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Show NOVEMBER 22, 1983 Board Member Seeks More Input More Grant Information Needed, Mayors Decide 3 Evaluations Questioned W board heard the last of seven By TOM BUSSELBERG educa- district-commission- i FARMINGTON - tion task force committee reports, Improved Home and School Communication, pre- Evalua- tion of school principals brought some flareups be-- : sented by former legislator Warren S. W'immer. tween one board member and a district assistant superintendent Tuesday night. DR. RAY Briscoe, representing part of Bountiful and south, questioned only using top district administrators to review performance of principals vs. those below such as teachers, PTA and students who he said should be in- - . To be weighed by the board hopefully before Jan. 1 along with other date being gathered, the committee report called for availability of secondary and elementary course outlines to serve as an effective educational planning tool, disclosure statement for students and parents, as a reference for student conferences and for curri- eluded in all evaluations. ' The people under the principal are in the best position to he - evaluate that individual, ; continued. I would mandate that their input be included and , I would want to know which administrators dont want to . be reviewed, because if they dont, then they dont deserve to have a job. THE DISCLOSURE or course outline would include a The Layton Kiwanis Club meeting at the Valley View Golf Course heard Claudia Welling called that option "interesting, he indicated it would be difficult to mandate, but Asst. Supt. Gayle Steven- Brilliant speak on the Elm Tree Learning Center at their regular breakfast meeting on Saturday, Oct. 29. this idea son responded, could traumatize the entire district and would be extremely dangerous. Were not backing away from the evaluation concept but teachers shouldnt evaluate their principals any more ' than students should evaluate their teachers--i- t could only be - disruptive, Mr. Stevenson added. PRIOR TO the present generation teachers were trained to teach in district pedagogical steps. The indi- teachers then designed vidual programs of instruction for each child based on their level of instruction. More recently, with consolidation of school districts and larger classes based on ages, teachers have been trained only to teach ALTHOUGH THE evaluation report was presented only as information item on the agenda, as Board Pres. Sheryl from state approved texts. There is no step by step prog- Allen noted, Dr. Briscoe moved that we proceed with my idea of evaluation on a ram based on individual needs voluntary basis. As is currently set up, Dr. Welling and Mr. Stevenson would be joined in making principal evaluations by Asst. Supt. John S. White, Curricu- -' lum Director Grant Steed, Dal- las Workman, research and de- Two outstanding pianists from Syracuse will appear this evening, Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Val A. Browning Centers Stephen Whitesides, director of educational support ser- vices. .... IN OTHER dents, daily preparation required, value of participation and attendance in grading and examinations as well. would be listed, THE COMMITTEE also addressed community involvement in schools and The elementary outline would note all subjects covered, approximate time allotments, objectives sought for each subject, teacher philosophy and expectations, homework, class participation expectation, discipline policy, greater use of community resources by staff, such as working; with the PTA, inviting parents and citizens to orientation meetings, circulating monthly newsletters explaining activities and using speakers from the community in assemblies, for instance. Indicating "the best communication with the public is the through the students, how late assignments would be handled special projects re- - committee recommended often-usin- g complementary remarks and happy notes, using volunteers where possible with adequate training, keeping schools and grounds clean, or achievement. The Elm Tree Learning Center has a program for going back to the individually designed steo-by-ste- p utilizing businesses and malls to display student work and encouraging formation of community school councils. approach. This program utilizes educational computer programs. The computers can work individually with children to teach them at the level where they are currently. Programs are available for more subjects. HOME COMPUTERS with educational programs are now available from a number of different manufacturers and vendors at prices which are becoming more competitive. It is still probably more economical to use the Elm Tree Learning Centers facilities