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Show 6 - TARDY TIMES - AUGUST 1992 SCHOOLS, Cont. from Page 4 schooling choices here in CV. He expressed hope for a future public elementary school in the valley. Although he was unable to give me any figures, the opening of a public school would most likely be based upon a considerable population increase. (At one time there were two school buses from CV to Moab, now there is only one). Dr. Averett also referred to homeschool successes in remote areas of California. He feels that “a lot depends on family cohesiveness.” He is con— cerned about whether home—school parents have the tenacity to oversee their children’s work and skills to provide the instructional guidance needed. Home schooling is currently the fastest growing educational movement in the United States. (In many other countries of the world it is outlawed.) Families all around the country have formed organizations and support groups. They are developing local seminars, educational workshops, and newsletters. Every state has its own association to educate parents and other interested adults, providing useful information ranging from state laws to annual educational workshops. (The 1992 Utah Home Education Association conference took place in June.) In Grand County, home-schoolers are beginning to organize, with the fourth monthly home-schoolers meeting scheduled for August 18th at Red Rock Elementary, Room 11,4 p.m. The guest speaker will be Margaret Hopkin, principle of Red Rock Elementary. Here in Castle Valley, educational workshops offered to local children this summer will continue throughout the school year for home—schoolers. Active participation in our children’s education can only improve it, whether through presence in a child’s classroom, through pressure on Fairness and Zoning At the last Town Council meeting the question of fairness and the enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance was raised. A good question, since we all know that none of the FDA Covenants are being enforced and only some parts of the Zoning Ordinance are being followed. The Zoning Ordinance regulates many things, ranging from wrecked cars and junk in yards, to types of business activities allowed, to setbacks of houses from streets and property lines, to number of residences that can be built on a single lot. It provides for many types of home business activities that won’t hurt neighbors and provides a mechanism to prevent these that could cause harm. When certain parts of a document like the Zoning Ordinance are being enforced more than others, it this fair? Is the whole Ordinance invalid if only some sections are being enforced? With any set of laws, some portions are usually deemed more important than others. Take an extreme example: murder is prosecuted much more vigorously than is jaywalking. In our Zoning Ordinance, we are more concerned with issues which might become long—term community problems than we are about less “perma— nent” problems. For instance, we said no a couple of years ago when it was proposed that Castle Valley become the home of 15 to 20 teenage boys who had been convicted of serious crimes. While an ordinance is not necessarily invalidated just because a portion is not being enforced, what does to violate. Conflict is unavoidable when an Ordinance provision is chosen for enforcement now but hasn’t been enforced in the past. This situation demands that the previously unenforced portion be legally processed and passed again, as if it were a new law, which acknowledges the imponance of community consensus and makes enforcement much less troublesome for everyone. In the spring of ’91 the Town of Castle Valley passed a revised version of its Zoning Ordinance. Since then we have been trying to hold to some of the more important (long—term) parts of this revised version. More effort is directed to preventing new problems than is expended in trying to go back and deal with old, existing problems. A major example of this is our consistent effort to require only one residence per lot. This has been implemented uniformly and fairly. The number of residences per lot is considered a crucial issue here in the Valley, because our future holds much development with its resulting population increases. If we start now to permit more than one house per lot, the result is the same as if we subdivide our lots—we lose the sense of openness and space that most of us treasure here. And traffic and water and sewage problems will be created and aggra— vated in the future. Again, the most important fairness issue is whether or not certain parts of the law are being applied equally to all citizens as new situations arise. A section of the law that is being enforced for one person should also be enforced undermine it is its application to some people but not to others. If we choose to enforce any part of it, that part must be enforced uniformly. You can’t ask for the next. All sections of a set of one person to follow a building enforced sections are uniformly requirement that you allow your friend applied. laws do not have to be enforced with the same. vigor for the law to remain valid and enforceable, as long as the —Jack Campbell the district to get what we want, or through creating our own alternatives. These children deserve our best efforts. ——Jil Kulander Correction: In last month's newsletter article, ”Memories of CV School Days,” the teacher salaryfor LJ'I. at flanyonlanis Llamas the CV. Cooperative Children's Workshop was incorrectly stated as $50. Tuition per child was $50, ANN BENoE bringing the teacher salary up to $550. North. Utah 84552 _ (tint ) 259-5759 ._,,I,;{, . CVSR 1911 |