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Show 2. THE Page LEADER-GARLAN- TIMES, July 8, D 1976 An Editorial Opinion Accountability Plan Is A Good Idea THERE ARE SOME cynics who might old fashioned idea that an be paid commensurate should employee with his output has gone the way of ethic. We haven't become that cynical yet, but we'll have to admit that no including ourselvesis going to volunteer gleefully for a situation where the size of his paycheck is determined by someone else's evaluation of him. be measured in exact quantities. claim that the : one-proba- bly YET, WE DON'T think it's really unreasonable to expect someone to measure up to what is expected of an employe. And on the other hand, we're still enough to like the idea that those who go beyond the norm, beyond what is expected ' of them, should be rewarded. jss THE DIFFERENCE between talking about such an "accountability" system as educators prefer to call it and putting it into practice are two different things. It is a much simpler problem to measure the effectiveness of a sales executive, for instance, because it can usually be done in terms of dollars and cents and percentages of increase. But measuring a principal's staff, ability to manage his teaching budget and discipline his studentbody, say, is quite another thing which can't always FINALLY, AFTER the board has come up with a successful, accountability program they should extend it to cover teachers as well as administrators. As for the board members themselves, the voting public will have to act as the final judge of their accountability. 'School Talk' gs. - Time was when thought the A cl .no old jfe dated term "sparking" just meant smooching and holding hands and that kind of harmless stuff done by love sick teenagers. ' Not so! . At least not according to the tale Commissioner Burt was telling us reporters. Course it was all off the record. It seems that when, the Commissioner was a younger man, whenever that was, the county fair one year was ' ; . . sporting a new fangled farm . . . gadget called the electric fence. . .DETERMINATIO- N- Determination is evident in the face of this young cowboy as he Well, as you might conies out of the chute during kids calf riding at the Plymouth Rodeo. If you look close you suppose just from watching how much trouble your own might see a trace of apprehension as well. kids' can get into, it didn't take the boys long to find out that the fence could send a freedom. Where men dare sharp little paralyzing jolt not disagree, there is no through your body "if you were fool enough to grab liberty. It seems that teachers--whethhold of it - but then it in the home or the . . ' - t School Purchasing Based cannot get the company to service it, or it takes parts that must come from the east coast (if you can get them at all) then the down-tim- e of that piece of equipment offsets much of the money saved in the beginning. Central purchasing saves money because of quantity discount and service agreements on quantity. Central purchasing also saves money because of the time element in ordering in, follow-u- p if necessary and the verification for payment... all are expedited more effectively and effici- ently. After the decision to purchase is made, HO orders, are dispatched to the vendors and" the supplies and equipment come to the warehouse. Equipment ordered especially for a given school is inventoried, tagged and delivered... supplies are stored and disseminated as the requisitons come from the schools. On items not housed in the warehouse, schools requisition separately, and if funds are available, or have been previously approved as a budgetary item, they are ordered from the company that can furnish the item for the best price and in the best time factor.. .these items are then shipped directly to, and received ; by the schools. Purchases made for the maintenance and upkeep of the buildings, grounds and bus fleet are made after reviewing bids. Here again, quality plays a role, as do the factors of availability and service... all things that lead to saving money for the district and keeping the budget in line. Needless to say, additional purchases are necessary during the year... even though supply purchases are based on use in a previous year, the amount to be used in a coming year is a "guesstimate" to the best of our ability... an item used to excess last year may have a minimal use this year. When additional purchases are necessary they are purchased, usually from the company who received the bid... at a good price. In years past, a bid price could hold for the duration of the school year, this is not the case now. Prices change almost monthly or even more often. The purchasing system is designed to btvt supplies when needed uvt ni and expedite payment of some. er It's Refreshing To ' ;f Hear, Read Right " Budgets-By Lynn Hailing School purchasing is based on budgets... budgets are based on needs in the schools... and needs in the schools are based on the number of students, staff and the building. Areas involved in purchasing are school supplies, instructional equipment, equipment, custodial supplies and equipment, plumbing and electrical supplies for maintenance and repair, hardware and