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Show EDUCATION The Park Record. Editor: Bubba Brown education@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.118 PCSD SEEKS FEEDBACK ON START TIMES CHANGES The Park City School District is seeking community feedback about school start times. According to a press release, the survey takes just a few minutes, and the information will be given to the Park City Board of Education, which for several months has been considering changing school start times to better accommodate the learning habits of adolescents. The survey is offered in both English and Spanish and is available on the district’s website, pcschools.us. The website also has more information about why the district is considering a change. The deadline to take the survey is May 21. TMJH HAS COMMUNITY COUNCIL OPENINGS The Treasure Mountain Junior High School is looking for parents to fill three openings on its community council, which meets about eight times a year and is tasked with establishing school goals and managing the school’s state land trust program. According to a newsletter, nomination forms can be found on the community council tab of the school’s website, tmjh.pcschools. us. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominations must be delivered to the school’s principal, Emily Sutherland, by June 9. If more than three nominations are received, an election will be held in August. www.parkrecord.com Friends of the Summit County Library is set to hold a series of used book sales to help fund library programs. According to a Summit County Library newsletter, patrons will be able to buy a bag full of books for as little as $15. The first sale is scheduled for June 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Coalville branch. The following three are set for the Kimball Junction branch: June 8, from 5 to 8 p.m.; June 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and June 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A-7 WED/THURS/FRI, MAY 10-12, 2017 Celebrate! Park City’s educators honored Excellent Educator Awards show support for teachers By BUBBA BROWN The Park Record If Mark Etheridge had any doubts about how much his students love him, they were quieted last month. Etheridge, a longtime kindergarten teacher at Trailside Elementary School, was one of eight educators in the Park City School District honored April 28 during the Park City Education Foundation’s annual Doilney Excellent Educator Awards. In celebration, Etheridge’s students, elated their teacher had won, mobbed him in a group hug that dragged him to the ground. Afterward, he said he was grateful for the hug -- and for being recognized as one of the best educators in the district. The awards are voted on by each school’s staff, so the honor was particularly meaningful for Etheridge, who has taught in Park City for 24 years. “It was a great honor,” he said. “It meant a lot to me to be recognized by my peers and colleagues and the education foundation. I take my work really seriously and it’s important to me, and I do my best, so to have your peers recognize you is a great honor. I work with Please see Educator, A-8 FRIENDS OF LIBRARY TO HOLD USED BOOK SALE STUDENT BOOK SHOWS ITS VALUE, A-9 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Trailside Elementary School kindergarten teacher Mark Etheridge is tackled to the ground with hugs from his students after being announced as the school’s Park City Education Foundation Doilney Excellent Educator Award recipient at a ceremony April 28. Students join effort to purchase prized open space TMJH club raises more than $1,500 to protect Bonanza Flats By BUBBA BROWN The Park Record Students in Park City are getting behind the effort to purchase Bonanza Flats. Members of the Treasure Mountain Junior High School National Junior Honor Society recently raised more than $1,500 that will be donated to Utah Open Lands for the effort. The nonprofit Utah Open Lands is working with Park City and other entities to secure enough money for the city to buy Bonanza Flats, a parcel of prized open space in Wasatch County that could be slated for development if the effort fails. Megan McKenna, adviser for the National Junior Honor Society, said the students were eager to get involved. They understand the significance of preserving Bonanza Flats, which is a popular spot for recreation is vital as a watershed and habitat for wildlife. “For a lot of them, they were surprised that it wouldn’t always be there,” she said. “For a lot of us in Park City, that’s such a special place, Please see TMJH, A-8 QUALITY WINDOWS & DOORS on 5 or more installed Save $500 replacement windows or get 12 Months No Interest Financing W.A.C. Featuring ULTREX® 8x Stronger than Vinyl with Better Efficiency and Durability Vinyl ULTREX® Vinyl vs. Infinity Vinyl windows can arrive with messy welded corners, Infinity windows arrive wirh clean mechanically bonded corners Finish Comparison The Ultrex coating system resists the harshest weather conditions; a claim our competitors can’t match See It All In One Place! Visit our new showroom with Utah’s most complete selection from top manufacturers like Marvin Windows & Doors. 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