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Show lis, (i ' v 16 l f;4 I'.' C r v,-- V Jordan Valley Sentinel A' : J) ' VA Continuing The Midvale Sentinel Volume 44, Number 12 Published weekly at 125 W. Thursday, March 24, 1977 Center St, Salt Lake County, Utah by Midvale Sentinel, Inc. Second-clasSubscription rate S6 per year in Jordan School District postage paid at Midvale, Utah. s Boacd Dneairs CDttizemis, - B "-- ma innies scDwoO, 'S ' Ray Hairston, program chairman, looks on as Paul Whetman, Rotary president, and Dewey Bluth, Sandy mayor, present plaque to Leland Cunliffe for his outstanding civic service. Cunliffe and his wife, Freida, accepted the award from the Midvale-Sand- y Rotary club at a luncheon this week. Jordan district slates new school boundaries " Boundary line changes for several elementary schools have been approved by the Jordan Board of Education. The changes affect students attending Midvalley, Crescent, Majestic. West-vale- , Westland, Southland, and the new Monte Vista Elementary. The vote to approve the recommendation was unanimous at Tuesday night's board meeting. The changes are as follows : The 18 students living on Railroad St. will be transfered from Midvalley to Sandy Elementary. All students living between 700 E. and 1300 E. from 10600 S. to 11950 S. will attend the old Draper Elementary until the new school, Sprucewood, is completed. This involves about 186 students. On the west side, about 70 students living east of 1300 W. between 6600 S. and 7800 S. will be transfered from Majestic to South Jordan. About 61 students living east of 1300 W. between 7800 S. and 9400 S. will move from Westvale to South Jordan. Students living west of the Utah and Salt Lake Canal between 6000 S. and 7800 S. will be transfered from Westland to Westvale. Approximately 61 students whose homes are between 7400 S. and 7800 S. from 3200 W. to 2700 W. will be bused from Westland to Westvale. New laws will affect schools, officials say Several bills passed the recent session of the Utah State Legislature that will affect the Jordan School District. Senate Bill 139, the critical and continuing school building fund, appropriated $11.4 million in aid and $1 million for a revolving fund. The money in these funds is to be made available to districts with critical building needs. The exact amount available to Jordan District is not yet known, but officials are hoping for at least enough to build one new elementary school. Also approved was an increase in the Weighted Pupil Unit from $683 to $732. This represents a total 7 percent increase to cover costs of salaries, increments, insurance, heat, lights, and other operating costs. Under this bill, S.B. 353, the district will also receive funding for additional programs, reducing class size, parenthood classes, and property, and utilities, casualty, and liability insurance. The legislature also repealed the minimum limit set for districts that maintained a reserve fund. That minimum had been one percent of the management and operations budget, with a maximum of five percent. S.B. 99 repealed the one percent minimum requirement. Substitute House Bill 84 defines what constitutes a public meeting and sets fourth guidelines for announcing the meetings and spells out when those public meetings can be closed. The district will also move 268 students living between 9400 S. and 11800 S. west of 2200 W. from Westvale to Monte Vista. Another 174 students living in Herriman. Lark, and High Country Estates will be transfered from Southland to Monte Vista. Also attending Monte Vista will be about 100 students who live between 1 1400 and 11800 S. from During the next month, a two man team will be mapping out the lines for a cable tv system in West Jordan. They will be using measuring wheels to measure the city's telephone lines. The cable tv system is being installed by B.F.M. Constructors. In a short meeting Tuesday night, the West Jordan City Council annexed two pieces of property and awarded a sidewalk bid. About 32 acres at 1300 W. and 8600 S. and RM-6- . were annexed and zoned The piece includes a school site owned by Jordan School District. Three acres at 2600 W. and 7485 S. was also annexed and zoned Noland and Son was the apparent low bidder on a sidewalk from 7000 S. to Majestic Elementary. Total bid was for R-1- 0 1700 W. to 2700 W. Students who live south of 11800 S. on Redwood Road will move from Southland to Riverton. Children living in Glenmoor Village w ill also Ik' moved from South Jordan to Monte Vista, along with students living on or west of 2200 W. between 10400 S. and U400S. R-1- $54,200.58. , The council also approved several ditional use permits. Board okays S. Jordan library plans Preliminary architectural plans for the South Jordan Branch library have been approved by the Salt Lake County Library Board. The branch will be located at about 1600 W. and 10400 S. Groundbreaking ceremonies will probably be held in r A 'Art?' con- thus developments, is the Peruvian Park area. The district will avoid double sessions whenever possible, and expects relief in the next few years, he said. "We realize there is overcrowding at Canyon View, but we have to be concerned with everybody in the district, not just your area. We hope you appre- requiring developers to notify people moving into the area that their children would have to be bused. The citizens also expressed concern that the overcrowded conditions were ciate that," Lois Hirschi, board president, said. "There are other areas where the problem is even worse than it is in Cottonwood Heights." Renae Daines, PTA council president from the area, told the board she appreciated the efforts its members were making to meet the needs of the children, and that she did not feel her children were being adversely affected by the problems. She added that she had been in Granite District when it faced similar problems and citizens had "absolutely no say" in what happened. Earl Thurman, administrator of pupil services, recommended to the board that the number one priority area for a new elementary school would be the Peruvian Park area. Second priority should be the West Jordan area, he said. Schedules will have to be modified at Peruvian Park next year. About 400 students can be moved out of Westland and the area can get by next year, he said. The district's projections include about a 4,500 gross increase in the student population for the next few years, he said. In other business, the board voted to name the new high school, Alta High, and appointed Jordan High's Prin. Mont Bishop to be the principal of the new " adversely affecting their children's education. They asked the board to "do something quickly" to be sure their children would get a "fair and equitable education." Superintendent Donald Parr told the group that the