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Show t IOjlo tenuis urjer Ksrriott Library u;ivtism cf in ah SL2, uua OF UTAH UNIVERSITY 84112 LIBRARIES DEC 1 3 10 CENTS 1Cj74 ORDER DEPT. SERIALS WESTERN AMERICANA. BULK RATE US POSTAGE Permit No 4 Park City. Utah 84060 Wednesday, December 11, 1974 Volume Two Number e Forty-thre- SERVING: v snowbird m uniTED AiRLines Hi Wednesday: Possible Snow Thursday & Friday: Dry and cold. Highs In the 30s; lows In ths20's. V Bast 26 PARK CITY Base 38 SNOWBIRD .Bsso 35 ALTA Base 31 BRIGHTON SUNDANCE Cfa PARK WEST mums Police Marshall Fire Ambulance 649-956- 1 649-936- 1 649-921- 1 649-921- 1 Queitloni concerning water, ccwer, garbage, afreets, etc., please call: 649-93- CRyHaN CltyRacordsr CKy Managar 649-932- and Building Inspector City Justice el Peace (Above ere open Monday thru Friday from 6 a.m. MI4p.m.) After normal office hours Mayor John Price, 325 Park Am 649-847- 4 649-932- 1 649-857- 5 Councilman Lacn Urtarte, Racraatlon 354 Main St Councilman Clamant Ha naan, CKy Proparty 1009 Norfolk Am Councilman Richard Marti naz, Waiar 187 Daly Am Councilman Jan Wllklng, Planning 329 Marsac Am Council woman Mary Lshmsr, 674 Dasr Vallsy M(Ki(dl The Park City Concerned Citizens Action Group for Schools, and State Senator Robert Clyde lashed out against school reorganization on Tuesday, December 3rd, as reorganization proponents Dr. William Boren and Robert Wright, Chairman of the Utah Board of Education, on. Although reorganization was the stated topic, school consolidation was the focal point of both the defense and prosecution. looked Fir Sta) at the reports criteria justifying bergasted preparation involved in the school reorganization has nights program. Although he bpen properly applied to admitted being really im- Park City Schools. pressed tonight" with the CCAG arguments against school reorganization, he Reorganization vs. stated, I dont really agree with a good deal of it." Consolidation Dr. Boren, author of the The CCAGs attack was not Boren focused at reorganization also voiced Report, alone but also at school conthe thoroughness solidation. of the CCAG research. Mrs. Prince remarked that the group was aware of the Sole Basis Mrs. Anne Prince was the difference between first to address the gathering. reorganization, which is the Mrs. Prince set the tone for merger of administrative . Flabbergasted" stream of CCAG members presented the more than A 100 people in attendance with a barrage of facts and figures from their anti reorganization artillery. information After listening to each of the CCAG presentations, Mr. Wright said he was flab r what was to come by stating functions, and consolidation, that the move for school rfwhich is the merger of school reorganization in the state populations. She said that legislature was based solely although the Bore Report recommends reorganization on the report compiled by Dr. Boren. She said the CCAG oily, We feel reorganization was of the opinion that Dr. is simply a mandate for Boren has failed to prove his ' Real Thrust - Mrs. Margie Becker followed Mrs. Prince to the podium. Mrs. Becker asserted that reorganization would result in less personal contact between the Park City School system and its citizens due to the establishment of one administration for the three Summit County school districts. two-thir- agricultural Becker said, must conclude that solidation is the real thrust of the report. mining Mrs. Becker presented ar ' 649-950- 4 649-963- 6 649-986- 6 649-656- 4 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES statistics showing that the assessed value of Park City has risen 140 percent in the five-yeperiod from 1969 to 1974. This compares with a 35 percent increase in South Summit and a one percent rise in North Summit. We con- 6 WASATCH SKI FRONT NEWS CLASSIFIEDS SCHOOL NEWS economy of the North and South Summit districts versus the resort and mining base of Park City. She stated such restructuring on an administrative level only, as is proposed by the Boren Report, would not change any of the educational programs and would cause Park City to lose more money than it would save. Mrs. and 646-639- ITS STILL OUT THERE PARK CITY BRIEFS Diversity Mrs. Becker also pointed to the diversity of the three school Summit County districts as a negative force against reorganization. She noted the primarily The influx of new people to Park City will only serve to heighten the dissimilarities, she said. School Population Mrs. Salye Stein told those assembled, Park City is the fastest growing area in Summit County. She said that if the more liberal estimates prove true, the local school population could swell to 1,300 by 1960. Mrs. Stein showed- - that Park City has an average daily attendance figure of 96 percent as opposed to the statewide figure of 86 percent. Referring to the jump in wealth which will accrue to Park City coincidental to its population growth, Mrs. Strind said, We can provide the educational benefits of a large school district and retain the psychological advantages of a small district. continued page 3 ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION PROGRAMS CANINE epoRTC COALITION COMIC yCITY GOVERNMENT V v 1 |