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Show Page 8 - The Pyramid - October 23, 2003 NSSD supermtemdamt ffrastrated with the No Child Left Behind Act by Benton Petersen MT. PLEASANT-Nor- th Sanpete School District Superintendent Courtney Syme criticized the Bush Administrations way of handling the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) at the regular board meeting held Oct. 14. He told the board that the act would impact education 100 percent, but that the federal government would only provide 10 percent of the funding. The government is telling those states backing out of it that they would not get federal money for roads or other issues. Their attidude is, the kids will learn what we want them to learn, he said. The act is very discriminatory against rural arreas and small towns, he added. I wont apologize for our schools. Human beings make choices. What the government is saying is 'you do not have a choice. You will comply. Syme admitted that the schools will be better and that the district will comply with the law but then asked, What is the mission of the schools? It is the progress of the students. The problem with the reporting required by the NCLBA is that the district must report the schools as qualifying or not qualifyThere is no middle ing. ground. Assistant Superintendent George Bench further explained that any teacher who teaches a class who does not have a degree in that subject cannot be listed as highly qualified. Our people are legitimate by the state licensing. Unqualified by federal definition, Bench stated. The state will approve No Child Left Behind so that it can continue to get federal funds, Bench commented. Tobacco control Control Tobacco was explained to Program the board by Cindy Bedford, program coordinator. She said that the program is funded by the Tobacco Tax funds and from the money received from the recent tobacco lawsuit settlement. will be The program setting up focus groups containing students, parents and educators to create policies which are enforceable and backed by them. If that does not occur, she said, they would not be worth the paper they are written on. Bedfords video presentation focused on the detriment of using tobacco. It kills more people than any other drug, AIDS and suicide combined and that the use of it in Sanpete is more prevelant than one would think. Bedford congratulated Sanpete for not having athletic events sponsored by tobacco companies. According to the Center for Disease Control, The American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, there are about 1,200 people in Utah who die from tobacco related diseases, she said. Children can become addicted in just two weeks. Tobacco also causes premature wrinkling and contributes to osteoporosis. It also increases the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in infants who die in their cribs, Bedford explained. Liberty Day Liberty Day, a program presented by the Lions Club, was proposed to the district by Ron Ivory. This is a program that teaches students about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He proposed that the district adopt it for presentation to the middle school students, but the board debated whether it should be presented to fifth-grad- e students instead. George Bench did not The think that a college-levcourse should be taught to el fifth-grader- s. The way the program would be taught, Ivory explained, is to have local district judges and the justice court judge explain those documents to the students on a person-to-perso- n basis, along with individuals who have gone to war. The board said it would consider the program for fifth-grad- e students some time in March. New Head Start center Head Start asked the board to give them the land south of the district maintain-anc- e building for their new center. Pete Canon explained that it would be beneficial for the Head Start bus maintainance. The district could provide certified bus driver training. Also, the donation of the land would help the organization it as the down for the new compayment plex which would contain classrooms, a room, kitchen and a parents room, where they could learn English, reading and parenting skills. The board decided to discuss the issue in executive session. use multi-purpo- Other business Board member Larry Seely said that the National School Board Association was very good at explaining that the district could save money by attending their convention in Orlando, FL. He said that he had never been to one before. Kathryn Parnell, board president, commented that the convention would be better for meeting other people and seeing what their districts do than for obtaining any information. Syme Superintendent urged board members to attend saying, The times require it more than ever before for public school to That issue was tabled for discussion at the next board meeting, after the members talk with their constituents. The board approved hiring another assistant wrestling coach and allowed the Donations wanted for