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Show V BOX i5?5rv Proven set for adults Itif adults Donna Gordon Winston L. Benson Kathlyn L. Coffman series parents and students; 3) courage schools to offer more courses in prevocational and career education; 4) greater involvement between school boards, schools and the public. I believe these needs can be met if the board of education can meet with the public in town meetings settings throughout the state where ths communities can voice their problems and the board of education can better express their problems to the community. Donna Gordon (District 4): I feel there are six specific needs in our district right now and they are the priority goals that were recently adopted by the school board. 1. To establish educational objectives and implement methods of achieving them. This deals with the critical needs of the district, evaluation, and the development of an accountability plan. 2. To improve human relations and develop programs to intensify public support. This area deals with relationship with home-schopartnership with shared programs, governance, with public information, and with public advisories. for 3. To develop strategies resource accountability. This means fiscal integrity, with inventory control, maintenance, etc. plant intensify social responsibility and improve 4. To motivation in the school community. This area deals with students, employees, renewal programs, and with personal responsibility. 5. To strengthen the role as an in- structional and supervisory leader. This area deals with strengthening the job of principaling as it relates to the task of classroom supervision and instructional leadership. various 6. To study organizational alternatives for the upper elementary and junior high school students. scheduled at Box Elder school beginning Wednesday, Oct. 30. The initial session is set for 7 p m. in the auto mechanics building with Howard Gittins as Wallace Christensen instructor. There are openings for about six adults with a $10 fee course. assessed for the This is the study for removing the ninth grade from the high school. It is the responsibility of ths school board to follow through with the development of these goals to insure quality education in this district. Winston L. Benson (District I insist on an open-doo- r 4)- : policy to the public on all school board meetings. Let the taxpayer have full knowledge and direction of the use of tax money paid for education. I propose a textbook rental system for ninth through twe lfth grades in place of the present large outlay for family purchase of textbooks. I oppose building a $200,000 central office in order to save $1,560 a year rent at the court house. This needs taxpayer evaluation. If ths current school census the confirms projected enrollment drop at Box Elder High school, I oppose a costly building program to return the ninth grade to Box Elder Junior High school. Kathlyn L. Coffman (District 5)- : re effective First communication between ths need-Mo- county school organization and all facets of the community county-wid- e. Proposed action-S- et up machinery for continuing input from all segments of the through advisory citizenry board and ad hoc committees. Currently a needs assessment e and planning are critical items. Board meetings should be truly open! Second long-rang- Proposed actlon-Aft- er we know where we stand and where we want to go, establish policies and criterion measures to guarantee progress toward those goals. I would suggest that when a new superintendent is hired, two years be guaranteed with annual evaluation thereafter and a maximum term of six years. I submit that every child in Box Elder county has a right to an interesting and effective education at public expense. Those who extend those opportunities should be encouraged, those who block them, improved or removed. utilization Third need-Bet- ter of personnel. Proposed rewarded action--Productivit- should y be by added funding and leadership opportunities. Development plans for all staff who desire it. We should have potential administrators intern before there are openings. Set up machinery for participatory management with input from all certified staff. Fourth level. Placing students in grade levels in the same classrooms continues to be resisted by some teachers and parents. Additional methods, and procedures for meeting such challenges may need to be found so that the education of students who find themselves in a mixed grade situation will not suffer. The state department of public instruction has pledged their assistance and promised leadership in assisting us to find more and better answers to the mixed grade problem. on the elementary need--Bett- er utilization of buildings and resources. The board and district office should rearrange locations in line with current needs and projected long range needs based on demographic studies. set-ufor At present a makes sense with seventh graders remaining in the elementary schools where room is available because of reduced enrollment. To allow some alternatives and to lesson the numbers crunch at Box Elder High school I'd recommend an east campus, at the present Everyone Accountability junior high site for the involved in the education of academically inclined eighth to .youth should feel accountable, twelfth graders and a com- including students, parents, prehensive program at the teachers, administrators and board members, taxpayers and present BEHS location. Wallace Christensen (District legislators. All must become more aggressive in setting 5): Flnances-Adequa- te finanrealistic goals that reflect an cing of the public schools has awareness of the problems always been, and will possibly involved. continue to be a challenge to Boards of education have the r school boards. legal responsiblity to approve costs in all areas of goals and to set directions, but school operation presents before that can be achieved, one problems that are almost im- must have clearly in mind that possible to solve. Employees which needs improving. It salaries must be kept com- should not be an unreasonable petitive, supplies and equipexpectation for school boards to ment must remain adequate ask their personnel, both and it is most difficult to cut professional and classified, to services to students and identify the weaknesses of their patrons. particular program, as well as Board members must con- weaknesses within ths total tinue to seek additional local, school system anf then to state and federal funds with proceed to set individual, as which to