wood supplies for remodeling and repair, automotive supplies for upkeep and repair of the bus fleet. The purchasing process begins with the determining of amounts of supplies and or needed each by equipment school and them into fitting the district After allocatbudget. ions have been made and quantities determined, bid requests are sent out to all companies in the area who can supply the items needed. After the bids have been received and summarized, the school, people involved are brought in and a decision to purchase is made. On operation and maintenance items, the custodians come in and review the bid and maintenance items are decided by maintenance personnel. In determining the purchase of all items, price is an important factor.. .but of equal importance is the quality of the product or item. When purchasing equipment of any type, the service ; : tpes items is of equal importance to the other , . . supporters insisted on the By Ray M.Hall 'It has been most refreshing during the past weeks to have the opportunity to read and hear about the things that are right about Ameri-ca-t- o have recalled some of the basic tenets of Ameri-- . canism. It has been heartento review the ing, too, history and realize that in spite of so glorious a cause as "freedom" there was neither complete unity nor total dedication to the cause of independence. It is customary to look back with longing at the good old days assuming that those early Americans were of one heart and one mind and that our present situation is virtually hopeless because we have, on most affairs of state, such a diversity of opinion. Not so! If a nation could come into being and survive the bitter differences of the founding fathers, it can survive modern problemcert-anil- 257-55- ' Sale from home repairs. 7 used doors and 12 assort--, ed windows and screens. Call 257-727- for 3 one of the chiefest of these is that opposition is no excuse for quitting. Thomas Paine said it for our time as well as his, "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put proper price1 upon its ; goods,-- "anL it - would be ' strange indeed if so celestial an article as treedom should not be highly rated." s-myriad though they be. How painful it must have been for the idealistic Thomas Jefferson to delete from the Declaration of Independence the abolishment of slavery. He foresaw the agony it would inevitably bring to the new nation, but he could see that if he and his The Gcrbnd Tknts Star-Gaze- We're Open! Step into mi X N. 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So the next time your parents tell you they did nothing worse in their youth harmless than a little sparking, you kids will know mean what they really r. thanks to old ftfucommenf two factors. If you get a good projector at a good price... but when it breaks down you Si, er out- Star-Gaz- er EQUALLY IMPORTANT, the system should provide a means for rewarding those who surpass the standards. It should not reward those who fall short. But it should provide methods and means for such individuals to attempt to educate and train themselves to meet the standards over a reasonable length of time. 5 C"' (J - ' wouldn't kill you or make your hair fall out. Commissioner Burt still has his own hair- -I think. Anyway, it didn't take the boys long to discover also that if two or more boys held hands and one grabbed on to the new electric fence, the guy on the end seem to get an even greater jolt. Star-GazWell, you guessed. didn't even have to tell you. It didn't take long found before the boys themselves strolling hand in hand with the girls in the vacinity of the new electric fence display. The poor unsuspecting girl on the end got quite a jolt, the commissioner admitted. rs RATING AN EMPLOYEE'S efficiency and ability is a difficult task. It is accomplished much easier in the military, for instance, under a more authoritarian system. But even there the system has its critics who argue that the ratings are unrealistic. Any accountability system should have input from as many objective sources as possible and have ample appeal procedures. THAT'S WHY we applaud the Box Elder School Board's decision recently to require that its principals' association come up with an evaluation plan to tie together with the 1977-7- 8 salary package. The decision came largely at the prompting of school board member Winston Benson. -y On often Occasionally, not mind you, but occasionally the Box Elder County find time to set back and just gab with us reporters about the latest joke they've heard or the price of milk or whether the frost got the grain. It was during just such a session the other day that .Commissioner Ted Burt got reminiscing about his love life in his younger days. NEVERTHELESS, it seems that the suspected difficulty of the task has been the block which in the past has really kept the district from seriously considering such a system. It's a difficulty which we think can be surmounted in a serious attempt. We hope it at least gets a chance for experimentation. the-wor- ii - Yes... Co-o- p Gold is dependable, a quality product specially treated against rodents, Insects and rot. Yet Co-o- p Gold Crest costs you less. 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