Show Utah education is in need of State help Souih Sanpete teachers joined a statewide walkout Monday to tax cut resulting from a $95 million state budget surplus Teachers were protesting a proposed tax cut that would return a state budget surplus to the taxpayers instead of using it for Education The point they were trying to make was that Education in Utah needs more money Money to reduce class sizes buy up to date textbooks purchase equipment and supplies and of course raise salaries Supt Mullinsof South Sanpete District reports that an estimated $53000 is needed just to bring textbooks up to date in his district’s classrooms Additional funds are needed for items like lab and shop equipment and supplies such as paper and pencils “We all need a reduction in class sizes” he said “Some elementary school classes are in the range” Teachers in the Davis district were the first to ‘Walkout’ leaving school on Friday morning Teachers around the state then showed their support by not showing up for work on Monday morning Few will disagree that education in general needs a shot in the arm and that Utah - with its overabundance of school children - needs more funding that most Prior to the Monday Walkout Governor Norman Bangerter told the press that there had not been enough time in the emergency session of the legislature to get everything done He added that “a substantial amount of the remaining surplus of $185 million will go to Education” Teachers are the first ones to exclaim that the welfare of the children they teach and their needs are their number one priorities t If the January Legislature approved large amounts of funding for updating teaching materials buying new books and other teaching aides would the teachers then be satisfied? Or must the funding include substantial raises in teacher pay? Utah’s teachers say that their salaries fall 49 short of the naIsn’t the same true tional average in almost any other occupation in Utah? The state is notorious for paying low wages and people are willing to take them to live and work in Utah Our young people know for the most part that if they want to make good money they have to leave Utah to do it The amount the Utah taxpayer pays for education and the amount the state spends on education is the highest in the nation Utah’s problem is the that the number of students to be educated continues to rise and is higher than most any other state South Sanpete teachers Reporter and Kim Harris Jr Class President Back Row (I to r) Kyle Jensen Activity Director Jr Jared Anderson Prom Chairman Shawn Higgins Sr Vice President Todd Brown Sr Activity Director Corey Mellor Sr Class Secis retary and Joshua White Jr Treasurer Not pictured JUNIOR AND SENIOR LEADERS AT GUNNISON HIGH: The leaders for the Jr and Sr classes are pictured and include: Front Row (I to r) - Heidi Draper Activity Director Jr Staci Larson Senior Class President Deina Pickett Activity Director Sr Cheryl Malmgren Prom Chairman Rarheiip Anderson Jr Vice President: Arleen Otten Jr Mechelle Mellor Jr Class Secretary and most other employees received three per cent raises this year the superintendent said It was the first pay hike in four years The increase was made possible in the WPU by an improvement the basic state funding formula support route The State Legislature las winter approved raising the val ue of the WPU from $1 204 to $1240 after it had stayed at the $ 204 level for three years Some junior high teachers are he pointed likewise overburdened with a science teacher for example having six classes of young teenagers each school day “That doesn’t give him much time for preparing demonstrations grading papers and carrying on his other duties “We’re hoping that promises will be kept and that our funding situation will improve when the Legislature meets in January” Superintendent Mullins said 4 1 Simkins Activity Director Back Row (I to r) 10th grade leaders T ricia Coates Secretary marie Hyatt Vice President Marianne Stitt Activity Director Derk Jensen Reporter and Jason Brown Activity Director Not pictured is Heidi Hill President 9TH AND 10TH GRADE LEADERS AT GVHS: The leaders for the 9th and 10th grade classes are pictured above and include: Front Row (I to r) 9th grade leaders Greg Anderson President Bodie Gregerson Vice President Emily Harwood Secretary Michelle Anderson Activity Director and marni Reporter Nolan Anderson Course outlines will be given to parents Students at Gunnison Vail High School will be presenting their parents a course outline for each of their classes The outlines will summarize the course descripclass expectations tion homework grading discipline and any other information pertinent to each class Parents are asked to carefully read this material and sign the attached portion so that it can be to the teacher If parents have not received this information by October 2 they are asked to call Hopefully this communication will be beneficial to the parents student and the school returned Jr Class plans Fundraiser to help with their Jr Prom The Junior Class has had several meetings to decide how to raise money for the Prom They have decided to sell Hoagies They will