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Show fTTl Con Davis Route Pretort US Pcekne BULK RATE PAID CUPPFR PU6USHNG COMPANY 76 Scrjth Main Sheet Buunttul Utah M010 ex tjj ouma TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1987 School districts, DAVG OK coordinator position By TOM BUSSELBERG KAYSVILLE A Davis County secondary vocational education coordinator could be hired by months end. That person would coordinate efforts for Davis and Morgan School Districts and the Davis Area Vocational Center when it comes to serving secondary student needs. The Davis School District is handling advertising for the position but the salary will be shared between the three entities. The three school systems each currently have their own vocational coordinators, notes Jack Shell, Davis Area Vocational Center director. In some cases there is a School lunch has come a long way By KAY JARVIS School lunch has come a long way since the days when someone cooked chili and rice pudding at home and hauled it to the school for lunch in a wagon. The changes since then have been phenomenal. At Central Davis Junior High School the changes are larger than ordinary. It is the biggest junior high in the district, with a popula- tion of over eleven hundred students. Walking down the corridor, the smell of snickerdoodles mingles with the odor of fresh baked bread and sets my digestive juices flowing. Edith Dawson, unit manager over the kitchen at Central, has her work cut out for her. She is in charge of serving in excess of 900 meals in three lunch periods of approximately 20 minutes apiece. This is no easy task. The morning begins at 6:30 a.m. when the cooks start the bread baking. Needless to say, the bread is not bake and serve. Its made from scratch daily and uses 90 pounds of flour. (This flour usage is for the bread alone, more is needed for the cakes, cookies and pies, etc.) An enormous wad of raised dough sits on the counter, where it is then cut into small pieces and shaped into hot roll size chunks. From there, the rolls are placed on large bun pans and covered with waxed paper. These pans are then stacked one on top of the other until they are five or so high. I turned to speak with two of the staff members, just in time to see them fling themselves on top of the stacked pans and shimmy a little dance as they squashed the dough pieces in between the bun pans. I wondered what in the world they were doing and what on earth possessed them to do it. Was this some sort of supplication to the Bun Gods? Id heard of Sun Worshippers, but never Bun Worshippers, which led me to correctly assume there must be an explanation for their odd behavior. The rolls were being flattened into hamburger buns with a method that flattened several pans of buns at once' instead of one by one, which, if used, would have put them serving this particular sandwich line sometime in the year 1990. Edith feels there is a misconception that the lunch program starts out with food that is delivered, prepared and ready to bake. In fact, the opposite is true. Everything CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 duplication of training offerings. Scheduling and transportation have been an issue because of the variety of vocational offerings and locations, he adds. Noting the lack of a cohesive approach to organizing vocational education, Mr. Shell says vocational education can be an expensive investment. Current funding levels dictate a more coordinated training delivery system. He calls past efforts at coordination among the three agencies only moderately successful. pilot project will be developed in conjunction with the hiring of a regional vocational coordinator. Potentials for saving money, improving services and maximizing use of buildings will be studied. The new coordinator will work closely with the three local boards of trustees and the state board for vocational education, as well as with the regional advisory committee. All of these groups are made up of lay citizens. We (all) could provide secondary students with high quality vocational educational offerings by coordination and could train more secondary students for existing jobs through better coordination of training and elimination of duplication of training programs, Mr. Shell continues. New programs would be initiated after analysis of labor market information and would be housed according to ability to provide necessary services, he continues. That could mean teaching a program in a high school but using a DA VC instructor. Feeder vocational training could be offered in the high schools while the DAVC would provide advanced training. In addition, the new coordinator could help identify those programs where potential for variety exists upon completion of various courses. The example of electronics was noted. That could range from graduation in basic assembly to Ph.D. level. A three-yea- r District finances: OK FARMINGTON Davis County School District recently received its annual audit report and everything indicated there was nothing that would reflect adversely on district finances. The yearly audit is a requirement established by Utah law. The report was compiled by Arthur Young and Company, an independent firm. It represented the financial position of the District as of June 30, 1987. Although there are reductions in state funding amounting to $4,240,700, the District was able to operate in the black and to increase its unreserved fund balance from $194,910 to $207,218, an increase Business Manager Roger Glines commented that the low unreserved fund balance means, If anything unusual happens, we would not be able to fund it. The audit will now be submitted of $12,308. The State Board of to the Government Finance OfficEducation recommends all dis- ers Assoc, for approval. Davis tricts keep an unreserved balance of one and a half percent. In Davis District, this would amount to $1,575,000. District District has won Certificates of Achievement for Excellence in financial operations for the last five years. ' Governor Norman Bangerter will be the keynote speaker for the Davis Area Vocational Centers classroom-offic- e expansion dedication Nov. 1 7. The new facility includes everything from