established on May 26 and 27, respectively, and closing programs of all junior high schools set for May 25. O |