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Show MttilllliMUU 20(i WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2000 THE Campus News Frandsen, from page 2 m - This proposal would split the current student-body to effectively reduce class size by One group of students would attend 50. two of the four quarters ot classroom instruction per calendar year immersed in basic courses of mathematics, science, language and civic studies while, at the same time, another group of students from across town would spend their time in a community-based setting outside the traditional classroom, using classroom knowledge in chalsituations. Available to lenging, hands-oengage the students are technical job training, athletics, the Arts, wildlife studies, natural resource science, farming, biology, child-carhome economics, government studies, or involvement with the National Guard. If believed Utah could double the teachers and classrooms in which to move Utah class sizes back within a national d pronorm, I would have left my posal at home, but the simple fact is that a traditional solution to our problem is cost prohibitive. Year round schooling would increase education costs only 13 because of improved utilization of school buildings and staff. Lets choose greater value in education with the quality of smaller classes over great quantities of mediocre instruction. The cost breakdown shows $81 million a year for teacher contract extensions, $32 million a year for d staffing and food services, and $143 million a year to finance much of the community-basemen n jar hu ek or 1 om her il- - ire to il tah 70 ur an te, ;t nnt year-roun- tors. Utah expenditures would increase from $4,008 to $4,540 per student, still keeping Utah ranked 51st in the country. These budgetary numbers are based on class size statistics issued from the Utah State Office of Education. A Utah Legislative taskforce has been looking for alternative taxing, tax credits, vouchers or efficiencies in order to reduce Utah class size. HB 238 was proposed last January to reduce class size to 28 pupils, (twice the national average) at a cost of $1.5 billion for new schools and teachers. Funding any educational proposal, I suggest Utahns openly cooperate and push our legislature to study the following three funding provisions: First, establish user-feguidelines on huge families planning to use public schools, second, reform the regressive state income tax code, which is unfairly hitting the lower 60 of taxpaying families with an additional $300 million a year, and third, share the burden of education on corporations who should begin to pay their share of local property and income taxes, or generously work with school districts in locations to opening up community-basestage our students in practical job skills training. Citizens need to take on this issue of school reform as directly as they are campaign finance reform, urban planning and the accountability of our political leadership. e d d Matt Frandsen is t he Natural Law Party candi1. date for US Congressional District ol il unc tTUTOKS REEBEEH By Ammie Brown Special to the Sun iIrnIiXICMHII" li ct'lll In July, seven members ot Phi Beta Lambda (Professional Business Leaders) traveled to Long Beach, California, to compete at the National Leadership Conference. The members of the Dixie squad brought home the following awards: 5th place, Parliamentary Procedures: Tom Bradshaw, Ammie Brown, Katie Hall and Andrea Chambers. 4th place, Public Speaking: Larinda Wenzel. $500 membership into the National Speakers Association and a $500 business leader scholarship: Larinda Wenzel PBL extends an mviiution lo even,'one, including majois, to join the oiganiz.uum. According to Dixie's PBL olliceis, joinPBL is a great way to gel involved in a ing local, state, and national orgaivzalion. PBL is si ill accepting new members, for club president, more information Ammie Brown, at the following address: ammieCmrebelnet. dixie.edu, or you can visit the club on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 12.30 in Room 219 of the Udvar-- I lazy Building. Wenzel, Brown, Ashlee McKinlay, and Nate Staheli, participated in the Institute for Leaders (1FL) and graduated with honors. IFL is a seminar held in conjunction with with the competition that involves training and development in communication, leadership, working with diversity, goal setting, project planning, etc. Also, Janell Coates competed in word processing. PBL adviser, THINKING ? an ga n . . . c" The Dixie State College Tutoring Center is currently accepting applications for tutors in the following subjects: ABOUT A NEW CAREER? Math 1050, 1060, 1090,1100 Chemistry 2310; Physics 1010, 2010 Dental Assistant Medical Assistant MedicalDcntal Secretary Pharmacy Technician Opthalmic Assistant Dental Lab Techician Qualifications: 9 MONTH COURSES JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE HANDS ON TRAINING PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT EXCELLENT GROWTH POTENTIAL FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above A grade of B or higher in the subjects) you wish to tutor Must be personable, patient, flexible, and willing to tutor training. participate in on-goi- CALL TODAY- - CLASSES START SOOJW! ng Provo St. George (800) Applications are available in the Browning Learning Resource Center, Room 106. 3 Phi Beta Lambda succeeds at nationals year-roun- isL ltia SUN (800) 652-090- 7 THE 377-290- 7 INSTITUTE AMERICAN OF TECHNOLGY MEDICAL-DENTA- L |