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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 30-June 1, 2018 The Park Record Board gives go-ahead for fences Project is expected to cost more than $300,000 CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record Following a year of discussions, the Park City School District will move forward with its plans to install fences at all of the elementary schools. The Park City Board of Education recently approved the fencing recommendation at each of the schools, a project that is expected to cost a total of $306,532. Each of the schools will have fences along the perimeter. Petra Butler, a member of the Board, said that the district plans to install the fences as soon as possible. According to a district document, the fence plans were determined in collaboration with Cole Smith, a safety consultant from Tresit Group, Riley Peck from the Division of Wildlife Services, Homeland Security, the Park City Police Department, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office and community members. Continued from A-7 Graduates reflect in ceremony ny, Lair, Lydia Farmer and Mylee Snyder read “class memories,” which were stories about their classmates they collected from kindergarten to senior year. Kaitlyn Adair, who gave the first student speech, said that each of the students had impacted each other during their time in school, which she said not to forget. “We all became a part of each other’s books,” she said. “These last 12 years have been one of our longest and most important chapters in our lives. We have learned, Butler said that the fences are intended to improve the safety of the schools. They will be used to keep students in, since some try to leave during the school day, and to keep strangers out. Plus, they will help to keep some wild animals out of the school property, such as moose or elk. There was some pushback from parents and community members when the Board first suggested installing fences last fall. But Butler said that, given the nationwide push for increased security at schools, there has recently been less resistance. Kelly Manning, who was on the fencing committee for Trailside Elementary School, said that the Board has been good at listening to community members’ concerns. Her children attend the school and she also lives along the line the fence will run. One of the main issues that she and her neighbors had about the fence was its appearance. A chain link fence will be installed around the majority of the perimeter of Trailside Elementary, but the Board is still working on selecting a different fence style for sections that border homes. “When we first met in October, it was a really negative meeting,” Manning said. “I think both sides were really unhappy as we left that meeting. But since that time, we have come together as a community and have agreed on the fence project.” She said that she is glad that the Board is doing what it can to keep students safe, because she said that there is a large elk herd that lives by the school. The other schools will have chain link fences that will be a minimum of five to six feet in height. At Parley’s Park Elementary School, the district plans to add about 400 feet of sidewalk across the field in order to have safe access year round. The fence line at McPolin Elementary School will be moved back to the property line in order to create an additional 28,000 square feet of playground. In order to do that, crews will need to move a nearby berm back, which is expected to cost $80,000. Butler said that the berm needs to move because the top soil in the area is contaminated. A small, six-foot chain link fence will be added to Jeremy Ranch Elementary School. The funds for the project are coming out of the 2017-2018 budget, Butler said. changed and accomplished. We have become who we are with the help of each other.” Farmer and Lair said that they would miss their class, which they said was diverse in its interests but discovered commonalities. “We have so many different personalities but we find a way to still love each other,” Lair said before the ceremony. Montana Descamps, another student, said that he felt “a little bit of everything” about graduating. “It’s a big, new start and a big change,” he said. “I’m excited to leave but feeling weird that the majority of these kids I’m probably going to never see again.” He plans to attend college and pursue a degree in biology. Wade Woolstenhulme, principal of the high school, has watched many of the students change and mature over time. He was the majority of the graduates’ principal during both their middle and high school years. He told the graduates during the ceremony that he was proud of what they had accomplished because he knew how far some of them had come. He advised them to strive to do what is best and to have courage for what is ahead. Alexia Daugaard, who plans to study clinical psychology at Southern Utah University, said that she is a little scared to face what is to come because she knows that there are a lot of decisions that she will need to make in the next couple of years. “It’s a huge change, and I’m mostly excited,” she said. But Woolstenhulme also said that it is “all right to fail,” a theme that was repeated throughout the ceremony. Speakers Emely Arauz and Isaac Henry touched on that message as they spoke. “Don’t make the mistake of living someone else’s life,” Arauz said. 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