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Show August 16,2001 By JACKIE ANDERSON Staffreporter : . above grade levd by Ae time they third grade at 90 per- - ; . complete ;.V cent, The manwho hasoomehome to Caibon County from : Hie strategies and interven- : . . tions that are being applied in the ' that out when, Reading Excellence Act grant points students return to school next schools need to be implemented week there will be indications , in each ofAe district elemen-pnie- s, - i he pointed out " Aat a new superintendent sits at : words lists that ; Thereare of the helm of the district, y ' ' r Subtle changes in the begun students need to know by site will lead to majorimprove-nrcn-ts because phonics doesnt work, i': ning down the road if Davkl said Armstrong. Studies have indicated that 20 Armstrong is m the right path, y to die newly When taJk percent ofcfaiklren dont hear the ' superintendent one thing sounds. He also pointed out that a know snail this Ae Students man if is words, becomes apparent; who has a dear vision of his des- .'conjunctions .and prepositions, tination and a road map to get they can read 65 percent of ey-- :.' there erything that is written. ; He acknowledges that the path Kindergarten students will have a list of words A leam that ing to work with educators in .. will expand in first grade so that; by the end of first ade the chit '. paving the way to success for Cardren will have site recognition of bon County students.. .! ormore words, 300 is a strong propo Armstrong Petersen Elementary wiB also nent of sdentifically sound educational methods. Studies, he be piloting what is known as i : . said, stronger indicate that the kpingAisyeJtf. ; brain is most active in a three Looping simply means that : students entering first grade will year old. It therefore makes i retain the same teacher through route a the on that the to : ingress better educated America is the third grade. ' Looping allows children arid : preschool child "Parents are a childs first : teachers to bond as well as allow-in- g the teacher to track the teacher, stressed Armstrong. Interaction between the tod-dl-er studenfsimogress from year to.. Workers focus on completing the process of reopening the Horizon coal mine, and adult provide the preyear. It ata? keeps teachers re- located in the Consumers area of Carbon County. Nov is the projected start-u- p schooler with important diinidng newed raAer than growing stale date, after, a rotation of mining equipment occurs and the underground coal and stagnating in the game grade, production facility is made operational. The coal production facility was known Skills which prove significantly the students to Armstrong. .. explained as the BJue Blaze mine in the 1920s and. 1930s. The operation was most recently advantageous The cement has been successeducational career. Interaction does not take place with a tdeyiT fully applied in many districts : sion or a computer. throughout the country and, ifit two-wasuccessful at Petersen, will y Unless there is a ; proves is takbe not expanded toAeoAer elemenanversation, learning ! The Operation wasmost recently By KEVIN ASHBY ing place, he continued. tary schools In the district : - ; dew-- d in 1999. Advocate Site : Armstrongs education map publisher ,; Armstrong Superintendent " ' ; The face ofAe mine is located begins with the preschool child, tod for the secondary grades is Wor k has started on the proIJSWfcet straight into the moun-- : the parents and the community. Ae cess of Horizon tain... test I hope to bring members of reopening goores,. He pointed out that Ae high Coal mine, located in Ae ConMiners wtll mine Ae call an- the community in to help finite-- : other 800 feet before halting at a dally because I would like to give school is actually doing a good sumers area of Carbon County. ' jbh,y-'v;-v-:.v Employecsto operate the fault line barrier. Then crews will . the mothers a picture book, All the scores at the elemenHorizoacaal production facility .' move to the west them howto do a book walk and also their first word book as weQ tary level are low and when Aey will. be transferred from the Engineers estimate 13 mil- -. lion tons can he. mined before as the ABCk Parents needtoread get to the high school they jump," . White Oaks mine. commented the superintendent : White Oaks will be permato their children about 20 min-ut- es crossing Ae fault, to Aecoal in every night," explained Tm going to be looking at that to nently closing the end of August. We are two to three months Armstrong. Ifwe can teach the seeuwearemaintaining those Hayes stated that there is diil-dre- n from coal V enough ooalforsevento lOyears we because make children are same here," hew if their to producing away parents of milring at Ae site. better students, then it will why is the high school being so pointed out Tfent Hayes, Hori successful in moving them upzon mine superintendent. Room aid pillar mining techbeeasierfbrbothofus." Nov. 1 is Ac projected startniques will take place as the six-foReading is paramount to a ward when we cant do that in Ac coal seam is too low and students success andcontimtes .; elementary and middle? up da te,after a rotation of min' mid the occurs ..ing Armstrongexplainednowhe' working around Ae fault line equipment tobeapriorityofthesuperinten; dent makeconditions unacceptable underground coal production fathrough primary school He intends to meet Ae standard ! . for a longwalL V basset a90percentreadinggoaL ' and create accountability! cility ismade operational. r The coal production facility 30 to 33. The goal means that students enThe teachers are teaching, . Approximately was known as the Blue Blaze Worker will be employed at Ho--; tering kindergarten in the district and theyre teaching things this year will be reading at or (Continued on page 2) mine in the 1920s and 1930s. rizon, according to. company India--napolis,I- . y--: : : dosed in 1999. The face is located 1,800 feet straight into the mountain side, Employees who will operate