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Show Free Press - Thursday, September 1, 1983 - Page 2 school Free Press will miss Year-roun- d contribution of Loveridges deserves thought Monday morning a familiar breeze wafted through the town as mothers stood on the doorstep, watching their children return to school, and uttered a collective sigh of relief that rustled the leaves on almost every tree. We feel that breeze every year about this time. It's one of many results of the familiar, pattern that dominates the life of our young people. It back to the time when most people lived on the farm and goes children were needed during the spring, summer and autumn to make the farm successful. The winter months were less hectic, leaving time for school. Our society is no longer agrarian, but the pattern has stayed pretty much the same, and we plan our vacations and activities around the school year. But while that pattern has been generally accepted, it's created a lot of problems that are becoming more accute as money to educate those children becomes more scarce. For one thing, it's leaves million dollar school buildings vacant for a fourth of the year not a very efficient use of dollars. taxpayers It's also created a problem for teachers who find themselves looking for work every summer. It's getting harder and harder to find qualified teachers who are willing to take a job that guarantees them they'll be out of work three months every year. And since our society no longer has a need for every available hand on the farm, the schedule leaves a lot of children with too much free time in the summer. As housing for students in the Alpine School District becomes more critical, the Board of Education is going to have to look for alternatives that will provide more classroom space. One alternative is the satellite classroom. There are a lot of them next to the American Fork Junior High right now. Another alternative that will have to be faced sooner or later is school, an idea that is being noised about Utah more and more. A member of the Salt Lake Board of Education, Wayne Evans, released a statement last week pointing out the values of schools. It's a plan every parents should consider C Spots better believe It v. ; 'fis ? nine-months-i- n, year-roun- d year-roun- d carefully. The plan divides the teaching year into 17 three-weemodules. Students then attend 12 of the modules which would put them in school for about 180 days a year. That's how much they attend now. Vacation time, rather than coming in one h block, would be divided into four three-wee- k k an activity, debate meet, or play, FFA news or else that was of imto the students at Iehi High School. She's photographed students before school, after school and on Saturdays, whenever it was convenient and all the students in a group could be present. I'd hate to count the phone calls she's made trying to line up the people for a picture. And, if the picture wasn't taken it was not because of Edna's negligence, it couldn't have been. She's one of the most diligent and hard working people I know. We're trying to get along without her but it isn't easy. I'd better stop now before I start to bawl. Gosh, the loveridges were reporting before I ever started with the paper ! Edna has a new church assignment. She will be the new stake Relief Society president and after all, you can spread your wings out just so far! I'm proud of her and know that she will fulfill her new calling with all the diligence one person can muster. And with Leo helping out, why that pair is invincible! Edna and Leo seldom got bylines. They remained anonymous as far as most readers were concerned. They were doing a job for their community, their church and their school, not because of any reward they expected for themselves. Their service was a very generous effort, and I want them to know how very much the people of to report musical anything portance By BKTTY FOWLER The past month has wrought some changes at the Free Press. First of all, Edna and leo Ixweridge have retired from active service with the paper. Thank goodness they will continue to write special reports and do some free lance writing for the paper, but after all these years they've decided that they need a rest from the rigors of weekend, night, and early hour reporting and photography. It's been so easy to say, "Well, call Edna. She'll take your picture, or let Edna know when its convenient for you." We seldom said, "She'll take the picture at her convenience! They've been so willing and so diligent about school and church reporting,, and. they've also filled up all the spaces in between when a story needed to be told. It's been wonderful to have such reliable and considerate people helping out. And, when they couldn't arrange their schedules to take a photography assignment, they'd ask Mark to do it. jr Many is the time they've been present to take action shots at fires and accidents. You seldom find that kind of dedication nowadays, and even though we failed to tell them so, we truly appreciated what they did for the paper. There were very few activities at the school that escaped the attention of Edna. She faithfully reported all the honors that have been reaped by the students of Iehi High School and never did she fail ' 7 A mm, Cs i , notes at one of many public meetings. The Leo Loveridge for the countless hours of service and will miss their weekly contributions to Lehi news. EDNA LOVERIDGE-tak- es Free Press thanks Edna and student, has returned to BYU. She was interning with Newtah and we all benefited from her cheerful our community will miss them and talents in reporting and photographing life in Lehi. It will be a very difficult chore to replace them. And, to cap the climax, Gina Caldwell, our BYU journalism their personality and fresh new approach to the news. It was fun to have Gina help out. three-mont- periods. The