operate schools and well as group goals, to program also cut expenses wherever against such weaknesses. I believe that one of the and whenever good judgment so weaknesses in education is our dictates. are no inability to ferret out weak Cooperation-The- re simple answers to the problems spots and formulate dynamic of education and it is goals to eradicate problem always very easy to criticize areas and deficiencies. This and find fault. The public wont be done, as I see it, until schools do need strengthening school boards establish a and this can best be done, in my systematic and well designed opinion, through support rather program of evaluation and than through criticism. The key assessment that goes beyond is cooperation. the usual reporting of academic Parents, teachers, students, achievement lists based upon and board the national averages. Acadministrators members must cooperatively countability has always been, of comand will continue to be, a keep channels munication open as the job of educating children cannot be Accountability can succeed if performed by the school alone. the working relationships home-school within the school family are Improved cooperation is essential to help modified and the philosophy of e reduce the far too many can be truly educational failures. accepted. Reducing Enrollments-F- or several years, the enrollment in our school district has been declining and such a condition not only creates severe economic problems, but creates October the necessity for mixing 28 11 classes, particularly 5 p 74-7- 5 Higher-and-highe- Thiokol sales reach record Sales of Thiokol corporation for the third quarter of 1974 were $81.1 million, a record, it was reported this by R. E. Davis, president and chief executive officer. e sales were $231.2 million. These results, up 16 percent and 13 percent, respectively, over the like periods of 1973 were aided by increases in both volume and prices, the company official said. Earnings for the quarter of $4.8 million, 86 cents per share, were 45 percent over the prior years third quarter but were held down somewhat by rising costs. Year-to-dat- Product Lines Ahead All major product lines were ahead of last year in sales and earnings COMPANY 24 East 1st South Phone 723-643- 1 The companys income report reflects the sales and earnings of Dynachem corporation for the month of September, Davis pointed out. Thiokol acquired all the outstanding stock of the, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., company for $11 6 million on Aug. 30, 1974. Dynachem, a manufacturer of photopolymers, had sales of $13.5 million in its fiscal year ended April 30, 1974, and is being operated as a wholly-ownesubsidary. It was necessary to again raise prices of a number of to improve products deteiorating margins and to recover some of the sharp increases in the cost of purchased d materials, MILES particularly FOR STATE SENATOR Improved Availability the Because improved availaility of raw materials enabled us to discontinue allocation to our customers, we believe some of the slowdown reflects a correction of overbuying which occurred earlier in the year during the period of shortages. Davis also reported that since the end of the quarter, the has company adjusted programs. While October 28t we anticipate FERRY Cap Republican chemicals, Davis commented. "This was done reluctantly since, in the past month, there has been a noticeable slowing in demand. production schedules, parin fibers and ticularly chemicals, as well as stretched out certain expansion LEDISLM con- tinued growth, especially in the fibers area, partially as a result of new products, Davis said, we believe the company is faced with a period of growth slower than we have experienced in the past several years. We continue to be optimistic, however, about the long-terprospects of our major product lines. CAP has effectively served citizens of Northern Utah in the Utah Legislature for the past 10 years. i NOW SERVING In the Utah State Senate as . . . Chairman of Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Chairman of Appropriations Chairman of Business Regulations Committee. Chairman of Senate Operations Committee. in the LeaderSpeaker of the third House ship of the Senate. Member of the executive committee of the Governor's Aricultural Development Council Chairman of the State Agencies Committee. of committee on Natural Resources, National Council of State Governments. Member Legislative Council Water Resources Committee. Strip Mining Committee. State Park Development Committee. Vice-Chairma- n -- more-and-mo- 72-73 SUCCESSFULLY SPONSORED SHERIFF Democrat Opponents BO JOT want Deputies living throughout the county THERE IS A DEFINITE NEED... County People need protection too. My EVERTON MATTRESS year period. shared-governanc- IFOR Mattress Company to rebuild your old mattress. Call Everton today, Sleep better tonight. except education, of which reflects the phase-ou- t the Roswell Training center, Davis noted. During the third quarter the two training programs which make up the bulk of education sales were extended for a two- - I Hours is ail it takes for Everton earnings per Year-to-dat- e share of $2.60 were up 61 percent over the comparable period of 1973, surpassing the record of $2.19 per share earned during the entire year of 1973, Davis said. INDIVIDUALIZED MATTRESS FOR YOU u. is For quarter, year Cite major needs, board hopefuls asked administrators, teachers, en- SenottoD High $52S Jesse Anderson (state school board): 1) give more time and attention to individual students; 2) better communication between school boards, school City, Utah An auto mechanics class for If What do you see as the four specific needs to promote quality of education in the state and what action would you propose taking to meet these? Brigham ftd-nn- m mechanics The following question was posed to candidates for state and local school board positions by the League of Women Voters: NEWS, Sunday, October 27, 1974 Class in auto LWV EIDER Paid by Citizens for Redding Committee EM Special Services Constitutional Amendment. ''Green Belt Constitutional Amendment. Inventory Tax repeal law. Instrumental in securing the Food Science Center at Utah State University. j MILES "Cap" FERR-Y- "Senator Cap Ferry more closely represents the people that elected him than any other member of the Senate." TV Doug Mitchell & News Analyst Commentator YOUR VOTE FOR CAP DYNAMIC YOU ASSURE EFFECTIVE ENERGERIC AND THE IN REPRESENTATION Senate. WILL VOTE FOR CAP Paid Political Ad. by Citizens for Ferry Byron Armstrong Chrmn. |