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Show ' J r- I t?1 '.VL " '54 - V FioVfv 541.4 4 ') 1 MI.4I- f ';vT.-E':.T- r-- - II..I.I. II..I..LI...II..I.M..I...H.M.H .11! C Serving East Juab County Volume 102 No 50 4 Ace Place To Live! December 15, 2001 www.nephitimesnews.com Citizen committee will look into options for easing increase in elementary school population By Myrna Trauntvein Turies-Xew- s Correspondent citizen committee - being formed by the Juab School A i- District to offer help in deciding the best approach to handling the number of students on the elementary level. The district has experienced a slow .25 to 2 percent grow th rate pattern since 1970 to the present. Building a new high school was a good move, said Superintendent Kirk Wright, because it allowed the district flexibility in moving students from the elementary school level leaving more room for the lower grades and the crow ded Nephi Elementary. Now, however, Nephi Elementary has a slightly larger population than it did the year before w e moved elementary students to the middle school, said Wright. District fifth and sifh grades attend the school which used to begin w it h the seventh grade. The older grade levels were moved to the junior high which was the former high school before the school opened. All of the adjustments gave the district some wiggle room, but that has now ended. The point I would like to make is that our plan did just what it was meant to do, said Leon Pex-toboard president. We have been playing a shell game. Because of the size of Nephi 1 new-hig- Elementary, the district has been trying to keep the population there at approximately GOO students which was exceeded this year. The plan is to build another elementary school in Nephi, said Pexton. However, even if the process were to begin long-rang- e immediately, the fastest track would mean that a bond election would be held in 2006. However, changes need to be made by the coming school year, the fall of 2005. We do have some short-tershort-ter- options," said Wright. A citizen group is needed to review the options for the shortterm and that committee need-t- o meet in early January in order for changes they recommend to be adopted. Those include implementing a school at Nephi Elwhich would reduce the ementary number of students at the school by 25 percent during any school term. Split sessions at Nephi Elementary, meaning having an early and a late session each day, could be a solution. Additional modules could be moved to the school or Mona fifth and sixth grade students could be moved back to Mona and tin year-aroun- d Nephi fourth grade students could be moved to the JMS. We could the school which would send lines boundary 100 students to Mona but would keep the same grade level organi- zation, said Wright. Another option would be to create three elementary schools in the district. That option would mean that, in addition to Mona and Nephi, the present JMS would become an elementary K-- school. The 6 school has the of advantage requiring no building modifications, no boundary year-aroun- , sai Wright. Adding modi' , at the Nephi nightmare-,- " I Elementary cieate- - additional space, doe.-- not impact other schools, and doe- - not create tali' moving problem- -. aid Wright, are that the plan puts a strain on already taxed infrastructure at the school and encroaches on the current playground space -- Thedi-advantage- -- .-. boundarv d changes and reducing the number of students in the building at any given time. The disadvantages are that no teacher has a home room, student vacation schedules do not line up with students at other school and the year around school tends not to be popular with parents. Split session schedules allow students to have the regular year schedule and reduce students in the building for core time by 50 percent. The EH 'OMIXC A HOMETOWX IIEI!