plan allows teachers to teach the traditional 180 days, or to teach year round, eliminating the problem of summer unemployment. They would be paid for the number of modules they taught. Evans says the plan would make it possible to reduce the number of teachers needed to run the schools by as much as 23 percent, "after a period of attrition," making it possible for school district to be more selective in hiring practices. school would also offer higher teacher The salaries, attracting a lot of potential teachers who decided' against a teaching career because of the low pay. Under the plan, classrooms will be used 51 weeks or 255 days a year, 40 percent more than they are used now relieving a lot of the pressure on local school buildings and cutting building costs. The program isn't perfect. Schools would have to be air conditioned. Jiiven more cumcuit, the public would have to come to accept the plan. But schooling is an idea whose time is coming faster than most of us realize. The rapidly growing Alpine School District would be an ideal schools. Housing in many of place to test the idea of the schools is already inadequate, and the district has admitted that there simply is no more money to build the schools that are year-roun- d year-roun- d year-roun- d needed. It may be time for the Alpine District to conduct a test program schools isn't the answer to some of the to see if problems facing local education. After all, the state's poorest district in dollars per student would be an excellent testing ground for a program designed to make the most efficient use of the resources the district has. year-roun- d letters to the editor Dollar sign blinds educators handicap, race, sex and etc. As a Editor: former I have just finished reading about the Alpine School Board's decision students requiring all to pay $1,750 yearly tuition. I will not take the time or space to tell of my disgust about such a ruling but I would like to point out to our California elementary teacher, I ; have gladly ;paid jy-( property tax for the past ijve years, knowing that a large part of it went to educate other people's children. I have done this without complaining because I know that this is the best way to build a sound and secure future for us all. I might remind our "Educators" that the grandparents, aunts and etc., in whose homes these children reside, have been paying taxes to educate other people's children for more years than most of them have "Educators" that they are letting the dollar sign blind them from seeing the real purpose and goals of educating our young people. I was always told that the purpose of education was to provide the best education possible for every child, regardless of their mental ability, been in education. regret is that I wasted years getting a teaching My only five credential instead of pursuing a Law Degree so that I would be able to challenge this new ruling in the courts. My only hope is that someone with such a degree will read this article. -- Maxine Nelson Lehi, Utah Editor's Note: The decision to require nonresident students to pay tuition was made by the Utah Legislature, not by the Alpine Board of Education. As a result of the 1983 law, the district will not deceive state fan- students who ding for attend School in 'the district. The amount of that, funding is in the range of the $1,750 tuition figure the board had decided to charge nonresident students. The school board's decision was not to charge tuition, but to not waive tuition for those students. The board felt that waiver could force local taxpayers to pick up a disproportionately large amount of the costs to educate -- " those children. " What's happened to the Lehi Booster Club? Editor: the high school would not even join but were willing to take and, yes, sometimes request help from this newspaper carried a plea from the organizations. coaches for the Lehi Boosters to Why can't these worthy students rally and help support the various rally together and find fund raisers football teams in town. As I read it I to help them? When the Boosters recalled a Booster Club at the high had their various fund raisers it was school that has lent support to many hard to" get (tie -- teachers to back of the various functions at the high . them up let "alone get student school. What has happened to this participation. Sounds like the old fine organization? Has it been de- adage of "biting the hand that feeds " When you" or "cutting off your nose to regulated into some it was operable teachers at spite your face." To the Coaches and Cheerleaders: A letter last week in this ; I understand that cheerleaders were elected to represent the different teams during the year. I don't understand why they can vote on which teams and what games they wish to represent. I didn't hear of the football players taking a vote to see if anyone wanted to play their game this week. This is because they are committed and dedicated to their decision of playing football. Come on girls! If you don't want to cheer and represent your school at EVERY game be it football, - basketball or wrestling why don't you give someone else the opportunity that will be. more dedicated to their elected position. This is an honor! YOU represent your school. The student body voted for you, why not let them vote if you shouldn't be at this week's game and all of the others hereafter. The players, whoever they might be, deserve and need the support of the cheerleaders, student body and the Lehi Boosters. Name withheld upon request r ' : S0' ' low no matter where vou're headed for a dav of outdoor fun or home for on easy summer meal just stop Lhicken McNuggets! at McDonald s and say, Then get ready for some mighty big enjoyment. For a limited time only, we'll give you a jumbo 32 02. Chicken McNuggets you COKE FREE with each buy. So stop by soon and often. 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