than to THE BOARD also approved a special workshop Dec. 27 for reviewing educational excellence material, including public survey responses, for compilation of district recommendations prior to the legislative sessions starting Jan. 9. MODERN DAD You mean to say you were not at your own daughters wedding? Where were you? I was looking for a job for the groom. purchase the hardware and software. Recitals Nor. 22 velopment director and ' quired and how individual differences would be met. In addition, the reporting progress would be listed as well as ways parents can assist their student, such as through reading help, finding a quiet study area at home and providing appropriate limits for children. out- line general assignments and learning activities, indicate if homework would be required, what extra credit is allowed, book reports and term papers. Evaluation and grading of stu- Center Explained WHILE Supt. Lawrence - ; culum coordination. brief course description, Choral Room, at We- ber State College. action, the CHRIS Bodily, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Bodily and Kelly Egan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Egan, are two of three performers participating on the program. Each of these young men will be playing five different selections during this time. The public is invited, vsb Weve Bumping Out Many Students means a shift in some students away from vocational education classes. : - i North County Editor FARMINGTON -R- emem-3 ber the Sputnik era? n j THOSE DAYS have at least to a point, in i Davis County and American with the increased phools emphasis placed on acade-pmi- c subjects, and that has - meant a decline in students taking vocational classes, an I issue that has vocational offi-- ;; cials "very, very concerned. p. - Asst. Vocational Director L for Davis Schools Dean Christ-- f ensen says reports such as the S. Nation at Risk and other education studies have , brought a thrust back to - reading, writing and other so-called essential academic sub- jects, including a substantial ; increase in those studying r foreign language. With only so Jmany hours in the day, it NOTING THAT drop is primarily in the trades area, he says students are still enrolling heavily in business occupation courses, especially word pro- cessing. Eighty percent of the jobs are in vocational areas in America yet so many students train for other, more academic areas. What with the heavy emphasis in this area to attend college, many students will attend a year or two of college and then enter the job market, finding themselves eventually in a vocational-typ- e job. WERE DUMPING out unprepared students to go rei-to work, Mr. Christensen terated, noting a large role of high school training is prepara- tion for the job market. It seems we go through these Elementary Menus - menus for the elemen-tar- y schools for the week of Nov. 28 will include: 'Lunch . ' MONDAY, Nov. 28, sloppy green Joes. French fries beans, orange slices, gingersnap - cookie and milk. Kindergarten snack, cookie and milk. Nov. 29, chicken pat- ties, whipped potatoes . parslied carrots, bowknot rolls wand top-- ; butter, jello ping, milk. Kindergarten snack, tiny bowknot roll and milk. jr tered com, shades of green salad applesauce, peanut butter finger, milk. Kindergarten snack, peanut butter finger and milk. Thursday, Dec. 1 , fish and chips sauce and catsup, buttered peas, celery and carrot chocosticks, hot rolls late eclair, milk. Kindergarten snack, bread stick and milk. -; WEDNESDAY ; french dip sandwich , Nov. 30, but FRIDAY, Dec. 2, burrito cheese, shredded lettuce, buttered mixed vegetables, chilled pears, banana cake and milk. Kindergarten snack, graham crackers and milk. Secondary Menus - . : Lunch menus for the secondary schools for the week of Nov. 28 will include: "MONDAY, Nov. 28, hot ham and cheese sandwich, tater gems C finger salads, choice of ; fruit, apple crisp and milk. High - schools have a choice each day of burger bar and salad line. Jr. high and choice, hamburger de:dlUs, French fries ssert and milk. r rTuesday, Nov. 29, fried chickpea, piiaf, hot vegetable combo, combread butter, fresh -- I; . -. ladas lettuce, buttered green beans, whole wheat dinner chilled mixed fruit, sugar cookie and milk. Jr. high choice, chef salad, hot rolls dessert and milk. Thursday, Dec. 1, roast beef, fruit, applesauce raisin cookie and milk. Jr. high choice, footlongs, dessert and French fries imilk. i WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, enchi pioneering satellite technology threw American schools into a technological race to catch up that saw great emphasis put into mathematics and science, particularly. Vocational enrollment this year dipped to 6,115 