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Show Single Copy 25' 1 Changes Due In Midvale Ordinances Concerning Campaign Sign Disposal ft by RayFries8 Green Sheet Staff Writer MIDVALE. The city council here will make some changes in city ordinances regarding the use and display of campaign signs requested by the mayor, who has complained that some of the rules on the books may be unconstitutional or infringe on a candidate's rights of free speech. One of the more high profile changes is expected to be one that will allow candidates to retrieve, for a fee, wayward signs that are plucked from spots they do not belong in. Presently, signs that are found to be erected in the wrong places are being pulled up and thrown away. Mayor Everett Dahl, to the fact that pointing candidates often pay large sums for campaign signs, suggested incorporating a provision that will allow city regulators to remove the signs and take them to city hall where they will be stored. If a candidate wants to retrieve the signs, he or she will have to pay a $1 fee per sign. Mayor Dahl also asked for a provision relating to real estate signs, sometimes found in the wrong spots. "Because they are often buried more deeply, I would like to see a $5 retrieval fee imposed." Another change that has been already implemented informally deals with the park strip, the area between the sidewalk and the curb in front of a home. Because that strip is actually public property, it is, technically, illegal to put up a sign for a candidate in that area. Mayor Dahl said Tuesday night he has instructed that instead of having the signs removed and discarded, the sign be removed and placed on the homeowner's it W - .4 A Kiotb3 Uc UH1 Go GRAVE UNDERTAKING ... KJdveie actor Dnw Steele'e motive are "transparent" a he prepare to celebrate HcSoween on Uon ne.borfcooda that dy. He and irm ef 3fcutt;ee wtt be vta&ng not hopafuSy Sete repeat hEa aap tvww'rj b m;,;! cfmctt, RaJph Coif aa-a- :: f fof . cscssJon. (Crean CJwet jchoto-raptskan at mJJa'ht en Friday fte 13 bi &tr:",z -:".jry it OT a (feeble expoaure. O.Ca appararttfy fcrey Cy fc to reveal IS aaeret, caiSn) It an exampie ef ;i.-zi';" rt3it.!a sUe "trickHrad" har -jie r.5i fyO " ' ? lawn. ' To will-b- e be eliminated from the books a provision reauirimz a candidate to receive a permit from the city police chief before handbills are distributed. The council also dealt with a number of other proposed changes and additions to city ordinances Tuesday night The council next week is expected to take up and pass ordinances establishing guidelines for billiard halls, pool halls, bagatelle halls, escort, dating and marriage services. In another ordinance matter, the council is expected to pass a measure that will require to reimburse the city a certain amount if the police department has to repeatedly send out an officer to maintain the peace or quiet at any party. In other matters, the council voted to terminate the city employees whole life insurance policy A Jordan District was recognized Tuesday Erogram Dept. of Education for its excellence in the way students are instructed in the area of vocational education. Dr. Kay ; Wright, assistant of educational administrator services for the U.S. Dept. of Education, presented the Secretary's Award for Outstanding Vocational Education Programs to Business Advanced the ComputerManagement Training Program at the Jordan Technical Center in ceremonies before the Jordan Board of Education. Teacher Renee Pay, principal John Taylor and vocational education director Scott Olsen received the award, which is one of the nation's highest for educational excellence. The bottom line is this program changes students' lives," Pay told Dr. Wright and members of the board. "It gives them a head start both in their careers and in their college education." Wright told the board the award was presented "for what I like to call the Three Rs Reward, She pointed out that teams from 38 states and New. Zealand have been researching - Jordan's program, and six states have already adopted similar models in their own systems. Each year the Secretary's Award goes to fewer than a dozen programs in the nation which are selected from among hundreds of District Jordan applicants. received one of ten awards presented throughout the nation this year, competing with other programs in Utah, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. ' The award standards are stringent. The merits of the Jordan Tech Center program were validated through a inspection made by experts in the fields of business, employee training and placement, and business education. Pay demonstrated for 'the validation team how the program integrates basic math, science and problem-solvin- g skills in a businesscomputer training program. She verified that the program prepares students for the job market by teaching skills that are for demand in currently sophisticated computer ' equipment The validation team was also shown how the program who students are handicapped or who have special needs, and how the program dovetails with university courses. The program is patterned after an actual business. Advanced business students from each of the district's six high schools spend three hours a day at the Tech Center. The teacher is the "employer," and the students are party-give- rs and instead apply the premiums to a new $75,000 term policy that will be cheaper. The change follows a survey of city who indicated a employees willingness to go along with the decision. The council also voted to convert to a 5th and 20th pay period for city employees. '... 7 JSD Receives Vocational Ed Award SANDY. . six-ho- ur on-si- te - Recognition and Replication." The award recognizes excellence in teaching, gives teachers a "pat on 'the back" when they need it, and offers models for other districts throughout the nation for .developing similar programs. serves "employees." the During the program, students receive 400 hours of hands-o- n training on three levels of computer hardware. They learn electronic spreadsheets, database management, queryretrieval, time management, telecommunications and three different word processing packages. These business graduates typically move directly into computer-relatejobs or continue their studies at the university level with 16 college credits already earned. d In recent months, Pay and the Business Training Program have also earned two other national recognitions. In May, the program was one of 12 protop vocationaLeducation the at showcased grams convention of the National Assn. of State Directors of Vocational Education. Advanced Jordan District Is In Comol lance With State Occupancy Requirements SANDY. The Jordan School District is in compliance with the "70 percent state's occupancy law" in all of its facilities. That is what the Jordan Board of Education was told Tuesday night when the Effective Building Utilization Compliance Report for school year