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Show Meet your School Board member: Jerold Johnson The SurANews. Wednesday. Sept. 18. 1991 11 Home and School: Vital Links Pam Williams Jerold Johnson, School Board by LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah Education Association Presi- dent Jerold Johnson has lived all his life across the street from the three-teachelementary school in Aurora he attended, and where, over the years, he became familiar with the people and issues involved in education. He grew up believing that not knowing is embarrassing, and that education was an important part of the personal satisfaction to be gained from living. Now he has children and grandchildren in the system, a daughter who is doing her student teaching in the district this fall, and he is president of the board of educa-UUl- i, charged with making decisions for the best good of students er must have been in third grade. My little brother was sitting on my lap. My little sister was sitting on my big sisters lap. My other brother was using the shelf at the back windowasabunkbed. My middle sister was complaining about getting squished. Six kids in the back scat. The groceries that wouldnt l it into the trunk were crammed in the front passenger seat We were ready to go home. Mom always counted ha change, but this lime, she waited until she was in the car. She gave me a quarter too much. Ill be right back. We moaned and groaned and whined and suffered the eternity of the less than five minutes it must have taken her to run in and out again. We teased her all the way home about the quarter. Gol, Mom. Its just a quarter. Hey! The police arc after us. They found out about the quarter! Did they give a for reward you returning the quarter? recently mentioned this epi- I sodctoMom. She doesnt remember it at all. I, on the other hand, have never forgotten it. Not as some profound turning point in my childhood, but as a curious memory. I think Ive finally found the difference in our remembrances. I cant remember three words of 18 years of scoldings. But I remember the quarter. It was weird for her to worry about it, but it made an impression on me. I guess I thought it was cool. Mom doesnt remember the quarter because it wasnt anything unusual for her. You dont keep what doesnt belong to you. In describing Mom Id have to say that she enjoys talking (a trait passed on to ha children), ha house is too clean (a trait which skipped a generation), and shes the most honestpersonlknow. The lasting lessons parents leave their children are not the lessons we lecture. They are the lessons we live. high-quali- 1 Cedar Ridge computer lab.opens to the public classroom work. There is no user fee. We see lots of buddies coming in to use the computers, Mrs. Leyba said., including middle school or elementary chums, and grandparents with grandchildren. W ICAT learning systems, when used consistently, have been shown to have a significant impact on a childs ability to learn and retain, especially with those who are struggling in reading and math. Each elementary school in the district now has a computer lab, and students arc able to use them 30 to 40 minutes at a time, two or three limes a week. Cedar Ridge High School, 50 North 650 West, is at the north end of the Richfield High School athletic complex. After informal and irregular availability during the summer, Cedar Ridge High Schools computer lab will again be open to the public on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to p.m., according to lab assistant Ronna Leyba. For fun or academic profit, anyone can use the facility to gain information or greater proficiency in history, social studies, science, reading, English and all levels of math. All programs are W1CAT learning systems. Mrs. Leyba calls the facility a Terrific alternative to Saturday morning television. It can be used by families as a way for parents to have time with kids, aa a reward for improved behavior or academic performance, or as enhancement to a childs regular 1 one-on-o- r i i i New Subscription Rates In County $15 per year In Utah, but out of County V. . $18 per year Out of State $21 per year and teachers. And he still believes that education should provide personal satisfaction, for students as well as teachers, administrators and other personnel. Whats the right reason to become a teacher? To be excited about helping kids, Johnson said, which is the advice he gave his daughter when she decided to go into education. A high level of personal satisfaction is available to teachers as they watch students open up and blossom in the learning process. All a person really has in life is their own ability to produce, Johnson stated, adding that the few teachers who are merely wasting kids time make the job more difficult for the vast majority who are dedicated professionals, sincerely trying to meet their greatest potenTeachers should evaluate tial. and police their own ranks, according to Johnson, who added that in so doing, they should be careful not to take on a head hunter altitude. Johnson admires the professionalism of the Districts administrators. These people run a $17 million business! he exI feel reverential awe claimed. for the fairness and prudence with which they conduct themselves. Their prudence was the reason that school taxes went up by less tan one percent in ten years while taxes levied by other government entities were growing to a point of Jerold Johnson Field trip will cover part of this area Utah is Geology of the subject of this years annual Geological Association field trip 1991. to be held September 25-2The group will examine the area long the western Book Cliffs, Wasatch Plateau and San Rafael Swell, overnighting in Price and Green River. Expert geologists will discuss the general geology, coal, mineral deposits, oil and gas, fossils and groundwater. For registration and information dull Rodger C. Fry, 220-461or Paul B. Anderson, east-centr- al 8, 364-661- 3. ty inspiring serious and vehement protests. Because taxing is an unpopular issue, Johnson emphasizes that there are many issues that come before the Board and not all of them deal only with how to spend taxpayers money. Johnson says that parental involvement in the education process is essential. Parents have to teach their children values, he said. Schools cant do it effectively alone. As far as the board president is concerned, some of the best moves the board has made in the past few years are the computer labs in elementary schools for math, language arts and reading, and open meetings designed to improve public confidence and communication. Goals? Teachers are more than babysitters, and they deserve to be treated like the professional people that they are, Johnson said. And our new strategic plan is a solution to a lot of problems. Special on aimed at Utah's teenagers at Channel KTVX AIDS 4, Sept. 19, 3 p.m. KTVX Channel 4 presents the ABC Afterschool Special In tkc A Teen AIDS Story Thursday, September 19 at 3 pm.. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal condition caused by a virus that can destroy the bodys ability to fight ofT illness. The virus that causes AIDS is Human Immune deficiency Virus (HIV). Your body comes with a built in defense system that attacks disease causing viruses and bacteria. However, infection with HIV can break down this defense system leaving your body unable to defend itself. This failure of the immune system can lead to AIDS, a fatal condition. In the Shadow of Love, is a powerful, fictional story about teens with AIDS, which also serves as a teenage primer on AIDS, explaining how the disease can be contracted, how to prevent it, and ways to cope if you test HIV positive. AIDS is contracted by: Unprotected sex Needle sharing during IV drug use or when shooting steroids Mother passing HIV virus to unborn child. The program points out that anyone can get AIDS. Old and young, male and female, straight and gay, and people of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The best protection is abstinence from sex and drug use. There are more than 1 30,000 reported cases of AIDS in the U.S today, and perhaps a million more people are infected by the virus that causes the disease. By the year 2000, most of them will be sick as well. Sooner or later, most Americans will know someone infected with HIV. Some experts say that teenagers will be the next major break out group. The number of cases of teenagers with HIV infection doubles every fourteen months. Most kids havent been tested, so a lot who are already infected dont even know it. Half of all the cases of teenage girls with AIDS are linked to heterosexual intercourse. The KTVX Special stresses that you do not gel AIDS from: touching, social kissing, coughing or sneezing facilities or equipment such as telephones, typewriters, pencils or bathrooms eating utensils, water fountains, gym equipment or public pools Shadow of Love: (In addition 1 1 Utah have been reported with AIDS) To register for the conference, call Utah Issues toll free, by September 23. 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