troops baseball team to go to Hurricane, but did not want them to go to Cedar City unless a contract with Canyon View High School had already been signed. In other action, the board approved changes to the concealed weapons and Students Privacy' policies on the first reading with further consideration and discussion proposed. Board members were also encouraged by Superintendent MT. PLEASAN- T- Anyone who would like to help send individual packages to all servicemen and women serving in Iraq are encouraged to take donations to the Bank of Ephraim located inside Horseshoe Mountain Hardware. For more information, contact Kathy Rowe at Bank of 6 or Kristy Ephraim, Mayo, Horseshoe Mountain Hardware, Items needed are powdered drink mixes, such as Kool-aiice tea packets and Gatorade; jerky, packaged candy, granola or power bars, soup mixes, small boxes of dry cereal; magazines such as crossword and word insect searches; repellent, sunscreen, AA and AAA batteries, foot powder, razors, shaving lotion, eye drops, toothbrushes and paste, or Tylenol, and travel size mouthwash. Money will also be welcomed to help pay for postage costs. Syme to be politacally involved to change the makeup of the Utah State Legislature. Mt. Pleasant City put lighting in at the city, district softball complex, that was supposed to be a joing project, then billed the district. Syme said the district had no money to pay for that. Finally, George Bench reported that Fairview City had donated playground equipment to Fairview 462-024- 462-010- 0. d, Ibu-prof- en r4 Winners of this years Witch Contest during Honest Apple Day was Barbara Naylor, ugliest witch; Laura Bregar, prettiest ugly witch and Alexis Larsen, best kid witch. V survive. Re-zoni- ng Continued from Page 1 Center Street to 100 North, for a few hours in the early evening of Halloween. They would like to be able to hold a trunk-or-treevent, where cars could park along the street and kids could to safely go from collect treats. The idea was brought up to protect small children and to give larger children the chance to go in one place and then to the carnival later in the evening. The city does not want to discourage traditional door- at car-to-c- ar trick-or-treati- but decided to allow the use of the street for those who want to participate. The Lions Club and the PTA mentioned that they would take care of advertising for the event. They also said they were some method considering of letting kids know which houses to go to, such as giving participants in the event an orange flag to hang at their homes, so that the children know which people are home and which are at the event. to-do- or g, Ballot Sample The following is the official list of nominations for city council in the upcoming Municipal Election to be held November 4, 2003 in the City of Mt. Pleasant. Dixie L. Brunger, CMC Official Ballot for Mt Pleasant City, Utah November 4, 2003 Cn6 TO VOTERS: To vote for a candidate, place a cross (X) In the square following the name(s) of the person(s) you favor as the INSTRUCTIONS The Pyramid Shopper October 22 and 29, 2003; and The Pyramid October 23 and 30th, 2003. Published in The city said that if there was enough participation and favor toward the event, then it would allow the use of the street for the event in future years. Variance request Kevin Wright asked the city if it would be possible to get a variance for his property. A ago, he came to the Planning and Commission with Zoning plans for a shed on his property, which included the size and location of the shed. With the approval of the commission, he built the shed and only recently finished it. After he finished it, the commission notified him that it was too close to his property line. The city agreed with Wright that the error could have been avoided when the plans were originally brought forth and that the mistake was made by the Planning and Zoning Commission due to miscommunication. The city recommended that he go to the board of adjustments to get a variance that would allow him to keep the new structure. The city also waived the $100 fee to appear before the board of adjustments due to the cireumstances involved. The city hopes to. allow him to keep the shed, because there doesnt appear to be any real objection to its placement. year-and-a-h- d Last Nights Fun, an band, entertained festival-goernual Honest Apple Day held in Mt. Pleasant last weekend. Irish-base- r during the fourth s ' 'fi ' ' ' , ; ' ; v. J i Vj cq s ,, , n J :( 't ii r an- !A , 1 Theater funding Fountain Green held a public meeting to go over a bond agreement. The city will be borrowing $90,200 to help pay for the theater restoration. The bond will be at 2.5 percent interest and will take 20 years to pay back, starting in 2005. Another $90,200 will be obtained from the same organization in grants to help pay for the improvements. The city noted before, and stresses again, their appreciation for the. time and labor donated by the citizens of Fountain Green. 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