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Show timti .voTiiib'mK-'A- 'is$;?xx3tia3Zi v &mr tfraao.iVto' Vol. 5 No. 7 Wednesday, February 13, 1985, School in Provo Called a Success Year-Roun-d In July, 1984 the Westridge Elegroups. Each group of students mentary School launched the first attends school for nine weeks d then has vacation time for three program in Utah. Officials in Davis, as well as in weeks. Holidays are also days off, other school districts in Utah, are as well as a Christmas break. watching the Provo program for During the vacation time stuinformation which may help dents can sometimes make up them decide whether or not to try missed instruction or take mini- CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Slaff FARMINGTON The initial reaction of parents, pupils and teachers to a d school experiment in Provo has been positive," states a private nonprofit study presented to Superintendent Lawrence G. Welling of the Davis County School District. The January study by Utah Foundation, a private, nonprofit public service agency listed the advantages as well as the disadschools. d vantages of year-roun- year-roun- a courses. program. year-roun- d Because of careful planning and group begins a new term every 15 days so three groups are in school while one group is on vacation at all times. Students attend school approximately the same number of days that they A parental support with teachers' and students, there has been an initial success the study says. The program works like this: The school is divided into four year-roun- attended under the traditional inconvenience. program. The system increases the capacity of the school building buy a third. Children are "better motivated, work harder, and require less adjustment after vacation periods." the report states. The arguments for year round-schoas stated in the report arc: 1. Saves on construction costs for new schools by better using the Since the concept was new, parents whose children were to attend Westridge had the option of transferring their children to another school. First reactions to the program, according to the study, are that the program required some family adjustments but that the ad- vantages outweighed the ol existing space. 2. Saves money spent on text- books, equipment and furniture per pupil. 3. Students need less refresher time when returning to school be cause there is less learning loss. 4. Eliminates need for second, jobs for teachers who wish to teach year round and gives higher compensations. 5. Students can make up missed, work without having to lose a whole year of schooling because; of missed schoolwork. 6. Students are less bored, more enthusiastic. 7. Students have more personal attention from teachers. 8. Districts can evaluate pn Continued on Page IOC Officials Believe Job Corps Survive Cutback APRIL ADAMS Review Staff CLEARFIELD Next years federal budget proposed by President Ronald Reagan asks Con- gress to do away with the Job Corps program. However, local officials see efforts to get approval for his proposal to cut the $600 million a year program as an uphill battle. Calling it a political balloon, Richard Quimby of the Clearfield Job Corps said directors at the center are quite optimistic we 'will survive this." Quimby is the director of special programs at the center. He admitted, though, the corps will face a tougher budget fight this year than it has for many years. There will be some give ;and take. Some programs will probably be cut out, but that has ; ! , to be fought out which ones. Clearfield center officials are optimistic it will survive since it is well managed. We are not run by the government as some are, Quimby said. About 1,400 students annually learn vocational skills at the center, which also employs 440 staff members. We have produced results. Our students pay back money that was spent on them, he said. He called cutting a program that has a 92 percent job placement rating unthinkable." Bemie Diamond, the vice president of the Management and Training Corp., which manages seven Job Corps centers, agreed. We realize there is a budget deficit. There needs to be cuts. But we believe Job Corps is a very solid program, he said. Petition Opposes it Complex 48-Un- RUTH MALAN Review Correspondent KAYSVILLE The proposed Shanna Subdivision at approximately 325 S. 50 W. has met with opposition in the form of a petition bearing 150 signatures presented to the Kaysville City Council last week. Proposed is a it apartment complex to be placed on a parcel of commerically zoned property located in a neighborhood zoned for residential development. The citizens complained of a potentially dangerous increase in traffic. Norm Whittaker, spokesman for the group, stated that city police agreed that the intersection at 350 S. 50 W. is a bad intersection, possibly the worst in town. Three schools in the area, Davis High, Kaysville Junior High and Columbia Elementary, add to the traffic congestion. Jay Brisco, who owns a home on 350 South, said he has to work his way down the street to get home whenever there is an activity at the junior high. He said the traffic is a nuisance now but would be increasingly dangerous with apartments being occupied by 48-un- six-ac- two-bedroo- m re young families with small children. Toddlers would have to cross the busy street to get to recreation. I think thats unwise, Bris. co said. The residents said they learned of the project after it received costume for the Layton Hills Mall diaper competition Saturday are (from left) Cade Cote, son of Michael and Shanna Cote of Roy; Bridgett Hall, daughter of ALL DONE UP in preliminary approval from the planning commission. We feel a great pride in Kaysville, said Mickie Johnson at last weeks council meeting. We dont want n to be a or a We care here and we feel threatened. Another citizen stated there are already many rental units in the area and adding more might create a bad side of town. Twenty years ago. Councilman Paul Wagaman said, he bought his first home. Now people cant buy homes. It has to do with economics. One answer is apartment dwellings. Even in Kaysville there is a place for apartment dwellmini-Layto- City mini-Bountif- to Buy One, Not Two