was the 1988-8- 9 Sanders presented by Drs. Devon ' and Earl Stuker. Sanders pointed out that a law passed by the state legislature in 1987 requires that all school buildings in the state be operated at 70 percent or more of capacity e criteria based on established by the state Office of Education. Through extensive discussions with that body, Jordan and other districts which could have been impacted by the law were able to to the .regulation amend multieliminated hallways, purpose rooms, auditoriums and school within other spaces buildings not actually used for instruction from the computation. Several other changes were also made in the state's interpretation of the law which can benefit districts facing different student housing problems than those in Jordan, he noted. Sanders also pointed out that a teacher-statio- n formula, which square-footag- requires 80 percent utilization, is also now in place which works out even better as far as Jordan District schools are concerned. Under the previous interpretation, some Jordan elementary schools might have been found to be out of compliance because large spaces such as multipurpose rooms added significantly to the square footage of some buildings. Schools which are found to be out of compliance with the law or districts face loss of state funds and insurance for utilities coverage, "a significant loss of, dollars in an already tight budget," Sanders said. Stuker noted that it was to the district's advantage to compute capacity of secondary schools by using the square footage formula and pointed out that Bingham middle school could have run up against the law even under that method of computation once the new South Jordan middle school ; opens its doors. While currently Bingham houses students at more than 130 percent capacity, student population there is expected to drop below the 70 percent cutoff point once the new school is open. Under the new interpretation, the fact that Bingham is more . . Initiative C Conclusion (Uth) of a . SALT LAKE. Much la sris been written on the impact of tie tax liralttSon - and tax rollladt iniiUv?i on . the November billet. A tvird "myttcryirive" kil, rcivad rekSvely UtUa " attsntdon. XrJtiitive C, the "Utih -fr-i-ly Chcdca in Education Act,- c.;r tax credit for parent who enroll students in private t&ooli or ttxzh thssi at hecaa. E:r;i on CT-nd- xl fcnpsct cf litrzzn. (3.5 csdd r;;ult tUon to U teSSSm f:zr txx creiU cL'nivzix Cii irJ'iativa - a rcinirre tnour.t when compared to the (223.7 million total impact daisrad for than eight miles from the closest similar facility in this case Joel P. Jensen middle school that building would be exempt under the new regulations. Midvale middle school, he noted is currently at just over 76 percent capacity and recommended that the board might consider making some adjustments in the student to future keep in there agreement populations with the law. school is Bingham high currently at just over 71 percent capacity, but reassured the board that demographics in the area indicate several hundred additional students will be housed there in the near future which should insure compliance. the teacher station Using method, most district elementary schools were found to be at more than 90 percent capacity, he explained, with a few in the district's northeast section in the high 80s. He said there should be no problem in meeting compliance standards in the future if the new regulations stay in effect. Every school district in the state must assess compliance with the "70 percent occupancy law" on Oct 1 each year, with reports due to the State Office of Education by Nov. 1, he noted. Choice Family thraa - - V 1 Ml 3 Squeeze Play FARMER SANDWICH . . . Jordan Including Matt Heapa (44), put the hit on ball carrier, Jarring the ball looae near the la Education tax measures. while tax credits for students in Firm figures are more elusive eoiMXffinng. this initiative &an either Of the other two. Statistics on how many famiBjss chooee private or home school options are sketchy at best Around 8,000 students are estimated to be attendir.2 private schools in Utah, with no reliable figures avsiltble for thtss in home schools, la edition, there is no wty to families would preset how many teke advanta-- s of it if it were to "; Most cnalysts on both sides of the issue tree, however,; the Cnancisl impact of Initiative C would be minimal. Under provisions of Initiative C, The Tussle Over Taxes: a tax credit not to exceed CO percent ef the Weighted Pupil Disaster Or Salvation? Unit (VTU) would be allowed for students in the primary grades, eJ thft Ralph II, CeJf GrH&lmtt(t Write Jby . Act tack-ler- a, Beet- - digger bench. The two teams engaged in a spirited contest Thursday with Jordan finally breaking away for a 22-- 6 win. - Termed A Oyotery Measure secondary schools would be increased to an amount not to exceed 60 percent of the WPU. The WPU is currently set at $1,204 per child. Using this figure families could receive $602 for each child enrolled in elementary school (grades ) and $722 for each child in secondary school The reasoning for (grades the different amounts is based on the presumption it costs more to educate older children than those in the elementary grades. stress parents Supporters should have a choice as to how children are educated. State Sen. a longtime Bill Barton supporter of education reform through choice, was joined by other supporters at a press conference at the State Capitol last week to announce the formation of Utahns for Choice in Education (UCE), which supports education to contact UCE at the write 3 or passage of Initiative C. Barton UCE ; "a organization at 3940 W. 4100 called asso- South, West Valley City, Utah ciation of individuals and groups 84120. that support improved learning in Backers of the initiative point all areas of education through out Utah spends about $2,300 per increased parental choice." Hit child per year from all sources -views are typical of those who. property tax, income tax and other state and federal funds. By support the initiative. "By giving parents the choice allowing a tax credit to parents offered in Initiative C, we will who choose to send children to allow them even greater choice in private schools, the remainder selecting the program best suited currently spent on that child for their children's needs. At the could presumably be used to same time it will take pressure off support the public education the public system and generate system. money which can b used in While admitting the financial surecrt of public eirrxtion. It impact of Initiative C would be will also generate a crxll amount far less than . either A or B, of competition thit will be initiative opponents point out this measure could have, serious healthy for all of education." Barton urged Ut&hns interested in working for parental choice in Continued on page 3 968-246- non-partisa- n, , K-6- non-sectari- . . - (R-WV- ' ' |