Show Social Polygamy Seen Justified at Ephraim Jr High Shades of Brigham Young This years year's ninth grade has 22 boys and only 12 girls while the eighth grade has 21 girls girl and only 14 boys The law of averages' averages must not have lave been enforced on one y year ar but the oversight oversight oversight over over- sight must have been detected and corrected the next So states Principal Demont Howell in telling of the enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment at nt the school this year Jr High Enrollment Down Generally the Junior Hi High g h enrollment is down from I 1 last a s t year The seventh grade hasan hasan has an even 27 13 boys and 14 girls Thus the total enrollment for forthe forthe forthe the three Junior High grades is only 96 Last year the enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment for the three grades was and the year before it it was A classroom unit is based on onan onan onan an average daily attendance of 27 students M Mr Howell points out So even with a limited staff of only five teachers the Junior High does not measure up having less than 20 students per teacher enrolled and even less expected in average daily attendance Elementary Has Bas More Total enrollment in the elementary ele elementary elementary ele- ele s school c h o 0 0 01 1 kindergarten through sixth grade is this year as compared with last year and the year before But only three e teachers in this school have less than 27 stu stu- dents Mrs Maxine Peterson and md Mrs Grace Jorgensen each have 23 students to divide equally equally equally e- e qually the large st 46 student 46 dent third grade But Elliott Arnoldson sixth grade teacher h has s 36 students students students stu stu- dents Stanley Black teaches 31 fifth graders and Myrth l Miner new this year on the staff teaches 28 fourth and fifth gra gra- ders Mrs Ruth Ross has 30 in the fourth grade Clara Larsen Larsen Lar- Lar Larsen sen 29 in the second Enid Greser Graser Graser Gra- Gra ser 27 in the first and second grade and Ruby Dean 26 first graders for a total of Add to this Mrs Edith 40 kindergarten students and there are in the elementary school to bring the grand total for both schools to as compared compared com com- compared pared wit with last year and in 1956 Of the in the Junior High and md Elementary schools not counting kindergarten are boys and are girls Some Temporary Students Included in the enrollment this year are several temporary students four families of whom live in the trailer town out at Kenneth Andersons Parents of s' s some some of these children have have stated they expect construction of the Ephraim Manti-Ephraim h highway d' d way for which purpose they are here will v l take two to three months r. |