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Show TOWNS 11 SECTION Datttj&Hcratti SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, Amie Rose METRO EDITOR 2007 aroseheraldextra.com 344-253- 0 loss Meridian accreditation risk Provoiigh, .Brittani Lusk i ; tAJLY HERAltt - v are working on it," Loutensock said. The reason Provo High School was sited for having teachers teaching too many students has to do with the NAAS standard. Teachers who teach on the block schedule, the schedule system used at Provo High, are not supposed to teach more than 210 students. Hudnall said the school runs into this problem when it needs one or two more classes in a given subject and pays a teacher to teach the extra classes during their preparatory period. Provo district's personnel director Bob Gen-- , try was surprised that that was a problem. The Provo district is facing challenges of the No Child Left Behind Act, which doesnt allow teachers to teach subjects for which fitey arent certified. "It's a dilemma for us and it's hard," Hudnall said. Georgia Loutensock, the state accreditation specialist with the state Office of Education, said if the situation doesn't improve at Provo High, the fate of the schools' accreditation status is in the hands of the state committee. It all depends on how much progress is or isnt made. If the school were to lose accreditation status, - Greg Hudnall, Provo School District's director of student services, said accreditation is fc important in the district because it ensures that students who transfer in and out of the school Provo High and the Meridian School are in danger of losing their accreditation status, after district have high school credits that are valid. It being warned by a national organization grants also ensures schools meet education standards. In Utah, all secondary public schools must the certification. This is the third year in a row Provo High be accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, and private and parochial School was placed on advised status for hav- schools that issue high school credit or diplomas ing one teacher teaching a subject for which should be accredited, according the state Office he or she was not certified, and having seven of Education's Web site. teachers teaching too many students. Meridian A state committee composed of state school School, a private school in Provo, was placed board members and school aclministrators reon advised status because of a lack of teacher certification. views the accredited schools each year. . :' . the effects are unknowa "We haven't had anybody yet. Most of them See SCHOOLS, B3 Cultivating Global Knowledge SUB FOR SANTA DAILY ' HERALD : When Julie's husband, Jim, was among a slew of people let go from their jobs in Duchesne County recently, the family came to Utah County to find more work. They're hot on the trail of a new job they've sent out 48 resumes in the past week and her husband has his commercial but until the driver's license money actually starts coming in, the holidays are going to be a little difficult. The couple and their four children have been able to stay w ith family off and on, but have also had to rely on the Food and Care See SANTA, B3 f Alpine School Board hears from seven applicants? : ' Janice Peterson ' DAILY HERALD . ' ; Brittany Hallewell, a senior anthropology student at BYU, reads Museum of Peoples and Cultures on Thursday. Brittani Lusk DAILY ,' ' B3 l Ll A fthat during weekly storytime for I I Vm children with a program called StoI' ries from Around the World. Children hear a story from a different ountry and do a craft project related to the story. For , example, at the last storytime, the story was a Ukrainian folktale about a pair of white mittens, and after the story the children made white mit- - l m tile- - n I On Thursday, Michelle Curtiss helped her two sons, Daniel and Lincoln, thread yellow yarn through the holes in their paper mittens. It was their first time at storytime, but it was a good fexperience. I "It's really fun and my kids like it and that's important," Curtiss said. Lincoln, 4, said he likes books, and started asking his mom to read stories to him when he was 18 months old. "He can literally sit for hours until I fall asleep, then he wakes me up and says read," Curtiss said. ' ' : : .'-- .' , , . ? "We read a lot at home," Brooks saM. "It's good skills." . for bonding. It's good for See g i JT J 1 n U I r. -- i t- STORY TIME, , JUlXJUYrV Sirloin tip iloast aSteak J activities.-- . BYU a wealth of world culture tens from construction paper and yarn. Kari Nelson, the museum's curator of educa tioii, said the program helps expose children to cultures that they may not be exposed to at home. The storytime started in September; It js held every Thursday at 10:30 am at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures at 700 N 100 East in Provo. There will be no story time Dec. 27 due to I .", ": . the holiday. . Jenny Brooks takes her daughter Isallla, 3, loves books and the every week because Isabella "' ' S m . HERALD eading can open up a whole new 1 world, and BYUs Museum of peoples and Cultures is doing just I 1, O a story to a group of children during the weekly story time event at the BYU museum shares includes Orertv "Generally we don't have to appoint, but it Hippens occasionally said board president Debbie F Taylor. ';"': The school board interviewed seven applicants Friday, who had . each submitted a letter of intent and resume. Each applicant was BOARD, CRAIQ DILGERDaily Herald - The Alpine School District board of education convened Friday to tackle the difficult task of replacing a member. Andrea Forsyth, former board vice president, submitted her resignation Oct. 23 citing health reasons, and the resignation became effective Oct. 29. It is now up to the board to find a replacement for the remaining year of her term in the District 7 area, which See V f i Sunltist Oranges Larse, Sweet, Nav?li;; f, (Z SSf ,:tyVV:- 381b.- case prest,Bcef:: I I ri Hl,, Chocolate Orange TerrW:' 6tfOunce: yh)(ZTZ3 v; v-- :V :; )'"r I I Catteries . Duracell SPack, AA, AAA ' ' : I I ' l . - iCTX y 1 ' ' B3 |