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Show UTAH STATE PRESS ASSN. P.,0. SSST BOX 1?27 to btTtl THURSDAY. SEPT. 29, UTAH 84ttO 197- 7- -- VOLUME TWENTY-THRE- E NUMBER FORTY-EIGH- T cn posed for school purposes. Foundation analysts emphasize that a substantial part of this increase in school levies levies resulted from the "phasing-i- n that were temporarily lowered when these districts were reappraised under the continuing assessment program. Under Utah law, operating levies for school purposes are reduced when reappraised valuations are first placed on the tax rolls. These reductions are phased back in over a three-yea- r period. The total property tax rate imposed for city, county, school, and other purposes in Kaysville rose by 8.00 mills this year, ac- cording to an analysis prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. KAYSVILLES overall property tax levy in 1977 is 68.75 mills ($68.75 per $1,000 assessed valuation). This compares with a total levy of 60.75 mills last year. Following is a tabulation showing the trend in Kaysvilles total rate in selected years since 1950: In 1950, 51.00 total mill levy; 1960, 78.85 total mill levy; 1970, 90.05 total mill levy; 1975, 57.69 total mill levy; 1976, 60.75 total mill levy; 1977, 68.75 total mill levy. ACCORDING to the Foundation study, no new counties were reappraised in 1977. As a result, there were no further reductions in school levies this year resulting from the revaluation program. As in- dicated, however, a number of school districts which were reappraised in percent of total property taxes charged in Kaysville will go for school purposes. The Foundation report indicates that 16.7 percent of the property tax collected in Kaysville will go for municipal purposes, 17.2 percent for county purposes, and 5.8 percent for special district purposes. A comparison of the 1976 and 1977 levies in Kaysville by purpose is as follows: APPROXIMATELY 60. 2 recent years had their operating levies raised under the automatic phasing-i- n provisions of Utah law. Prior to this year, the first round of the property reappraisal program had been completed in 25 of Utahs 29 counties. Work in the four remaining counties (Carbon, Salt Lake, Sanpete and Sevier) is expected to be completed this year, and the new assessed valuations in these four counties should be placed on the tax rolls Municipal, 1976, 10.00; 1977, 11.50; school, 37.26, 1976; 41.42, 1977; county, 9.63, 1976, 11.83, 1977; special district, 3.86, 1976; 4.00, 1977 making a total of 60.75 mills in 1976 and 68.75 mills in 1977. THE FOUNDATION examination of mill rates imposed in the 69 largest cities of the state reveals that the overall property tax rate increased in 4P cities, declined slightly in 17 cities, and remained unchanged in three cities. The total average levy in these 69 cities climbed from 75.46 mills ($75.46 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1976 to 78.48 mills in 1977, a rise of 3.02 mills or 4 per- in 1978. - -- 1977 cent. Most of the increase in the property tax levy this year occurred in the levy im WIEM Saijs THE FOUNDATION analysis of tax rates throughout the state shows that seven counties raised their levies, 11 counties reduced their levies, and 11 counties made no change. Of the 40 school districts in Utah, 24 districts had higher levies, only two had lower levies, and 14 districts made no change. Thirty-thre- e municipalities (cities and towns) increased their levies in 1977. Of these, two were new towns that imposed a levy for the first time this year. Thirteen Utah cities and towns reduced their levies this year, while 173 municipalities made no change. By GARY R. BLODGETT Now that Davis County students have been back to school a few weeks, officials can get a "more clear picture of what the districts student enrollment might be this school year. FldMO'odle (MmiinBfli&aiM T Mies (K TeadMragi By ROSELYN KIRK The Utah Education As- sociation (UEA) has come out in opposition to the teacher administrated supplemental fluoride tablet program which has been approved as a pilot program in four schools by the Davis County Board of Education. DEE Burningham, executive secretary of the Davis Education Association, said DEA is in accord with the UEA position. UEA adopted the position in opposition to the fluoride program on Sept. 17 after Daryl McCarty, executive UEA secretary presented three arguments against the administration of fluoride tablets in the Davis schools. MR. McCARTY said the biggest UEA concern is that administration could greatly diminish the time teachers have to pursue their major of helping assignment children, learn. Earlier Dr. Walter Talbot, state superintendent of public instruction, had said in a position paper that the administration of THE WEEKLY REFLEX 197 "B" North ktatn SL, Layton Phone 376-91- 33 PubNahad Weekly by CUPPER PU8USHING CO. John StaMe, Jr, PuMUhec Second Clase Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.53 psr year Stats Subscription IS JO Ovsrssas lubscrtpttoa S13J0 (Payable In Advance) Out ot the tablets could be assigned to any responsible adults such as a secretary, an aide or a school nurse. The position paper said that the program should be adopted by the school district at the discretion of each local school board and would be the under established guidance of dental professionals employed by the State Division of Health. DR. McCARTY argued that it is not a question of the pro or con of fluoride but a matter of teachers having time to He questioned teach. whether the teacher should be asked to administer the fluoride, a "responsibility which is totally unrelated to their major assignment. The fluoride tablet program is supported by the State Division of Health and Davis County Health Board. The tablet will be prescribed by licensed dentists for each pupil who will participate in the program, based on a written consent form from the parents. THE fluoride supplement, in the form of chewable tablets, will be provided on a daily basis to students in the elementary grades. They will be dispensed by the teacher from a container on which the names of pupils to receive the tablets are written. The statement from the state board of education specifies that teachers be instructed as to the adminis- tration and storage of the tablets. DR. McCARTY said other to the UEA objections program deal with liability. "It raises a question of liability upon the teacher as the one who administers the supplement, he said. The UEA also objects to the program since they were never involved in the discus- the sions questioning of the implementation program. "It seems to me this courtesy should have been provided us." Dr. Talbots office on the other hand had said the department of public instruc- tion "urges