the Horizon facility will he transferred from the White Oaks which wiU close by the end of August .Boom and pillar mining techniques. will be utilized at Horizon since the coal seam is too low and working around the fault line make conditions unacceptable for a; longwaU. . . -v mine . . : reclamation plan; they are askConstruction will begin soon ' ing the state toapproye a process on anewbaA house for the min- of reclaiming and. surface min-- : ers along with water and sewer ing the disturbed areas of Ae ' ' ' ' systems as well as an office fadl- - Haim.' It is 'estimated, that another ity.,;. All surface electrical systems 700,000 to one million tons of wiU be updated along wi A installcoal can be produced 200 feet into two different seams that were ing a new belt on the 'Wide' hoe,:.' mined over the yeare in used the Equipment being Approval of the companys Is still White Oaks mine will be , reclamation proposal rent to a Colorado pending. The plan would take coal operation. slightly longer than one year to The equipment from thie mine the coal land reclaim Ae rite.Colorado mine wiU also be and then sent to the Hayes explained that this will White Oaks facility for the No be one of Ae .first coal surface vember opening.!, mine permits in the state of Utah and therefore the permitting pro. White Oaks wjll finish min-- ; ing the bottom ofa seam that was cess istaking some time. left from production operations Currently, thereare 40 em1970s Ae two and 1980s in ployees at. White' Oaks, with jn weeks.someof the miners working there As part of company officials for 25 years. projections. fs .v..-- !; : ' : " v. tch . . - refur-bished.a- nd . . - ot . . , racliceof mote Aan $27 million in property tax revenues in2000 because of redevelopment and economic development agency projects imposed by cities. In addition, 35 focal public school systems received $2.8 million less in state funding because five districts diverted a large portion of property taxes to - 5 I y I J" ' . f !i ... : dired by redevefopment vr . agen- cies, points out the watchdog .: group's evaluation. But wiA rare exceptions, the. . . taxtyen assodation maintains Aat the developments would have occurred without giving up : redevelopmentand economic development agencies. . PiAlic schools are not the only . . property values. The market would haveriatu-- ; rally supported the new develop-- r inent projects, emphasizes Ae , taxpayers assodation. Redevelopment agencies produce a skewed market by chang-in- g to redevelopment agencies, Ae school systems are essentially, withholding a combined $7.8 !, million from the weighted pupil ' unit .' ! . ! - - - . .. . : ' . Money donated to construct stage for Helper Arts Festival Mri Coonrod of OS and Brent Jensen with Electrical ! nate the costs incurred in renting a facility forthe annual , Contractors wwk on building anew Stage in Railroad event in the past More than (4,000 has been donated by Park, located next to the post office in Helper. The stage Phillips Petroleum, Geneva Concrete, EIS and Electrical wiU be used for the Helper Arts Festival, scheduled to air Contractors to complete the project The stage win offer Aug 18 and Aug 19. Constructing the stage wifl elirrn- - power as well as a screened cover. ' . ; . es . 1, POOR COPY r t If Ae $73 million m ques-- . tion were included in Ae funding equation, the weighted pupil until could have been $2J)1& . entities losing property assessAe specific location, influ-- '. ment revenues to redevelopment ' endng tlu: timing of when a new business opens and driving out agencies, indicates an evaluation conducted by Ae Utah Thxpay-er- s neighboring companies not reAssociation. ceiving RDA financing, daims. Counties lost in excess of the association. $103 million last year, monies Iq addition to hurting toed. for special service districts school budgets, redevelopment dipped by $4.2 million and the agencies are impacting all dis--: cities gave up $117 million. tricts in Ae state by reducing At the local level, Ae finan-- ! funding to Ae uniform school dal analysis indicates that Car- fund in two ways, according to bon County School District lost assodation analysts, , $63,749 in property tax revenues First, Ae overall size of Ac in connection wiA Ae redevel- -. uniform school fund is reduced. In school year 2000-01- , Ae opment agency issue. Caibon governments rev- -. Utah Legislature guaranteed enues dropped by $32380 and $2,006 per weighted pupil unit special service districts de-.- '. to school districts across the state. creased by $10,674, while dries Part of Ae weighted pupil unit . in the county lost $26331 in . funding - $ 192 million is made property taxes to redevelopment up from property taxes indi- ' vidual districts receive from the agencies. Gties argue that Ae munid-paliti- statewide school levy. The re- : make up Ae difference maining monies come from Ae wiA the increased sales taxes gen--. uniform school fund or income erated by new businesses subsi- - tax revenues. In 2000-0Ae . :. ! - ! uniform school fund portion amounted to $1.15 billion. But since many districts are giving away property tax revenues . . I . .. : Utah school districts lost . 48-in-ch ; V ; .. Second, redevelopment agen-- V cies allow some school districts to rob other local school systems (rf state funding. : When districts give away tax-ab- ie value to ledevdkjpmentage cies, Ae public school systems collect less property revenues and qualify for more funding from the state, explains Ae association. The. practice reduces funding Aat could have gone to die other school districts. Park City and Salt Lake: school districts are Ae worst offenders, contends Ae taxpayers assodation. ; In Salt Lake district, the statewide property tax levy (.001881 in 2000) funded $691 of the $2,006 weighted pupil unit Had Salt Lake retained its property value, the city school system would have generated. $2.6 miIlion more from assessments and raised the district's ( weighted pupO unit tax contribu--. (Continued on page 2) . . |