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Show The Salt Lake Trihum Wedm-vda)- Januarv 22. I'M , .' Hot Line Helps Jordan Students B Vila Daraban Tribune Staff Writer Ionian School District students are having an easier lime with homework these dns. since the district a homework hot line. calls the teachers, have dt grecs in social studies, physics. French and math, and all have a master s m higher degree. Since nearly half of the questions are related to math, the operators have to tie mathematically inclined One criterion to become an operator is a working knowledge of math "We get questions from times-ta-bleand common denominators to calculus Most of our culls are for first- - and second-yea- r algebra answers," Mr. Barmen said ' W ben we get questions on advanced calculus, we start to get shaky. At the start of the program. Oct 1. the hot line received 11)0 calls per night from students in kindergarten to high school. The volume has since dropped to about 40 calls a night. Mr. Barmen said. The decrease. Mr. Barmen feels, is because the publicity the hot line first received. Since then, when students found the teachers did not necessarily answer their homework questions, interest has dropped a bit. But overall, students seem to enjoy the hot line, Mr. Barmen said. "We get excellent questions most of the time. We get our share of crank calls but most of the kids really enjoy . hlementan to h) I'h school students can now call Tuesdays through T hursdays from q to 9 pm. to ask anv question of the three instructors invoked with the Education Program Services Homework Hot Line. Kulph Haws, administrator of the program, .said the teachers will not answer questions but will work with the student to find the . nswer. He said the teachers can only be used to clarify a question, such as a math problem. If they can't answer Ihe question, the students are guided to another source. But it is likely the teachers will have some sort of answer or solution, said Jim Barmen, coordinator of the program. The instructors, including Mr. Barmen, who is a social studies teacher at West Jordan II gh Seho J, work out ol I .a high school's libi ary. providing - a v reference back-rrun- s d The paid instructors also have at their disposal the school's computer media center. .The program is equipped with every text book being employed by each school in the district so that the instructor and student can look at the same question . The teachers, all from Jordan district, were chosen for their diversified educational backgrounds, so they can guide students in any current course. .The "operators as Mr. Barmen . . it." Many of the calls the instructors receive are from students who call daily. "We can recognize students by their voices now, Mr. Barmen said, adding the instructors always ask if the caller has contacted the program before. But the nightly phone call provides a better rapport between students and teachers. Mr. Barmen said "When students have a prub' "m. at least they feel they hate somebody to call fur help)," tie said The instructors get a wide variety of questions, and spend times between one and lit) minutes with each caller. "It s fascinating," Mr. Barmen said "You can get a good algebra question on one call and the next call r can be a with a phonics " question Parents and college students have also called the hot line, according to Mr. Barmen. J SALE JUA PRICE GOOD THRU WEDNESDAY k first-grade- On occasion the panel gets stumped. "If we get into an area where were confusing the student, we tell them to talk to the teacher, the teacher is number one," he said. Plus, the instructor is not there to teach a student math or English functions. "We can't teach a student how to do fractions if they've never done it." he said. The program is similar to the hotline program established by the Granite School District three years ago. Mr. Haws first saw a homework hot line when he attended an education seminar in California lour years ago. He approached the state Board of Education to implement the program in the Jordan District, but was turned down. But when Jordan students began calling the Granite hot line, the program was reconsidered by the Jordan District superintendent, approved, and last year given state approval. "I think this program has the students and community." Mr. Barmen said. really-benefite- TSKI GOOGLES Reg Cities Scramble to Fill Holes in Budgets bill pending before the Legislature which would return a larger part of the state sales tax to the local govern- Continued From W-- l revenue, said Don Whetzel, financial director for Murray City. "I would doubt that we'd raise property taxes. We'll absorb it through increase in ments. The return of those funds was promised in a 1983 law, after the payment of higher education bonds and additions to funds. The current bill, initiated by the Utah League of Cities and Towns, would return roughly $4 million to the cities beginning July 1. League Executive Director Jan Furner said the proposed law has the support of Gov. Norm Bangerter. The impetus of the bill was a reto help sult of the federal cuts us cover the shortfalls," Mr. Furner said. "And if the flooding is not imminent we want our money back and the governor has agreed to do that. The remainder of the of a cent sales tax, about $12.5 million, would be returned July 1, 1987 unless there is more flooding, in which case sales taxes through regular increase in sales." flood-contr- For West Valley City, no revenuesharing funding means that planned hiring in the police and fire departments will be scrapped for the present. i "We had hoped to hire because were actually below the strength of public demand, said West Valley City Manager John Newman. "We feel we need to hire, but we simply won't be able to meet those demands. ... We are not going to raise property taxes," he continued. It's just a mat-- ter of not producing those things that weve been asked to produce. one-eigh- th " Looking for other sources of ey. cities are hoping for passage of a COATS, BIBS, PANTS MENS PARKAS $115.00 20 OFF the state would keep the money until Dec. 31, 1989. Though the effects of eliminating revenue sharing are the most visible, cuts in block-grafunding will nonetheless be felt though to what extent is presently unknown. Block grant funding was cut 15 percent in the August of 1985, but may faces further reduction as a result of the plan to eliminate the national deficit by 1991. Rob Jeppsen, legislative director for Congressman Howard C. Nielson, 3, said the cuts resulting will be in adfrom Gramm-Rudmadition to the 15 percem. but as of now, the total amount of reduction remains to be seen PRE SP SLALOM n "It's hard to say what the effects he said. "It's hard to give specific answers on how rural cities are going to be affected at this point . everything is up in the air. will be, . . ROSSIGNOL SMS ROSSIGNOL STS I I OLIN COMP SLALOM HEAD RADIAL CARBON HEAD HOT SKI HEAD GRAPHITE AT&T Credit Office Planned Murray Officials Beam Over New Center MENS Knit Cuffs Special to The Tribune - It's the type of large, clean business that city officials drool over, and Murrays going to get Polyester Fill Mid Gaitor Reg $140.00 it. City officials were beaming over last weeks announcement that Utah "Triad and American Telephone and Telegraph will build a $6 million recenter off gional Interstate 15 near 5300 South. .. Mayor Lavar C. McMillan said he "considers AT&T a very prestigious .company and will be very proud to have them a part of the community." .. ..The Murray site was selected over larger areas in Los Angeles and San Z Francisco. The center will handle 16 million business and residential accounts for 11 Western states. ' Though the center is expected to employ roughly 700 clerical workers by 1988, at this edition's deadline it had not boon determined how many .jijjdhose jobs would go to Utah eiti-;n- LADIES & PARKAS MURRAY , & (o)93 credit-manageme- s. KThe company recently laid off dfMMM) workers, and the Communication Workers of America, which most of those former employ-roe'said it will attempt to gain the Murray center jobs for its members. ; However. AT&T officials said they expect a substantial number of the positions to be given to Utah resits s, dents. ; Beyond the jobs it may provide for ALL Murray City officials arc looking forward to Utah Triad and AT&Ts plans for a $6 million center. PARKAS credit-manageme- residents, the building will, of course, add to the local commercial property-tax base. Additional revenue is expected from higher small business sales those of restaurants, bank ofus traffic infices, gas stations creases in the area. 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