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Show 2A To annex Lakeside Review, Wednesday, March 25, 1987 . ' fry- ' 'S. or not , V t is question LYNDIA GRAHAM Review correspondent One public hearLAYTON and another continued was ing postponed until May to give the Layton City Council time to consider the problems the city may face in annexing large parcels of ground into the city. In the continued hearing. Ivory and Co. asked the city to annex 21 acres along Mutton Hollow Road and rezone an accompanying 100 acres to allow for cony struction of homes.; Developer Gary Wright of Ivory, said the ground had been gifted to Primary Childrens Medical Center who wanted to sell the ground for funds to build a new hospital. If development goes as planned he said the area would include 394 $70,000 to $80,000 homes, a park site which would double as a holding basin for storm water run off, and a church single-famil- ; Davis School District Superintendent Lawrence Welling shows differing emotions as he talks about retiring from office July 1. 1 Welling to retire from district office business, BRYON SAXTON FARMINGTON Tbe bottom line is kids. After 35 years of service with the Davis School District, Superintendent Lawrence Welling has decided to call it quits. Welling said his official resignation date is July 1, but he will offer his services to the district if requested during the new superintendents transition period. However, the Kaysville resident, former teacher, principal and assistant superintendent the decision said didnt come overnight. And didnt come easy. I enjoyed kids. I enjoyed being a teacher. I enjoyed being a principal.. .and having a building effect on the kids," he said. The Farmington native, who first started his education career in 1952 after graduating from the University of Utah with a bachelors degree in education, credits his success to team play and his love for children. I first started as an elementary teacher and was then invited to be principal of the new Lay-to- n Crestview Elementary, Welling said. After 13 years as principal, the educator left that position for an opprotunity to serve as the districts assistant superintendent from 1966 to 1980 under the direction of Bemell Wrigley. In spring of 1980 Welling took on the districts toughest challenge when he applied for the position of district superintendent and obtained it Education is really a dynamic said, Welling reflecting on his climb to his current position. It always presents a new wrinkle you have to deal with. And the deepest wrinkle Welling has faced in his 35 years of service is financing education. The biggest challenge Ive had to wrestle with...is the area of the uncertainty of the budgets, he said. Welling said he sees school budgets year by year eroding and slipping away from education, and one thing you dont do is pull the rug out from people." Reductions this school year alone have totaled $4.6 million. ep step-by-st- staff Review level off during the next several thus far, he said. And the reductions couldnt years, he said, it will not decrease. Things have been tough, come at a worse time. We happen to be a district and I expect things will remain with a lot of growth. And the fitough. In Davis County we will alnances have really been a chalsaid. Welling ways be in the posture of buildlenge, Over the years the efforts of ing buildings, because of this the taxpayer in Davis County to countys spotted growth, Wellfinance education for the rising ing said referring to the north student population has been Davis and Layton area. And then there is always the great, but it really isnt being felt on the other side because of dilemma of overbuilding in the the rate of growth, he said. district, which can be avoided Welling said the county by good management and growth in local elementary judgement and team work, schools will impact the junior he said. Which leads directly to the highs and high schools four or five years from now. reason Welling gives for the And even though growth may dedication he has show for his LYND1A GRAHAM Review correspondent He may FARMINGTON be replaced, but his shoes wont said Dr. Henry be filled, Heath, member of the Davis School Board about the retirement of Dr. Lawrence Welling, superintendent of Davis Coun- tys schools. Welling announced his retirement to the school board last week following the passage of a state bill which allowed some incentives for state employees to take early retirements. But Welling said the early retirement incentive was not the prime reason for his leaving the System rewards superintendents position. He said he had given the matter much thought over several months. In the past Welling hds suffered from health problems. Welling told the school board he would like to have his resignation effective July of this year but would stay on longer if 1 needed. A lot of thought will be given to the position of the new superintendent, Im sure, he said. Its one of the most important tasks the board of education has to do." No one in education can manage a crisis better than he (Welling), Heath said. At this done, he said. Welling has been a part of other teams, including the Davis Board of Education, the State Board of Education and committees working with area legislators for educational purposes. But the bottom line of service for the education veteran remains the same. When it is all said and done you must be able to justify what you have done is for the kids, Welling said. If there has been any good done in the last seven years...its because good people have brought it together with team work, he said. Welling said the most important factors in running a district are the support district leaders receive from their constituents and good teaching. Good teaching is done by good teachers. And thats really what are you the bottom line for the kids," he said. doing And with his anticipated retirement comes a new schedule he has outlined, which involves more time with kids. I have some family I havent spent as much time with as I would like," he said, a family which consists of five children and 10 grandchildren. Other items on Wellings agenda after leaving his education post include travel and garden- by Beech-Adam- s. In an early meeting the City Council discussed the problems such annexation might present : the city. The development on Mutton Hollow would necessitate new schools for the area. Last week the school board put a freeze on future building projects but Layton Mayor