your full cooperation should your district be asked to participate in the program. The statement said, Sufficient safeguards are built into the program to protect the board and any other participant against The fluoride liability. program has also been authorized by the Utah Attorney General. DR. LAWRENCE Welling, assistant superintendent of Davis County Schools, said the administration is still in the process of selecting the schools for the pilot program. He said that the DEA position not will the change implementation of the pilot program once the four schools have been named. The decision of the board will still stand, he said. "We have been instructed to move ahead. Dr. Welling said no specific date for setting up the pilot program has been set. The administration is still studying the initiation of the pilot program, he said. The method of financing the program has not yet been determined. EARLIER Dr. Orson Wright, State Dental director, had estimated the cost of the fluoride tablets at 20 cents per student per year. Tablets are bought at a bulk rate. Bountiful, 1,417; and Woods Cross, 1,290. Woods Cross, however, does not yet have a senior class. KAYSVILLE Junior has a slight edge over Central Davis among the junior high schools, 1,082 to 1,002. North Davis, Millcreek and North Layton are close behind with m re than 900 students each. Among the elementary schools, there are more third grade students than any other grade, 2,992. Other primary grades (through 4th) are evenly paced at near 2,900 students but there is a slight decline in the 5th and 6th grade total enrollments. BURTON Elementary is far and away the largest of the 37 elementary schools with more than 100 students in each class and a total of 872 students. Kaysville Elementary has 725, but no other school has more than 700, according to the district enrollment chart. ITS always difficult to base trends the first week or two of the new school year, said District Supt. Bernell Wrigley. "There are always a few adjustments to be made at various schools and not all the students have returned from vacations, etc., until after Labor Day." But now school officials can see what the future might and apparently they bring like what they see. - WE APPEAR to be quite stable in our enrollments in the secondary the superintendent schools, said. The elementary schools always have more fluxuation than the secondary schools. He noted that on the secondary (junior and senior high) level, the Clearfield area is expected to increase slightly in the next few years, based on elementary school figures and not including the unknown factor of move-istudents. n THE LAYTON area, he said, is stable but might show a slight decline in future years; Kaysville area is beginning to level off after a slight growth; and in the Bountiful area the pressure is on now but should stabilize in future years. Overall, we have a fairly stable outlook for secondary schools in future years with almost no sign of decline but a slow, gradual only increase, he said. DAVIS School District has a of about current enrollment 36,350. Elementary schoois have students while secondary schools have 16,802 18,974 enrolled. There are 293 at the Monte Vista special education school, programs, ment 149 in 82 at center, vocational the develop- and 43 homebound students. Clearfield City Council is again considering the purchase of property in the western part of the city as a family park and recreation site. THE CITY has until Nov. 30 to act on an option to purchase the Steed property at 1000 West on 300 North -the same property that was considered in a bond issue which was defeated last spring. Only this time, about 30 acres are being considered for h the city park, about the acreage proposed in the bond issue. At that time, an golf course was one-fift- proposed. THERE WILL be no golf course considered in this development, said Councilman Harley D. Hunt. The new proposed park will be family oriented and will include among other things a softball-basebadiamond, tennis courts, pavilion, picnic area, etc., whatever the e city can afford to develop over a program. The property will cost the city in the neighborhood of $6,500 to $7,000 per acre. BUT THE MAYOR declined to elaborate on any proposed methods of financing for the land purchase and development There are some things that we must keep confidential for awhile, the mayor said. Bui what we are attempting to do is proper and will be an asset to the city. CLEARFIELD has only about 40 acres of city parks all east of Main Street. The recommended national minimum for a community the size of Clearfield is 210 acres. Several persons, from both the east and west sides of the city, sxike at the public hearing Not one opposed the proposal to develop .'10 acres of the Steed property. ONE RESIDENT said her father is developing 40 acres area of the proposed park Other subdivisions with scores of new homes already have been built within a mile of the site, she said. in the long-rang- THE CITY council, with Councilman Gene Fessler absent, approved unanimously the motion to continue negotiations for purchase of the property before the Nov. 30 deadline. If we dont take action now, this particular site will be developed into a housing subdivision, said Mayor O. Ross Sanders. "The city badly needs more park and recreation sites and there are very few suitable property sites still available. Councilman Hunt said, We have several options to purchase this particular site and various ways for which payments can be made. We are attempting to work with Mr. Steed for the best option for the city as well as for the owner." ALTHOUGH plans are not complete for development of the park, if purchased, the council vowed to develop the site "as quickly as money became available. Councilman Hunt emphasized that the park will be designed and developed for family use. THIS wont be a little neighborhood park or a childrens playground, he said. "This will be a city park for everyone's use." full-fledg- OF THE 15 secondary schools, six high schools and nine junior highs, Viewmont High is the largest - but not by much. Viewmont has 1,674 full- time students compared By GARY R. BLODGETT to Clearfield High's 1,663. Lay-tohas 1,603; Davis, 1,440, n HE TOLD A large gathering at the public hearing Tuesday night that the city council, including himself, and all city officials were behind the previous park and recreation bond proposal. Weve been working hard trying to find ways, as a council, to finance a park without bonding, he said The bond issue defeated last March 29 included 163.5 acres (including a proposed site for a golf course). The bond proposal to fund the multipurpose park complex was $1.2 million with matching funds from the federal Bureai of Outdoor Recreation. |