students, down by more than 1,200 from last years 7,495 with the largest decline noted at View-mon- t, dropping there from nearly 900 to just over 300 students. Woods Cross actually registered an increase, up from 1,043 to 1,490. NOT ALL students are meant to be college graduates, and I believe that after this reform period has passed, enrollment will pick up again, Vocational Director Walt Ulrich told the board of education. He hastened to add in a telephone interview, as did Mr. Ulrich in speaking to the board, that computer-tabulate- d figures are still incomplete. Calling the count only preliminary and probably not as accurate as shouldve been presented to the board, Mr. Christensen said some logistical problems have to be ironed out with coding being changed from a state to local system. AN ENROLLMENT breakdown by course, with two more offered this yeur putting offerings up to 34, showed large increases in distributive education, nearly tripling to six 458, word processing-wi- th times the students of a year ago, at 431, and 90 new commercial art students, up to 234. roll but- whipped potatoes tered mixed vegetables, crisp red apple wheels, peanut butter fingers, milk. Jr. high choice, fish apburger, French fries ple wheels, dessert and milk. -- , spurts of academic emphasis, the veteran educator recalled, thinking back to the 1957 and later Sputnik scare when the Soviet Unions FRIDAY, Dec. 2, pepperoni and cheese pizza, buttered peas shades of green salad banana pudding, glazed fruit bar milk. Jr. high choice, malibu sand fa wich, French fries qad, dessert and milk. BIRDS & BEES An elderly woman was escorting two little girls around the zoo. While they were looking at the stork, she told them the legend of the ungainly it was instrumental in bringing them to their mothers. The children looked at each in astonishment, and presently one whispered to the other: Dont you think we ought to tell the dear old thing the bird--ho- truth? I w ceptions and opinions of how mayors asked to send letters to their senators and congres- operated or utilized. And sional delegation deriding the grant program should be - FARMINGTON In probably the most confusing meeting this reporter has ever attended, the countys mayors Mayor Grant Secrist of West Bountiful authored a motion that finally led to interested waste of tax dollars for many inefficient grant programs. THE MAYORS were finally decided that they needed more information about a new block grant proposals that could revolutionize how those funds are utilized. , addressed by Sally Loveland, member of the nation de- velopment council o4ew York, who explained QjjHions thut could include assisting businesses by providing; loans that woukTmeet certain criteria again benefit- st ing an area economical 5 County Planning Director Rick Mayfield indicates! the county planning office'Uould act as a clearinghouse foe such a loan program directe;y an executive committee including offimayors and other electE cials. ig: FOR THE past two yean, the county has received federal community block grant monies through the state and Wasatch Front Regional Council acting as intermediary. Eighteen proposals were submitted for the $850,000 in funding, last year, with eight COM. GERLACH, wj has made an stosly of spegrant and loan proposal decially affecting economy said velopment possibilities banks could be brought into the process, performing-mucof the processing for lottf, for th gaining funds although the whole process was challenged by Layton, that city contesting the way ballots were prepared and points counted to determine grant ranking and, finally, who got the money. A standing committee was formed to investigate grant applications called for from the cities, county and any other interested agencies that would see at least some of the forth- example. J The possibility of merely bankrolling much of tb first coming monies distributed based on economic need, including how much employ- would then help form a basis for a loan program that could be controlled by the county vs. h year of community THOSE APPOINTED the mayors. Those monies having to defer to federal criteria before funds can be allocated. are County Com. Harry Gerlach Sr., Bountiful Mayor Dean Stahle, Mayor Dean Brand of Fruit Heights, Clinton Mayor Dennis Smith and Woods Cross Mayor Lawrence Urry. This happened at the close of a discussion that found mayors divided on per block monies that would come to the county next spring, for example, has been discussed with ment would be created through it, if economic conditions will be improved and other strict criteria. GOT IT READY? Cutting and splitting your own firewood has become more than just a luxury, because of high heating costs. So lets hope youve