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Show 2B Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Tuesday, December 13, 1988 School Board meeting Committee looks at grant options The committee of teachers and administrators appointed to determine how unrestricted block grant money received by the district should be spent has begun meetings. Supt. Ell B. Sorenson told members of the Carbon County Boad of Education at a recent meeting, They are working on a plan. We can use the money any way we want to but we must be accountable for what we do. Implementation of programs is scheduled for next year. Sorenson said the district has a high degree of interest in outcome based education which focuses on the learner as a person. Goals of outcome based education are to develop learners who have concern for others. Other goals are for students to learn subject materials, problem solving, decision making and com self-direct- ed mu World Bible School Correspondence Course Write P.O. Price, BOX 299 Utah 84501 munication skills. The superintendent told board members several outstanding magazine articles on mastery learning, which is a part of outcome based education, have been published recently. Copies are available at the board office to those interested. abatement has been received by the district. The district recently completed a survey to determine where asbestos is located. Federal laws require schools throughout the nation to remove asbestos that might constitute a health hazard. The infectious disease policy recommended by the Utah Department of Education was adopted by the board, although some minor modifications may be made later. The policy presented by the state department was extensively checked by an attorney to make sure legal rights of everyone, the patient and other students, are protected in the event a student should contract a serious disease such as AIDS. The personnel policy of the Carbon District will be reviewed to make sure it conforms with the policies of the National School Board Association, the superintendent said. The local PTA organizations, along with the state PTA, were commended for the work they did to defeat the proposed tax A survey of alcohol and drug use by students is being prepared by the state depart- ment of education, told superintendent members. the board We hope it will be ready for use late this year or early next year, he said. James L. Jensen, assistant The superintendent, said, base a used as be can survey line to determine the success of our education programs against drug and alcohol abuse. We will know whether we are going up or down, he said. Jensen also reported the principal and staff at Carbon High School are studying a proposal for remodeling the school that was made in 1985 by Jon Taft, an architect hired by the school. They are attempting to determine how well it meets current needs. The original plan called for remodeling and expanding the building. At a previous meeting board member Richard Robinson said the expansion proposal would be looked at very carefully in light of todays needs. Part of the proposed work, mostly repairs, has already been completed. Some money for asbestos initiatives. Sorenson said the PTA was very active in informing the public about the measures. The superintendent reported that Supt. Earnest Weeks, Emery County School District, represented this area at a recent national conference of the Rural Schools Association. He said the conference was unique because it included not only educators but people from all walks of life. A time to bake springing up around town. Christmas is in the air in Carbon County. Along with so many other traditions of Christmas, gingerbread are houses State issues warning about child abuse organizations The Department of Social Services has issued a strong warning to Utah residents who may be receiving calls from a child abuse new prevention organization. for-pro- fit spokesman for the department states, We are concerned that people understand that there are different kinds of it and organizations, A non-prof- People have the right to know if they are giving to a organization. Many Utahns may donate thinking it they are giving to a organization such as the Utah Chapter of the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse (UCPCA). for-prof- it. for-prof- it non-prof- Dixie Nelson, outgoing president of UCPCA expressed similar concerns, UCPCA was established in 1984 and is the statewide only organization working actively for the prevention of child abuse. 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