Richard McKenzie said there was a possibility of portable classrooms for the additional students. Rosewood Lane would probably have to be widened, possible by condemnation of some property, and other services for the area would have to be considered. One city worker said the water demands for the property west of Layton would have a devastating impact on the city. New water lines would need to be installed in other parts of town to provide adequate water pressure to the west side. Problems dealt the city in the two annexation requests are not unique and the city wanted more time to put together a plan for a cost and responsibility policy declaration for all areas which may approach the city for annex: ation. j . City Attorney Mark Arnold said other Utah cities, such as Orem; to have developed formulas judge how valuable it was to be a part of a city so the city could I like Davis County. It is a turn some of the costs and imterrific place to live. Its a terrifpact back to those requesting the ic place to work, he said. annexation of large parcels of ground. He said those developers could contribute to the costs through cash or deeding a portion of ground to the city. In addition to water and sewer a large parcel of annexed needs Even with the ladder reer budget. could require fire substathe ground Whitesides said, budget cuts, will be about the same amount it tions, additional police protecwas last year, leaving teachers tion, street improvements, and with more of a cut in potential other services provided by the earnings than in actual dollars city, he said. during the remainder of this During the next six weeks the school year. city staff and council members He said next years budget, will look at the possibility of aswhich has been set by the state, is sessing developers a fee of some about what the 1986-8- 7 career sort to help with the annexation ladder budget was before the impact. They hope to reach some conclusions before May 7. percent cut by the district. ing. Career ladder funds cut 'better' teachers fy for career ladder benefits but LYNDIA GRAHAM Review correspondent Most teachers get both extra day money and some perforFARMINGTON Despite a mance pay. Last year we paid cut of $442,000 for career lad1,200 teachers an average of $975 for Davis School District the ders, performance pay," he said, will still spend more than $3.4 This year about 500 will get it. The reason for the drop comes million on the program designed to reward teachers for doing their from a change in figuring how a teacher is eligible for performance job well. Dramatic as it seems, the cut pay as mandated from the Utah only reduces the budgeted State Department of Education. amount back to the 1985-8- 6 lev- The state said the district was beel. ing too liberal with giving perforCareer ladder money is divvied mance pay, he said. The extra day money, which up among 2,200 professionally certified employees. An average amounts to an average of $846 above their contracted salary, is per teacher is impossible to estimonfor the seven and a quarter days career because ladder mate y ies are distributed in several above and beyond the areas. regular school year. Each career Career ladders is a broad ladder day costs the district term," said Roger Glines, district $257,000. This year to determine perforbusiness administrator. It includes career ladder days, perfor- mance the district will use a evaluation of teachers, acmance pay and special projects. The cut will come from the percording to Whitesides. One of the points is the princformance pay section, he said. The administrator of the career ipals evaluation based on imladder program, Steven Whitesprovement using a teacher ides, said, Teachers can earn a competency model. The model to lot of career ladder money, its be used is the Davis Education Evaluation Plan, or DEEP. been a wonderful thing for them. Points two and three come from He said under last years plan evaluations by the teachers peers, there were some but not many teachers who received more than again using the DEEP as a guideline. $5,000 from the fund. The fourth point of evaluation To get that much money the teacher needed to fill several roles will come from student achievedepartment head, mentor ment and growth. Whitesides teacher, cooperating teacher and used the example of a coach involved in a special assignment whose team took first place this in the district curriculum. year as opposed to second place A mentor teacher is one who is last year. The last area of evaluation on call to answer questions for teachers in their first year. And a comes from a parent survey for cooperating teacher is one who children in the elementary grades sponsors a student teacher from a and from the students themselves in the secondary grades. college or university, ROBERT REGAN Review staff LAYTON The Davis School Board finally bit the bullet and made a $441,819 cut in career ladder money for county teachers. The State Legislature cut more than $4.6 million in school dollars to Davis County, resulting in several cuts over the past few months and career ladder could no longer be exempt, said Sheryl Allen, chairman of the school board. The cuts may affect the performance bonuses and levels for teachers in the county who quali five-poi- nt probably wont cut into extra days, according to Steve Whitesides, director of educational support services in the county. He is also chairman of the Career Ladder Review and Appeals Committee. (See related story this page.) Whitesides said his committee will meet within the next two or three weeks to decide where to absorb the cuts in the career ladder program. The $441,819 amounted to about 1 1 percent of the total ca 1 1 Review Lakeside 2146 St., 184-da- i The second annexation hearing was to be held at the April 2 meeting of the City Council. A request for annexation of over 300 acres of ground west of Lay-to- n was to have been presented I find enjoyment in being part of a team that gets the job time of greatest crisis (financial crisis) we are losing our captain, but the ship wont sink. Heath said the board would move ahead quickly to find a replacement for Welling and thanked the superintendent for being professional enough to give us this insight in advance. Sheryl Allen, board of education president, said Welling had served very well and competently, both in the county and as he attended legislative sessions to represent Davis County education. 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