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Show 12 The Salma Sun Thursday, December 8, 1983 School Reform day (Continued from Page 1) contract, according to Darlene Hutchinson, Utah State Board of Education member, said local districts would set up their own evaluation process under guidelines established at the state level. the report. Rick Pruitt, Sevier Education Association president and the only current classroom teacher seated on the panel at the meeting, said his association is not opposed to the career ladder concept. However, he said teachers do have serious questions as to how the evaluations could be conducted fairly. Specifics about how the evaluation process would be conducted were not spelled out in the document. will split the school. He said in some instances there will be teachers of equal competency receiving different pay simply because the district cant have more leader-teacher- s. Van Alstyne said the leader-teach- er acts as a quasiadministrator over instruction, somewhat like an assistant principal. How many assistant prin- understand why teachers, who spend an entire life evaluating their students performance, are afraid that fair evaluations cant be conducted on their own performance. cipals do you want in your school? he asked. is evaluated The leader-teachevery five years so there are opportunities for other teachers to make the grade, said Van Alstyne. Earl Slack, Richfield High School science teacher, said the ceiling placed on the number of a district can have Lee Robinson, Richfield, said he supports the career ladder idea. He said that in the market place workers of equal competency dont Van Alstyne said that he leader-teache- cant rs er always receive the same pay, yet it doesnt divide employees. I agree with compensating teachers who perform well, he said. We all need to be evaluated in our jobs.. Helen Robinson, Richfield PTA president, said she favors the career ladder system outlined in the report. Ralph Blackham of the Utah Board of Regents commented on the need for upgrading the states schools. He said the United States stands to lose the battle with foreign countries in international trade if the youths of today are not prepared for tomorrows jobs. I think we all realize that this cannot go on, he said. One of the most important factors is the education of our people. Steve Bennion, Snow College president, said teacher salaries have to be increased. He said some of his faculty are eligible for food stamps. Were at a crossroads, we must respond, he added. The new reforms will require about $111 million in new taxes for 1984-8Another $39 million is ex to pected come from normal growth in existing tastes. 5. I think we can live with the financing plan, said Blackham. Dr. Ken Glover, Sevier School Board member, said education funding must rise. Taxpayers will need to increase their committment to public education, he said. And I know of no better place to invest our money than in the education of our young people. Van Alstyne said the additional funds should be viewed as an in vestment in the future. He said the net taxes amount to about 20 cents a day per person in the state. Rep. Tom Christensen said citizens should contact their legislators and tell them how they stand on th&issue. If you tell us to tax you more, well be glad to do it, he said. But youve got to tell us. Sen. Cary Peterson agreed that the public must become involved and tell their elected ofi) ficials what they would like them to do. The education package will be presented to the Utah Legislature in Januarys budget session. Van Alstyne said recent public opinion polls show the majority of Utahns are willing to pay more taxes if it means improving the states schools. ' ran GPraOT by Lloyd Mullican A TV movie called The day after was recently aired and it was estimated that over one half of all Americans watched it. I believe all Americans, Russians and everyone else in the world should have watched it, for that TV movie was a projected image of the destruction of all mankind. A certain set of keys turned, a special button pressed in any one of the many missile silos in America or Russia and that imaginary TV movie will become a reality and nightmare as was the movie. The world is very close to that reality now. We are told in Biblical prophesy that the world will be destroyed by fire and nuclear war is that fire. In Mark 13:7, we read, Ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, but be not troubled, the end is not yet. Today, there are wars in Central America, Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon, and rumors of others to come. Has not this prophesy come to pass? And, I sincerely hope the end is not near for mankind. If all men would be as brothers and nations would not be greedy, envious and power-hungrperhaps the end would never come. But, that evidently is not in mans nature. Mark 13:8 says Nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be earthquakes in many places and there shall be famine and troubles. These are just the beginnings of sorrows. In a nuclear war there are no self-inflict- y, . winners, no survivors, but a nuclear freeze is no answer, the complete disarmament of all nuclear devices all over the world is the only answer and that appears impossible. We, the public, have no control over whether a nuclear war starts or not. We elect our choices and send them to congress, but we have no say over war and we are the ones who will lose in the end. For many generations the earth would be laid waste and barren. Anyone who did manage to survive the initial blast would die from If you live in a radiation fall-ou- t. remote area, you have a better chance, but people from urban areas that survived would descend upon you and there would be violence and open warfare over food and shelter. Self preservation is human nature. People, if any were left, would be worse than animals and death would be a welcome release. The only chance we have to avoid such a horror, is to put pressure on our leaders and politicians so that they will put away their differences and bring peace to the world. Not just us, the Americans, but people all over the world. We cannot and will not bow down and be slaves to Russia or any other dicatorship, so we must maintain our defenses, but if there is no peace, but war, who will there be left to defend? Our leaders so far seem to have failed in all efforts toward peace. Is The Day After all that we have to look forward to? 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