district could probably have "survived pretty well" if the assessed valuation had continued to grow. "However, to alleviate the problems we have now, we would have had to stop growth 10 years ago," he said. Mark Wahlquist, board member, said that the group's concern that their children might be on double sessions for 10 years was somewhat unfounded. He said the only area facing double sessions now N The new library will be 10,000 sq. ft., and will include an auditorium, a kitchen which will double as a projection booth, and a "magic carpet" in the childen's area. The branch has been designed to allow for expansion, board members noted. The board also announced that the annual book sale will be held April 14 and 15 at the Granger Branch. About 5,000 discarded books will be sold for 10 cents each, library director, Guy Schuurman, announced. A 7- I i vi m v ' ,. Elmo Turner was appointed as the new principal for Monte Vista Elementary and Dale Ahlberg will be principal at Sprucewood. The board also agreed to consider selling 15 acres of land at 7000 S. and 3200 W. to West Jordan City. The city requested the land for a regional park and flood control project. Councilman Glen Moosman told the board that the city felt joint development of the area would be beneficial to both the city and the district. Councilman Lawrence Hunt explained that there were several subdivisions proposed for the area, including a large tract west fo the airport. c team cops state title DECA State school leaders to see reading project The Brighton High DECA chapter topped the state competition and is preparing for the national contests to be held in April. The team captured 17 first place awards, eight second places, and six thirds. The chapter was also named the outstanding chapter of the year. Jordan High's DECA chapter placed third in the outstanding chapter awards. DECA is a student organization designed to develop leaders in a and distribution, marketing Utah Superintendents of Schools and other top school administrators will gather at Jordan School District Mar. 24 tor a Right to Read seminar, which will include a review of Jordan's reading improvement project, GEMS. The seminar is being held in conjunction with the Utah School Administrator's Conference and is by the Utah State Right to Read Project, the Utah State Department of Public Instruction, and Jordan spokesman explained. ' Jordan's reading course, trophies were among the awards lauded on Bingham High School's State Championship basketball team during last Wed- nesday morning's awards assembly. The assembly capped five days of celebration around Bingham, beginning with the Saturday night, March 12, championship game. After being introduced to an audience of proud parents and appreciative students, staff, and administration, the team heard from N. J. Tullos of the school's admin- istration. . Tullos thanked the team for the example they set and for helping unite the studentbody. Each of the coaches; assistants Keith Chappel and Lee Jensen and head coach, George Sluga, each took time to address the team and audience. Sluga called the 15 man squad "the best group of team indivdiduals" he has ever coached, thanking them for working together to achieve their goal. The school was officially made the recipients of the Region Five trophy by Tooele High principal and Utah High School Activities Association board member, Paul F. Sykes. Fred Roberts, the team's 6'8" center and one of the two captains, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team and the school. The State 3--A I' v'f ' ' i1 f , ? t ': ) - ;' . ,, . ' ' - r t ' ." - i ' , i i, ; , 1 i ; , - ' - - i V A ; j .- , ' ' iii s i 'j V" - f (,1,. , ; ; l - ' 1 , A . ' . ; r Tournament trophy was presented to Bingham By Del Schick, of the Utah High School Activities Association and principal of Hillcrest High, and was accepted by senior team captain, Kelly Josie. A short slide presentation depicting each member of the team in action at the State tournament concluded the nt assembly. ? . improvement project has been gaining attention in the state and elsewhere because of the significant improvement in reading ability that has been shown in students on the GEMS reading program . The Jordan project was among 21 reading projects to receive federal Right to Read funding for staff development in 1975-7and is one of the few projects to receive a continuing grant this year. iptreseirated to EJniniglhiainrQ Flowers, cakes, kisses, and t k School District. . of Several hundred homes are expected to be developed within one half mile of the school site, city officials said. They told the district that both a park and a school will be needed in the area in the next few years. The board will consider the request. s are shown with their contribution to the Sandy Firemen's Association rummage sale to be conducted Saturday, Mar. Sandy Fourth Ward In to the 5 9 from picture are Shiityn Holt, RoxAnne Holt, Rachel Parry, Cherrie Hyde, Karen Rager, Heather Wagstaff, Raeleen Oliphant 26, p.m. Laura Vance. Also pictured are firemen, Dave Jensen, Dennis Scroggin, and Russ Hansen. and Guenon are Teachers Joyce Brighton High ' school. May. 3-- A Workers map lines for W. J. cable tv West Jordan approves annexations had made that statement at a meeting the citizens' group had with the county commission on Mar. 2. She also quoted Hutchinson as saying that the county could also "redline" The School Board heard presentations by the Cottonwood Heights Concerned Citizens Committee and the West Jordan City Council, named the new high school, listed priorities for areas needing new elementary schools, and approved several property deals at Tuesday night's meeting. The board agreed to hold its next meeting, which is scheduled for April 12, at Butler Jr. High. At that time, the board will meet with citizens of the area to discuss the best alternatives for relieving overcrowding in those schools. Representatives of the group and Ray Whittenburg, administrator of support services for the district, reported to the board that county commissioners Bill Hutchinson and Pete Kutulas had indicated the county was willing to work with the school district in controlling growth. Myrna Hutchings told the board that if the school board would come to the county commission and state that the school district is overcrowded or built to capacity, the county could put a temporary moritorium on building in the area. She said Commissioner Hutchinson pirDQDCDpaDs si i 1 I j f I i I ' j ir l j! I I j I I I I j if, A a; v ' ' I !, adBingham High head basketball coach, George Sluga, addresses studentbody, staff, morlast team State basketball Wednesday his 1977 and Champion during ministration, ning's award assembly. Sluga called this year's squad "the best group of team individuals" he's 3-- coached. |