got your wood all ready for the long cold winter ahead. Photo by Marty Lee. COM. GERLACH emphasized stiffening federal criteria that wont make it "that easy to provide funds to cities primarily for water projects, for instance. The mayors opted forjurth-e- r discussion in their Jijuary meeting, planning a Christmas social for next month. New Layton Couiiciljiieii Speak The Kiwanis Club of Layton meeting at the Valley View Restaurant for their regular Saturday breakfast meeting on Nov. 12 heard three speakers, had an increasing desire in recent years to become involved in city government. He has been concerned about the need for a library in Layton City and newly city councilhopes to see the present staleman Golden Sill, new city mate resolved in the near fucouncilman elect Kent Smith ture. He stated that since his and Utah Attorney General, employment is in Layton he David L. Wilkinson. will be available to citizens at any time to discuss their conn MR. SILL expressed con- - cerns. He warned that the about the growth ojft location of sales tax revenues Layton City. He indicated a will create a budget problem hope that necessary services for the city in the near future. MR. WILKINSON reported can be expended to adequately that he has recently been inserve the growing population without further tax increases. formed by the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Mr. Sill has served as city public safety director in his capacDept, that San Juan and Uinta counties have been requested ity as city councilman. to divide the county commis Mr. Smith stated that he has real-cer- Unprepared To Work By TOM BUSSELBERG By TOM BUSSELBERG sion into districts in order to provide minority representation on the commission for the local Indian population. He votes therefore that the state is not totally free from civil rights problems. The major point of Mr. Wilkinsons presentation, howev- er, concerned investment frauds perpetrated in the state of Utah. Utahns seem to be peculiarly gullible because of the predominance of the Mormon Church. Church members tend not to be as skeptical as they should be in dealing with promotors who profess to be Mormons and-o- r to have close ties to church leaders. Several recent articles in national publications have dwelt on this subject. Two such articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, one in fortune and one in venture. MR. WILKINSON talked at some length about the current . Affco Enterprises debate. In this case 650 investors invested an average of $40,000 each in the Affco scheme. Of this group 117 investors were medical doctors and 106 were dentists. Interestingly this represented five percent of the dentists in the state of Utah. This tends to demonstrate that professionals in the health care field are marks for such schemes. It also demonstrates that their training and experience may not prepare them to analyze prospective invest ments from a skepticat,and careful perspective. These kinds of schemes tend to work because too many people do not gettheirinvestment advise from professionals in the investment field. Tljis is accelerated by the greed of prospective investor?) If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Primary responsibility for prosecution of crime falls on the county attorneys office. Howler, by default, much of the responsibility for prosecution of white collar crime has fallen on the attorney generals office. The attorney general has a staff of 53 lawyers but ,qnly three of these are assigned to criminal prosecution Press Cornell Foam By GARY R. BLODGETT LAYTON Newspaper reporters look for the who, what, when, where and why of a news story. BUT THATS only the beginning of what reporters, editors and publishers should be looking for when they publish a news item. They should also be looking for the interest that story will have with the public. This aspect of reporting is often overlooked, Dave Cassidy, assistant professor of communications at Utah State University, told the recently organized Press Council that will be serving northern Davis County editions of the Clipper Publishing Company. NEWSPAPERS should receive input from the community. Editors and reporters should know what the majority of community resiand dont want to read. dents want Mr. Cassidy organized some of the first Press Councils to become functional anywhere in the United States. And the council formed by the Clipper Publishing Company is one of only a half dozen such councils actively researching the needs and desires of newspapers and their relationship with the community. NEWS REPORTERS and editors cant know everything going on in a community. They need help from readers. Press Councils are designed to provide some of that