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Show n 467 Press ' ssnrlt East Third ; Couth 841H i Pioneers open season against Money shortage affects school district decisions Gary Keetch honored by PTA ...see page West Jordan ... see editorial on page 3 . . Vol. 5 No. 33 .see page 8 Thursday, August 25, 19K3 50 J XJ' 'z u ' 4 e. IT cents a single copy r APw I She may not be the usual version "Miss America" but Merrill, Chris and Brent Fox think C Alivan r j i z...,, L m .. ;:i;:Vr' lnr. 4 i ' - - v."--- u- , fc . . 7 ;.:rv !t y,; - - tests the water as she and her sister Lorrie, 6, mix some with the bounce of a backyard trampoline to come up with some cool fun. Kristi Fox, I non-residen- 3-- doors Monday. The law recognizes foreign exchange students and approved foster programs as being exempt from the tuition requirements, but it will apply to students living with relatives, such as grandparents or uncles, who aren't the student's legal guardians. The law was passed by the 1983 session of the Utah Legislature in an effort to save money now being spent by Utah taxpayers to educate children whose parents don't live in the state and don't pay taxes here As a provision of the law, school districts will no longer receive state funds for the students who are not legal residents of the state. "I would guess that outof-statstudents are costing you, the taxpayer, millions of dollars," said Superintendent Clark Cox, who recommended that the six waiver requests be denied. . " ndx non-reside- family problems. One girl has been living with an aunt in the district since her mother suffered a stroke and became unable to care for her. Her mother lives outside the state. Another young boy has been attending California schools, and his parents indicated that his life would be in danger if he returned to the same schools. He would also be living with relatives in the Alpine 7 case-by-cas- Hunsaker, Executive Director of Bonneville UniServe, said Tuesday although negotiating teams met both Monday afternoon "V ' i I ,Xm Vj&'- - I T and Tuesday morning, "we are no further ahead now than we were three weeks ago." His negotiating team will meet with Alpine Education Association leaders and faculty representatives on Friday to "appraise them of where we are," he said. j law says the board can make the decision. That's our responsibility," Sudweeks said. "I believe that rational people can find a criteria for a decision like this if they need one. Dr. that a Heaps said recommendation could be made by Dr. Cox, who was in a position to make that kind of a decision. All of the board members agreed that they weren't happy about having to make the decision. "It's terrible to have that decided by another body and then handed to us," said Dr. Heaps, explaining the requirements of legislation. Books decision." "But by law we must assess the But in the end it was the district's new fee unless there is a waiver." already strained budget and not the He explained that the law did not emotional nature of the requests give the district the option of not that ruled. charging the fee until a case could "If the dollars are used be heard, but instead requires that someplace, they can't be used the fee be charged until the case is someplace else," Mrs. Williamson heard by the board. explained. ' The new law also places a burden -- See School Board page 3 on the district to determine which . ',L?yjJ I e Teachers have no contract Bob picture page 3 ' 4 . basis. That motion failed for lack of a second. Sudweeks also took issue with Mrs. Williamson's assertion that the district should "grant all or grant none" of the waiver requests. "It's not all or nothing at all ifthe District Others were from broken homes with nowhere to live except with relatives who would take them in but were not legally declared their guardians. Dr. Heaps said the decision was "tearing my heart out," and Board member Nancy Williamson said the decision was "even more difficult that the Junior Great , -- See students aren't residents. ' Highland Elementary Principal Daniel K. Adams pointed out to the board that it is almost impossible to know in some cases if a child is living with his immediate family especially when the child has the same last name as the family that is keeping him. The board charged Dr. Cox with some method of developing verifying student's residency by Monday when school starts. Before the vote against waiving tuition, Dr. Richard Sudweeks moved to form a committee to review the cases and make recommendations on a 1 With school scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 29, it looks as if teachers will be entering their classrooms without a new contract. then travel to Madison, Wis. for the Central Championships and then to Fresno, Calif, for the Western Championships. "We just don't have the time or the expertise to