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Show ington Seeks Another School FARMINGTON Farmington Domsntary School PTA member ,,'ceeenUd their cam for new elementary school to the Davie County School District Board and have received some encouraging results but still no firm commitment from the board. The parents complained that the Farmington Elementary School ia overcrowded and some students have to be bused to Kayrviile to attend classes. The parents want a new school built in the city by 1880 to accommodate the load. Beth Margets, a Farmington parent, presented the board with the results of a survey conducted by the PT A. There were 823 respondents to the survey questionnaire and 41 percent did not have elementary school age children in their homes. The survey indicated that 97 percent of the respondents felt a new school was needed and more than 96 percent said It was important for their children to attend an elementary school in their own community. The survey also Indicated that the most favorable interim solution to the overcrowding problem was portable classrooms (first), followed by utilization of existing space in district buildings, split school sessions, busing students outside the community and year-roun- d sessions. Dr. Stephen White, assistant dUtriri said the district admlatotretfen and board i to the nvre row ding problem and told the parents, I think we're going to be able to have a (construction) sit . . . within two or three months. Board President Lurile Reading told the group tnt board is not in a position to make a commitment to the building of s new school She said the board was esnsitive to the neads of the Farmington community, hut its rsqidromeota had to he considered to perspective with the needs ef the satire district- t1' Mrf the District Otoiiilliinliiit psrsflU. thedistrict is unable to build new school facilities as feat it woidd like because thr. district's assessed kitien is the second lowest in the state making findfcrifcg of new school cmwtouriioo through tax revenues TgW F-t- js faring serious problems hesaid- - ha-- - building DSfl'CEMTi . Conservation Headquarter l0UIfftf&FOOD -- ewERsy Marta Delree, rice president of the Farmington Elementary PTA, said a new school is needed in north Farmington because the present facility is at full capacity, some students are being bused to Kaysville and the community will grow rapidly in the next few years. We feel it is an emotional disruption to send our children out of the community," she said in reference to the busing. Lorenzo Hank Semadeni, another parent, said statistics show that Farmingtons population increased . 33.5 percent during the years He added that the citys birth rate is increasing and the death rate is 1970-75- decreasing, indicating a growing school age population. He added that 1,038 lots within the city are earmarked for residential construction, meaning more school age children for the community. Trans-A-C- ar Licensed BOUNTIFUL The Bountiful City Council has approved a business license for transportation firm to service for medically disabled provide an ambulance-tax- i people. The firm, Trans-A-Ca- r, maintains a fleet of specially-equippe- d vans which can transport wheelchair patients. Don Wortley, a spokesman for the firm, told the council the service is often used in Salt Lake City to transport elderly patients to and from doctors offices, nursing homes and hospitals. He added that Medicare can sometimes pay for part of the cost of transporting elderly patients. A Utah Department of Transportation spokesman endorsed the firm, saying It provided a service that the could not economically offer. Utah Transit troi i q3JW 91 Yo |