assistance, said Mr. Cassidy. Thus, through the efforts of News Editor Tom Busselberg and Executive Editor Dean S. Stahle, a Press Council has been organized to serve the Kaysville Reflex, Davis News Journal and Clearfield Bulletin. COUNCIL MEMBERS, all residents of communities served by the papers, are as follows: Heights, HarRepresenting Kaysville-Fru- it Jeanne Richard Stevenson, ry Duckworth, Ron and Richins. Representing Layton Layton-Syracus- e are Hersh Ipaktchian, Wayne Smedley, Bonnie Rae Barlow and Tom Whitesides. Representing the Clearfield area, including Hill Air Force Base, Sunset, West Point, Clinton and South Weber, are Col. Joseph Battaglia, Norm Sant, Phyllis Stinson and Nada Nicholas. REFERRING TO the council as being the eyes and ears of the community, Mr. Bussel berg stressed a need to have public input regarding happenings within the community. Editors may often feel that they are talking to a lot of different people during the week, when in reality they may be talking mostly to the same handfull of people, said Mr. Busselberg. Now with 12 additional pairs of eyes and ears, hopefully we will be able to expand the publics input. MR. CASSIDY noted that the Davis County council is only the second in Utah and the first among more than 50 weekly newspapers in the state. Logan Herald-Journis the only other Utah newspaper with a Press Council, he said. In opening remarks to the council, Mr. Stahle said, communities rise and fall with the quality of newspapers, and we are striving to provide our readers with the best possible newspaper. NEWSPAPERS should be aware of problems and attempt to serve the needs of the community, he said. A newspaper cant fulfill all the publics needs, but weve made a lot of changes in the past few years trying to do a better job of serving our readers. He noted that a newspaper is a complex, mechanical miracle with a large task to fulfill. And we need the support of this council to accomplish these tasks. e GETTING spot support from the council, Mr. Ipaktchian offered that he has found newspapers to be only about 80 to 90 percent responsive to his suggestions. I still think they fall short on business coverage, he said. Businesses in a community are very important and need more publicity than they are getting. al on-th- MR. BARLOW said she missed the continuity of the papers, especially news of interest in Bountiful that is not published in north Davis County papers. Ms. Layton offered her observation that the Davis County Clipper (which serves south Davis County) is nearly twice the size of newspapers serving north Davis County. I THINK the north Davis editions should be consolidated so that it would be comparable to the Clipper, said Ms. Layton. Mr. Ipaktchian said he agreed. IVE TOLD you before that you have too many papers serving this area, he said. r Mr. Stahle explained that the number 'of pages of advertising determines the size (nupy-be-r of pages) of each paper. Frankly, we hqv? more advertising in the south, he said. MR. CASSIDY told the council that pre vious council studies show many persons doiit want to see news of neighboring communitiej in their paper. .'p' This brought mixed reaction from council members. n.'l'l MS. LAYTON commented that we are largely one community and most of us are in what happens in other neighboring communities. Others said that they favorqd having limited news from south Dtfqs County as well as from north Davis County communities. Whether we like it or not, Davis County is really a divided county, said Mr. Stahfe,. Even state and federal surveys are conducted in opposite ends of the county with south Davjs County being associated with Salt Lake City and north Davis County alligned with Ogden.tf COL. BATTAGLIA, Hill Air Force Bpsfe commander, who is equivalent to the mayor of the northern Utah air base, said he would like to see more base news in the weekly newspapers. We have a base newspaper to get the mesi sage across, but there are many, many stories of human interest from among the neaidy 15,000 ciivilian and 5,600 military personnel working at the base, the colonel said. oi THE COUNCILS immediate reaction1 16 community involvement by reporters and editors was that they (reporters) should get Involved in community activities and be iit! position to write editorials expressing their views. Mr. Stahle said the immediate goals of ttii weekly newspapers include reporting of governmental news; write about persons of interest in the community; reflect activities pf the community, including school, church lad civic clubs; and promote those in the who excel, including honor students? athletes, etc. th edm-muniti- es )!1k THE PRESS Council will meet with the next meeting scheduled Thursday, Jan. 19. |