( ) Residents o l.et an hm d the main .strei t to n eh ome hometown hero Jerry Shepherd hut k from the Xotionol Funds Rodeo u hn h u as held in l.us i gtis the s fiusl n ( ek Stiepherd, son of Dot id and Lmd Shepherd of Du an, plat ed loth ot era in tie I in1 1 Ruling i i . nt, !Hh in the World Standings. Out of 10 rounds, he plat d ,'irtl in die .set o r,d round on rig s') mi his ne am th in tu ighlh round n ith n Stl 5 Shepherd, n tio u as a little einharrassed. at tooling to his u tie I, unit, u as to ah tl to a poht e. ambulant e, anti fire Inn k est it tlou n the main road and lah r o unit tl to the t hurt h pari mg hl to sign autographs for his Photo h Rebet ea Dopp fans. Iau an result nts n ere r proud of their hometown In ro U disadvantages are that some students start early and some students go late, building maintenance becomes a problem, and it causes parents scheduling line-do- es cieate room to grow for several mure year- - at Nephi. Ik the lad- - between the two elementary chools, and ructure ratio at -- Nephi. n The disadvantages of are that it creates additional busing and creates a PR problems with parent-o- f transported Nephi student-- , Wright said. Sending fifth and sixth grade students back to Mona and moving the fourth grade to the IMS does reduce causes little relative staff shifting, reduces overcrowding at NES, and helps keep programs intact. The disadvantage is that one elementary grade is brought to a mostly secondary campus, b- uthi-pla- bu-m- g. At-Ri.-- k need- - max be mciea-M (inn -- tudent- art- move mg the elementarv t d. and b'u k to ithm one ear w I i, wlmh - treating three element. try -- ehool- m the d t net doe - gi e t he di- -t net tmi" -- Option ui ade w mild have 15 students di-idod mm two -- cction-, and sixth v grade wold have t n i -- to grov three more year-- , t lonal create- (untinuitv for a -- ix year period -- nice student- from would attend the amc school, et- the stage lor a for in-tr- ue K-- -- -- potential permanent K 6 grade orgamzat mil anti eliminate- - ome -- bu-m- g. There are some -- aid Wright. For one, it caii-e- a major tat f -- hilt and move- - elementary -- tudent- to a -- econdary campu-.- " would al-- o current ervice pattern-fo- r -- mo-tl- y The di-ru- At-Ri-- k Title pt -- and Speual Educa- tion. an mcrea-- e in certified staffing." aid Wright. her However, the tudent-teai be would ratio approxnnatelv the same at the three school- -. "It mnv -- -- i Elementary would have 6. divided m three section-- , fir- -t grade would have 3.S in two sections, second would have 52 in two section-- , third would have 16 divided into two section- -, fourth 5 -dents students grade would have divided into two sections, fifth J6 -- Indents in -- divided into three graders divided tudent- itiuii-- , .'IS fir- -t mto two section-- . 52 second graddivided into two sections, 16 ided into two sec-- t third grader-di- v ion- - 15 lift h grader- - divided into two cction-, and 5 sixth graders div ided into two section-- . Mona would have 33 Kindergarten -- tudent- in two sections, 93 fir- -t grader- - m two sections, J6 -- ec ond grader.-- in two sections, 29 t bird grader- - m one section, 39 fourth grader- - m two sections, 23 fifth giader- - in one section, and IN sixth graders in two sections. "There would he 250 students at Mona 350 student- - at JMS and 5.'ft) tudent- at NES if we tin- - plan, Wright. er- -- 1 -- u-- ed The -- Kindergarten at the North 51 lon- - wo o( NKS would have 65 Kindergar-t- i t -- lngge-- to t idea is that the elementary tudent- would lie those of safety tin- -- high school students drive and elementary students are mall and unpredictable bocau-- e -- pe-de- -t rian- - "We know we have to have building but the earliest that would be in might be a po-sib- 200,S. so interim?" le what do we do in the ed Pexton. Levan Town Hall will house display case featuring several items By Rebecca Dopp Correspondent Times-Xew- SENIOR BALL ROYALTY The Class of 2005 will hold their Senior Ball on Saturday, December 18th. Royalty are: King, Matt Howard, Queen, Janelle Stephensen; First Court, Devin Belliston and Sarah Clark; Second Court, Wade Neilsen and Sally Smalley; Third Court, Cody Larsen and Cierra Worwood. The floor show will start at 9 p.m., dancing until midnight. kh hi itx s A display case, to be housed in the hallway of the Ix?van Town Hall, will feature more than just the cemetery maps and information. Ralph Brooks, council member, said he wanted the ca.--e to have a corresponding index to go w ith the cemetery maps. He said it would make it easier for people to find a name and gravesite at the cemetery. Brooks said he had talked with Bruce Rowley about building a larger case that could also hold plaques and awards that the town has received over the years. Rowley suggested that the case could hold awards that the ambulance service has received and other awards. The council felt that there would be plenty of room in the hallway to accommodate a larger ca-- e and said that Rowley should w ith the project. ahead go |