electronics to computer processing classrooms with the Centers grounds landscaped and roads extended prior to the gala event. Bangerter will speak at DAVC dedication ing that is now largely empty due to state funding cutbacks. By TOM BUSSELBERG In addition to the governors KAYSVILLE Governor Bangerter will be the keynote speaker appearance. State Senator Haven will offer the at dedication ceremonies for the J. Barlow, new classroom addition at the dedicatory prayer. He has been an Davis Area Vocational Center. advocate of the DAVC and vocaFormal dedicatory activities are tional education for many years g set for Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 10:30 and is the senator n in the state. a.m. for the dollar Others participating will include: facility that will house programs Dr. Keith Checketts, state board of ranging from drafting to office education, will formally present occupations. the building; Dr. Richard KenSome classes are already utilizdall, Davis School District superining the new space that actually notes tendent, who will give a history and expansion room, DAVC Director Jack Shell. In fact, development of the center; Kays-vill- e Mayor Gerald A. Purdy; Glen space would meet projected needs for up to the next two years, he told Brown, Utah House of Representatives speaker. the board of trustees last week. DAVC Board Pres. Dee R. Extra space has only been a dream at the center for Forbes will open the ceremonies while vice president Marsha Maryears but now some concern centin will offer the closing remarks. ters on having to maintain a build longest-standin- multi-millio- pro-vid- es Mr. Shell will formally accept the building while Board Member Bill Gourmet Fenimore, plant manager, will offer remarks along with a former DAVC student who is currently being selected. The center will be shown off during an open house that afternoon from p.m. In addition to the new classroom-offic- e phase, extensive landscaping has added many trees; roads have been extended around the campus and lighting installed that is even attracted after-dar- k joggers. -5 Original plans had called for a dedication in October. U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch had indicated he would attend then but will not be available Nov. 17. The ceremonies were delayed to allow for completion of landscaping and related Retention basin approved The Davis County FARMINGTON Board of Education has approved a request made by Fruit Heights City to allow construction of a retention basin on the Burton Elementary School grounds. The decision was made at the last board of education meeting after a review of the proposal by the district staff and engineer Paul Hurst. There were 10 items listed as recommenda tions the district would want included in the project. Fruit Heights City agreed to all suggestions. Because of similar requests in other parts of the school district, the board decided to work to establish guidelines to handle requests for the use of school grounds for the dual purpose of water retention basins. No discussion of future projects will be considered by the Board until the guidelines are drawn up and approved. Job training graduate aids stranded truckers By TOM BUSSELBERG SALT LAKE CITY Imagine yourself driving a giant semi between almost nowhere and nowhere, Nebraska, in the middle of winter. Suddenly, amidst swirling snow and the dark of night, something goes wrong and strands you. Not only are you in "nowheresville," but the cargo youre hauling is supposed to be unloaded in some civilized Colorado city in five hours. You may well be back on your way, again, thanks to Craig Alvey, a trouble-shoottrained to er analyze mechanical breakdowns and find nearby support to fix the Craig Alvey of Bountiful is Thanks to Davis County Employment and Trainings efforts, In his new job for a large Salt the across from country. truckers now helpinq distressed from the past and through recent Lake City trucking firm, he uses his expertise, both training, to get those wheels rolling again. problem. Hes a graduate of Davis County Employment and Trainings Dislocated Worker training program and now works for a large Salt Lake area-base- d national trucking firm. With years of experience in diesel truck engine repair, his job fell by the wayside and for six months after he just did "odds and ends." But with a wife and two small children to support, it just wasnt cutting it, he recalls. A check with Job Service led him to the Employment and Training Dislocated Worker program. He landed a job slot with the United Auto Workers program at the Clearfield Job Corps Center. That brings together both live-i1 years old and adults, such as Craig. I had a little background in n corp-smembe- rs 16-2- diesel before I started and was able to work on projects, such as a complete rebuild. I had never done major repairs," he says. Training went from March to September for Craig, who says it was stimulating to work with others who really wanted to learn" and also share his experience with some of the corpsmembcrs. "We progressed at our own rate and took different tests along the way," he recalls. The federal Employment and Training program paid Craigs tuition. I came in (to trucking firm where employed) about a mechanics position but the vice- - president called me in and said he had this job for me, Craig says. Now hes partly responsible for making sure 600 trucks receive servicing wherever they are across the country. This program is geared to the individual who has recently been laid off, Jana Wardle, dislocated employment coordinator with Employment and Training, says. The worker may have worked where there was a slowdown or plant closure but generally has a good work history. The federally-funde- d program provides tuition costs for re- training and supportive funds such as for travel to and from school. e Classes go months and cover about 10 different areas. Participants currently are attending not only programs such as UAW but Weber State College or the Davis Area Vocational Center. We feel the program is working very successfully, she adds. The average starting wage for participants is $2 higher per hour than someone without a work history. six-nin- |