Roy Trims Request for Fire Trucks SHELLEY KANCITIS Review Correspondent ROY Despite Roy Fire Chief Edward Blackes request that the city purchase two new fire engines, the Roy City Council voted to authorize funds for only one. The proposal was considered during the citys mid-yebudget review. Last Friday, Roy City Manager Richard Kirkwood said the decision had been made to buy an FMC pumper costing $115,402, the lowest bid. Kirkwood expects financing terms will include a down payment of $23,000 to be taken from the capital reserve account. ings, he said. A hearing has been called by Mayor Gerald Purdy so the resi- ar dents can expres their concerns. No date has been set of the meeting. The property is owned by James and Frank Brough and Ute Knowlton of Kaysville and Franklin Knowlton of Layton. The council rejected Blackes mercial growth means fire recommendation that a ladder department apparatus must be truck be purchased first. Instead, upgraded and increased. In remarks prior to his motion the council opted for the cheaper of the two proposed fire engines, to purchase the pumper, Councila 1,500 gallon per minute pump- man Richhrd Ulibarria urged fiser. cal restraint. He noted the Blake said the Fire Engines possible loss of $195,000 in federwere needed for several reasons. al revenue sharing funds and a American bill under consideration by the The citys LaFrance pumper is now out of legislature that would divert preservice and beyond repair, ac- ciously anticipated sales tax revecording to Blackc. Engine 312, a nue from the cities to flood 750 GPM (gallons per minute) control. I just dont feel Im willing to pumper, is antiquated and inadequate for future needs. get into both pieces of equipment Blacke repeatedly stressed that this year. Im willing to go for Roys rapid residential and com one in a gradual upgrading, said Sant Wont Quit; No Suits Expected CHERILYN KAWA APRIL ADAMS Lakeside Review A former city emdecided has against pursuployee ing legal action against Mayor SUNSET Norm Sant and the mayor said he has no intention of pressing charges against persons who have requested his resignation. Im not going to pursue that, said former city office clerk Kathryn Wood, referring to reports she had considered discussing legal action with the American Civil Liberties Union. She and former city trcasurerofifice manager, Janet Groskrcutz, recently quit over an alleged improper hiring practice and Sant's personnel management style. Both women said he had intimidated them and was very diffi 1 cult to work for. They said the final straw came when last summer Sant hired a woman, with whom he reportedly had had a previous relationship, to fill a city office position. She few weeks ago. a quit part-tim- e Groskreutz also said Sant forced her indirectly to hire the woman. Sunset resident Cynthia Stevens said she had contacted the American Civil Liberties Union office in Salt Lake City last week with both womens concurrence. She needed to discover procedures and information to be submitted for consideration of a possible suit, she said. It was their decision (Wood and Groskreutz) I made the call, and it will be their decision to pursue or drop it," she said, ad ft Steve and Donna Hall of Clearfield, and Jamie Lloyd, daugh-derb- y ter of Perry and Penny Lloyd of Kaysville. The children were among dozens who crawled, drank and strutted their stuff. . ding she would abide by the course they choose. The action was not taken out of vengeance," she said. The city employees do not have a union available for complaints, she said. The ACLUs legal board in SLC meets monthly to decide whether complaints have enough merit for a lawsuit. Mrs. Groskreutz is out of town and not available for comment. Sant said he had no intention at this time" of pressing charges of defamation of character against persons he has said slandered him. This is depending on what happens. Innocent people have already been hurt," he said, adding he didn't want to take the action. I really am not that kind of guy." Y The controversy, which erupted in City Council meeting last week with Sant opponents and defend- ers trading criticisms, seems to have quieted. A petition circulating in the city asking Sant to resign has been dropped. It claimed the mayor had embarrassed the city and abused his power in the hiring of the woman. Wallace Braithwaite, a Suriset resident who began the petition drive, said he dropped the petition because the two former city employees told him to just forget it. We got the point over as much as we could," said Braithwaite, but the mayor is not going to resign." He said the threat of a lawsuit was not a factor in dropping the matter. Continued on Page 2A iV Ulibarri. Mayor Jack Pierce agreed, noting that numerous mutual aid agreements exist with nearby towns. I think the chances, of having a major conflagration in all of those cities at the same time.. .are fairly remote, said Pierce. ' ; s ': - Councilman Lavar Smith, favored purchase of both fire engines. Well be a lot better off to be as self sufficient in as nearly all situations as we can be. AVe may not need them for two years,' but we may need them the day; after tomorrow," said Smith. New Municipal Hall Planned in Kaysville RUTH MALAN Review Correspondent KAYSVILLE Kaysville City will be getting a new city hall. Last week the city council appointed Joe Rhoades, an en- gineer from Farmington, to oversee the development of plans for a new city building and library expansion. The city building located on Main Street houses the library in its north end. The city offices occupy the rest of the building. A few months ago, a Kaysville family donated 4.5 acres of land on Crestwood Road valued at $125,000 to the citv to be sold for funds for library expansion. The city has declined joining the county library system for several years. The gift will en- able the city to expand the present library to use the ' , whole building. , ; : The new city hall will' be built on the same block as the existing building. It will space for the power company, computer system and city employees, plus a multi- purpose room to be made available for citizen groups to de -: hold meetings. Plans for breaking ground are set for spring. . |