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Show I 4 The Magna TirrmAVest Valley Newt, April 4, 2002 School Eisenhower going to Elite 8 tourney Eisenhower Junior High easily won the Academic Games state championship with a 83-5- 6 win over Snowcrest Junior High from the Weber School District. The Utah State championship was part of the Sweet 6 round of the National Academic Games Tournament. Snowcrest qualified for the Sweet 16 game against Eisenhower by defeating the team from Davis County. Eisenhower entered the tournament after defeating Brockbank Junior High. The Elite 8 round was to be played April 10, with Eisenhower meeting its challenger via the Ednet television system at the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus. 1 If they win, they will go on to the final four tournament. "I hope they can win three more games so that they will become the national champions," said Darryl Thomas, district coordinator of the Academic Games program. 'They're doing extremely well. It's exciting to see them come this far. Two years ago the Eisenhower team also made it to the final four competition but was eliminated in the first game by a point loss. In 1996, Bennion Junior High won the National Tournament. The Academic Games tournaments started in January with 700 teams competing nationwide. 1 -- IWIQIM . athy Purser recently received the "Spirit of -- PTA" award. Congratulations, Kathy! She is an avid advocate for the community and the children of Magna. It is always a wonderful experience working with her so the award was richly deserved. Cyprus principal Paul Sagers was recognized as a Utah PTA Administrator. It is nice to see that his leadership in and dedication to the Cyprus Learning Network has been acknowledged. Farnsworth Elementary is looking for volunteers to help teach Junior Achievement classes. This is a program that A,, is complete with fun lesson plans and activities to help students learn about business. u The lessons last for 45 minutes each time. Volunteers are needed once a week for six weeks. If you are interested, please contact the school. While reading Orchard Elementary's newsletter, I was reminded that some of the schools are having a problem with students being tardy on a daily basis. There has been a significant increase in the number of tardies and absences in some of the schools. This not only disrupts their own learning, but it also disturbs the learning atmosphere of the rest of the class. Valuable learning ' time is lost. Time for cookies!t ' This year the Utah legislature cut the Granite School District's budget and unfortunately the result is that after cutting all the programs the Board could, we were still left with $7 million that are needed to run the district. a majority of the goes to salaries and benefits, the only alternative was to cut employees. Every department has been asked to eliminate positions. Each department head was asked to reevaluate each position and see if it was required and cut there first. This held true for the district office as well. For example, some secretarial duties will be eliminated or the work consolidated. Each school was given a projected enrollment report to adjust their workforce accordingly. Classroom size will increase as a result of the budget shortfall. It is estimated that approximately 150 teachers will need to be surplused. Some of these teachers will be reassigned based upon class requirements, seniority and other issues to other schools. do not know the exact of employees that will be retiring and positions that will become avail- - , able due to normal attrition. We do know an estimated number of students who will be in the schools and principals need to gamer that information as soon as possible to prepaid for next year. With the increase in class size, an estimate of teachfers- that will be required can be ' derived. This is a starting paint for administrators to work j with. I have received numerous. ' letters and phone calls On the ' ' Boards decision. Some individuals beli6Ve the school board did this just to get parents upset and make a We y statement to the legislature in order to force them to give education more money. This is absolutely false! a member of the board, I tired of cutting programs such as sequential fine arts out of the elementary classrooms because of no money. Our children deserve to develop their creative instincts and their individual talents. Utah's pioneer history is rich in art and culture and to eliminate it from our public schools is a travesty. Someone has to send a message now before it is too late. Our children are more important then roads, parks and government buildings! We can't afford to build or repair another interstate on the backs of our children. Your comments are welcomed. 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