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Show 4 THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, November 7, 1985 'Before We Have A Problem' - School Board Calls For AIDS Policy By December GRANITE PARK. We ought to have a board policy in place before the problem surfaces, Superintendent John Reed Call told members of the Granite Board of Education Tuesday. The problem to which he referred is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, commonly known as AIDS. This is a devastating disease which presents some difficult situations," he noted. There are still many questions unanswered. Call explained that school boards across the nation are facing the problem of what to do when AIDS cases arise. The problem must be faced both with district employees and students, he said. Basically there are two positions which school districts around the country have adopted, he explained. Some districts consider each case on an individual basis, with a panel consisting of the AIDS victim's personal physician, a representative of the state or local health department and a school district official determining what the ultimate outcome would be. This is the NEA the position endorsed by (National Education Assn. ) , Call explained. The other position adopted by many districts across the nation is exclusion of employees from regular job placement or students from the regular classroom situation, he noted. Employees go on sick leave and students are placed in a home-schoprogram or some other program where they are isolated from other students, Call said. Call also pointed out that because the disease is so devastating, exe clusion or may end up exactly the same. We can find no situation now where we know a teacher or student infected with the disease is presently in a regular classroom situation, he said. Noting Granite district is the largest district in the state and about the 35th largest in the nation, the chances are not unlikely AIDS cases may occur here. We need to adopt a board policy before the situation occurs, he said. case-by-cas- Dr. Call presented board members information regarding the ways AIDS is dealt with in other districts and asked them to consider formulating a policy toward the disease at their earliest possible convenience. It is imperative we move on this now and have in place a policy before we have a problem, board member Miriam Farnsworth noted. She asked board members to study all angles of the issue and have the administration bring it back before the board on Dec. 3 for a final determination. In other action, conceptual approval was granted for a nine-roomodular addition to the east side of Woodrow Wilson elementary. Each classroom will consist of 877 square feet. While approving the concept, the board also asked architects to return Nov. 19 with suggestions for design to working out a pitched-roo- f f plan presented. replace the Approval was given an administrative plan to purchase about 12 acres at 3700 So. 8300 West for a new elementary school site. This is the opportune time to buy it before we have to lose houses to get it, assistant superintendent William Leiter explained. and printers for the districts special education program; for trucks for the $150,035.76 grounds and maintenance departments and the central warehouse; $53,923 for a garbage flat bed truck for truck and a the grounds department and the central warehouse; $17,750 for telephone systems for the transportation department, Kearns high and Kearns junior high; $14,887 for a telescopic aerial device for the metal shop; $15,600 for tractors with lawn mowers and dozer blades for Skyline and Cyprus high schools; $37,463 for truck bodies to be mounted on cabs and chassies; $45,919.07 for physical education supplies; $15,520 for duplicating masters; $29,464.68 for art supplies ; and $110,203.90 for school supplies. The purchases totaled $568,019.81, of which Christensen attempted to table spending $289,658.76 until priorities in land purchases could be established. However, the board voted to override him, passing the purchases by H. Permission was also granted for the administration to demolish the old alternative schoolPlymouth elementary building at 4800 So. Redwood Road. The building is no longer used by the district, and weve had some real problems maintaining an abandoned building, Leiter explained. The board also ratified a contract between the district and the Granite Classified Employees Assn. - an agreement which had been hammered out after employees picketed the district offices last month. In spite of Dr. J. Dale Christensens efforts to table some of the big ticket items proposed for purchase until priorities could be determined in relation to acquiring new school sites in the western portion of the district, the board voted to approve spending: for 60 computer $40,853.40 systems with printers for computer labs in the four new elementary schools and Meadow Moor elemen- tary; $36,400 for 25 m ' WHOLESALE PRICES FRI., NOV. 1 - PM; SAT., NOV. Quality Warehouse D49 4 2-1- PM-- 6 8650 So. 300 W. $dy 1 4-- computer systems ONSETS AM-- 2 0 PM -- 756-7460 flat-roo- School Board Continued from page There is a phenomenal growth taking place in the southwest area," board member J. Dale Christensen pointed out. Kearns high school in 1995 will have over 3,400 students. The problem is not resolved with this busing. There will be enough students there to house another high school. I feel this is a serious deficiency which is only adding to the problem. Every angle seems to have been board member Gary taken in, Somewhere betSwensen noted. ween four and eight years ago a citizens committee took a look at the differences between busing and building. Has this been taken into consideration? If we keep this (busing program) up for 13 or 14 years, would we be spending as much as paying for a new school? ' Administrators pointed out not one, but three studies had been done on the subject. The first study was conducted by district personnel and concluded 17 years of busing would equal the cost of constructing an elementary 1 school. The second study - the one undertaken by the citizens committee -postulated an even earlier payback. The third considered maintenance and operating expenses as well as and if the two lines construction ever meet on that one, Id be surpris- ed, assistant superintendent William H. Leiter noted. What we decide tonight is years from now. I have empathy with parents who would like to see their students not bused, but building a high school is an expensive major project, DavidWe have high school son said. buildings which are paid for, and there is no need to spend the dollars. I am opposed, however, to busing elementary students and feel we need to build elementary schools where they are needed. Davidson moved the board approve the administrations recommendations and board president Patricia G. Sandstrom seconded his motion. Dr. Christensen attempted to amend the motion, stipulating the board study the situation and within the next year conclude where a new high school site would be appropriate and ter m- commitment' that site. - . 4o- - wirrtsing '' His amendment was seconded by Swensen, but was withdrawn when discussion centering around the time stipulation indicated it would not pass. There are too many unknowns to say we will do this within a year, board member Miriam Farnsworth noted. When the quesion was called on the original motion, busing students from Taylorsville to Cottonwood was with Dr. Christensen approved casting the sole nay vote. 4-- ex- tremely serious, Christensen said. It will impact students 10, 15 or 20 MOVING.. LIGHTEN your load with Classified. Call 262-668- JD70 ticv fl 99 TAPPAN MICROWAVE LITTON TOUCH CONTROL JEiU - MICROWAVE FITS UNDR THE ' : CABINET 1146 WASHER LA3400 tjCMJ GDMD3 RATED DRYER 3 TEMP. PERM GE TRASH COMPACTOR GEG900 Dec. 1st to 7th DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTABLE: 21 CU. FT. FAST FREEZE SHELVES PU2ii 278 268 CF814 TAPPAN 30 GAS GRILL OR ELECTRIC RANGE DU50 MAGIC CHEF REFRIGERATOR 17CUFT. 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