be $ 25 - and are great to take on the deer hunt The will be delivered on October 18 and 19 Don’t become an elk poacher! DWR GARTH far away YOUNG LEADERS OF THE 7TH AND 8TH GRADES AT GUNNISON HIGH: The class officers for the 7tha nd 8th grades are pictured and include: Front Row (I to r) - 7th grade officers Jason Crane Secretary Wayne Munk Activity Director Cody Dyreng Reporter Heather Black-haVice President Krisel! Anderson President and (I to r) - 8th Katherine President Chirstensen Brandy Roberts Secretary Coalette Coates Vice President and T J King and J L Larsen Activity Directors Back Row Katie Coates Activity Director grade officers Jenny Mellor Reporter Everyone needs to Help Prevent Child Abuse CARTER Be careful you may accidently become an elk poacher Check the big game for taking big game proclamation Each elk unit has its own regulafor tions on requirements legal elk An example: on certain units allowed are to bulls only yearling be harvested Elk hunters are not allowed to take the bull elk of their choice on any unit as in previous years Phone News Items 528-311- 1 Summer still have you A member of the Junior Class will be contacting you - but if you are not contacted please contact us Please support the Junior Class in their fundraiser - the Prom isn’t spellbound? BREAKOUTI Have Funl Get Fltl Get Healthyl Come to AEROBICS! 51 pm Gunnison Slaka Cantar Certified Instructors to help you Badiy Edwards 628 3206 Carolina Clayton Chmtantan d JV w b 0 Anne H Cohhn Executive Director National Committee tion of Child Abuse for Preven- The Public has been rightly outraged by the repeated stories in the news of the death of children at the hands of their own parents A mother drowns her child in the bath tub and disposes of the body in a nearby river A couple report their child missing later she turns up in a marsh strangled to Evidence ties the murder death back to her parents A father brutally beats his daughter and his wife The daughter dies While these extreme cases accounts of families immersed in the destructive patterns of child abuse spouse abuse and substance abuse continue are services Child protective Despite having their difficulties million than more 22 of reports Children in 1987 being abused funds are limited and many such reports must go uninvestigated Increasing penalties for theses abusive acts is likely not going to reduce the number of children who are abused Preventing child abuse rerequires more than laws and a commitsponse system it requires a ment on all of us Parenting can be the toughest job The daily any of us ever undertakes of child care combined pressures with a lack of knowledge about child development can lead to child abuse to child abuse New parents are not the only ones who experience the stress of Abuse can happen beparenting cause parents have a hectic day at work and come home to a hectic atmosphere in the home The child’s behavior can often be the last straw Parents lost control and strike out at the kids Often child abuse comes when a parent is trying to punish a child “Parents say “I didn’t mean to hurt him I only wanted to teach him a lesson” But hitting doesn’t teach good things It teaches children how to be violent and out of control It causes pain and even injury If you cause injury or leave red marks or bruises on your child you are breaking the law "'Never use any object to hit a NO boards belt sticks or child switches If you arc going to spank use the palm of your hand ont he child’s bottom Never hit or slap a child’s face or head If you feel you are losing control get help Leave the room get far enough away that you don’t hurt your children Anger can make you want to hit and yell Work it Hit a pillow not a kid Walk it Count to take deep breaths 100 Call a friend or relative Talk about your anger Take some time for yourself Feeling ‘stuck’ with your kids can cause stress Use day care Swap babysitting with a friend Babyproof your home Fix it so off off you don’t have to say ‘no’ all day Put away things you don’t want your child to touch Talk with other parents from your church neighborhood play Find out how they solve ground Words can be painful “Stupid! You never do anything right!” They can make a child feel worthless Ugly Not loved The hurt of a parent’s mean words can last forever Use kind words that build up your child’s sense of being loved Give kids Say I Love You often hugs Smile Praise the kids Tell them they have done a good job Tell them you are proud and why Give them easy jobs they can do well Help make them proud of themselves Don’t tease the child It’s not a game to confuse or frighten a child Don’t make fun of the way a child looks Your words may hurt deeply enough to change the entire course of the child’s life Children are our nation’s greatHelp prevent Child est resource Abuse fr Call Classifieds 528-311- 1 529-783- 9 family problems '''All SmIi tutor S3 00 and t Only Day Tuaaday One Of 1989’s Best Movies Returns! KEVIN COSTNER 896-440- 0 Lethal MEAPI1N mamev KIBS JF 4 at 4:30 7:00 9:20 Saturday at 2:30 4:30 7:00 9:20 Daily uauy at ouu emu a iw 'liovJsSulytciyoChiingtWulwiUpua Nightly at 7:10 Saturday at 2:45 7:10 |