show her properly," Chris said, "that is why we decided to take a partner who's properly qualified to do all the things that have to be done to compete on such a grand scale. But we think we've got something. It's exciting. The animals have to be groomed to perfection, combed and brushed just right and shown in just the right way to stay in the competition." When you visit the Utah State Fair, don't miss seeing Bernice. She's the competitor with black and white beauty spots; she's tall, proud, and she'll probably be wearing a purple rosette designating her a grand champ. At least her proud owners think so. ts The law requires that the district charge tuition to those students unless the board grants a waiver of that tuition on a case by case basis in an orjen meeting. In addition to the six students who made written requests before Tuesday's meeting, five more individuals showed up asking for a waiver before school starts Monday. Tuesday's decision didn't give them much hope. But board members found that students many of the asking for waiver were attending local schools because they literally had nowhere else to go. According to Cox, most of the requests focused on personal and e 36-2- 4 she'll be exhibited at the Eastern Nationals in Harrisburg, Pa. The huge cow and her showman will 7, Board denies tuition waiver to non-reside- nt Majesty Bernice may be a national grand champion. Bernice is a holstein cow with intriguing proportions. She doesn't 36 dimensions, but she have stands tall, has excellent confirmation and gives eight gallons of milk a day. Besides all that she wins contests at fairs and stock shows wherever she competes. She was named Grand Champion in the Junior Class and the Open Class at the Utah County Fair and the Fox family thinks that she will become nationally famous in the immediate future. Chris, who looks too petite and feminine to be a judge of livestock, bought her in Canada when she was just a calf. "I was hoping she'd prove to be as great as was predicted," Chris smiled. An animal fancier from Canada d interest in has purchased Bernice and will show her at the Utah State Fair and from there one-thir- V By MARC HADDOCK In an emotional meeting Tuesday night, the Alpine Board of Education decided it would grant no exceptions to a new law passed ;by the Utah Legislature requiring students in the public schools to pay tuition. In a vote, the board denied ;waiver of the $1,750 tuition to six students who had requested it, and set a precedent for future tuition waiver requests. ' Dr. Richard Heaps, president of the Alpine Board of Education, said the vote was an indication of the board's feelings about waiving the but that the tuition requirement students turned down for waiver Tuesday night could appeal that decision if there was a change in district policy in the future ' The action means that all students in the Alpine School District whose parents or legal guardians aren't residents of Utah will have to pay the $1,750 or stay home when local schools open their j. - - ' -- So long summer.... : Shapely Bernice may be national champion of US a 13 "As it stands now (Tuesday), the teachers will be going to work without a new contract and we will be working on last year's contract with the understanding that our position will be retroactive when a new contract is signed," he said. fiWMMiUffL ...Hello school (p f a- - ring August 29 in Alpine School District. Sego Lily PTA President, Diane Smith, and Principal Carl Mellor have planned many exciting events for the year. Sego Lily students are (L to R) : Lindsey Clark, Mindy Smith, Kimberly Clark, Dustin Smith, Trevor Smith, Caleb Franklin, Krista Peterson, Jared Peterson, Justin Peterson. SCHOOL KKLLS will Pair injured by rampaging bull Fun came to a halt for the Terry Ewells of Lehi and their friends, the Gordon C. Greens of Riverton, who were attending the Utah County Fair in Spanish Fork Wednesday night. Two suffered slight injuries when a bull being unloaded broke loose, raced through a group of people, then attempted to vault over a car. The bull, an Imported Limousin breeding animal from France, was being unloaded by it's owner, Glade Berry of Lehi, when it apparently became frightened by an impatient motorist who was honking his horn to get out of the parking lot. The bull broke loose from a rope and ran through a narrow corridor near the livestock judging area. The 1,200 pound animal ran between Mrs. Leah Green and Gina Marie Ewell knocking Mrs. Green on her back and throwing Gina onto the bumper of a parked car. The bull landed square on the trunk of the next car in the parking lot. Horsemen in the parking area cornered the bull and guided it into a corral. , Mrs. Leah Green, 67, and Gina Ewell, four, wye checked at the first aid trailer at the fair, then reexamined at the American Fork Hospital and released. |