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Show School Closures Called Budget Balance Key hit nke Local .New Sports Sait Lake City Board of Education's hard decision this spring to dose five plays a major role to making the proposal for a balanced 1973-7- 4 budget possible, according to W. Gary Harmer, district Failure to close the schools, with fixed cost rising every year and enrollment (the key element in generating revclerk-treasure- r. enue) declining would have amounted to a postponment of financial calamity, Mr. Harmer said. The board last month dosed Forest, Onequa, Riverside and Sumner elementary schools and Horace Mann Junior High with the conclusion of the 1972-7school Monday Morning. June 11, 1973 3 year. Page One Section B The action brought to 20 dosed over the past several years. The latest closure will leave the district with 28 elementary schools, nine junior highs and four senior highs for a student body projected to have 28,240 students in average daily membership (ADM enrollment) next fall. of city schools s Ifilmtw T Todav Bv John Cummins Tribune Education Editor the number This ADM will be down about 2.111 from the 30.531 in ADM last fall. Of the total projected for next fall, 26,930 are expected to be in average daily attendance, down 1.764 from last fall. To operate the district, the board has accepted a tentative budget calling for the expenditure of $24,588,210. public hearing for the budget and its formal adoption will be conducted by the board at 7:30 p.m. June 19 at the district administrative offices, 440 E. 1st South. A expenditure's for teacher retirement, tort liability and recreation programs. The tentative general operating budget proposes an increase in expenditures of $158,598 over this years budget. Its total expenditure would leave the district with a contingency reserve of $450,000. compared to an expected $5,430 deficit this The said that of the for school operations. no specific amount can be positively identified as funds resulting from the closure of the five schools this year. clerk-treasur- $24.5 million proposed year. budget as adopted last (The 1972-7year anticipated a $1,053,435 deficit, of which $354,078 had been expected at the outset of the year. Of the remaining $699,357, reserves covered $300,000 and unanticipated income and a cutback on 3 Their closure is reflected throughout the budget, Mr. Harmer said, explaining that the costs for administration. instruction, plant maintenance and operations, health services and other expenses for each of the five schools were removed from the new budget. expenditures including a virtual freeze on hiring and spending accounted for another $393,927. leaving the budget $5,430 m the hole, Mr. Harmer said.) The total proposed 197S-7budget amounts to $33.7 million, including $7.4 million for capital outlay and debt services and $1.2 million for fin'd services and He cited Horace Mann Junior High as an example. There the costs of a principal, administrative assistant, secretary, custodians, a librarian and utilities amounted to $80,000. 4 In addition the cost of maintaining the plant was eliminated, resulting in a district-wide reduction of maintenance costs. Improved school teacher staffing also resulted, Mr. Harmer said. Even though ratios vary from class to class and school to school, there will still be less need for teachers of small groups now that fewer schools pupil-teach- are operating, he explained. (The proposed budget contemplates district will have 942 classroom teachers on its payroll at mid year next year, 121 fewer than were on duty this year. This reduction, however, is due largely to decline in enrollments rather than school closures. It is anticipated that natural attrition retirement and the See Page B-- Column 4 Dan Valentines i Notliing Serious MONDAY WASH LINE: The gasoline shortage has changed the merchandising trend . . . with At least one local service station operator. Nowadays, when a customer drives up to the pump, the gas station owner sells him five gallons of gas. And the customer gives the station 25 operator trading stamps! Well, I saw something the other day in that I thought Id never see in Utah fact, I still dont believe my eyes. It must have been an optical illusion. But I was walking west on South Temple on a recent afternoon. I passed the new Howard Johnson motel about to open And believe it or not, right in front of the new structure is a sign which says: Cocktails! . . . ... Ill bet it doesnt stay there. . Thank goodness. Salt Lake City isnt alone when it comes to chuckholes in the streets. Boise is having trouble, too. In fact, a drinking establishment on Vista Avenue, has Boises The .Worst Road this sign in front: and the Best Beer in Town! . . . Tribune Staff Photo by Ross Welser Its a Carefree d THE TOURISTS are arriving in town, and some of them are plenty peeved about the conditions of the streets. But some have a sense of humor. A fellow from Iowa called me at the office the other afternoon. He said he arriv ed in town via North Temple. The streets are kind of rough, he admitted, but there was no harm done I guess I can get back home to Des Moines without a rear axle! A FELLOW from Hill Air Force Base dropped in to tell me that there are now as a for408 generals in the Air Force mer corporal, I was thrilled to hear the news . . . And a reader just back from Miami says many of the swank Miami Beach So how hotels now have girl bellboys come Salt Lake City hotels dont have girl bellboys? . . . The Idaho Division of Mental Health has just received a $200,000 federal grant to conduct a research study to find out w hat makes a man drink. My goodness, I can tell em for nothing what makes a I can even tell em her man drink name! ... My spy at the Hogle Zoo informs me the zoos popular Gathat Monster lapagos tortoise, has finally fallen in love. He has been at the years, and all that time hes been a confirmed bachelor, but recently he has fallen in love. zoo for 10 However, zoo officials dont thing much will come of it. Monster hasn't he fallen in love with a girl tortoise has fallen in love with a garbage can lid (and theres not much future in that, as you know) . . . TODAYS VALENTINE An extra special Valentine today to one of the nicest, friendliest gentlemen in town. He is Ralph Buster Jones. Hes 87 years old, and hes the best shoeshine man in the entire nation. y e" Ralph has been shining shoes since he was 12 . . . and he is an artist at his trade. State, Hes currently working at from 8:30 a.m. until 5 in the afternoon. 250 S. Always pleasant, always friendly, hes the best. When a man can shine shoes for 75 and stll be the best in the busiyears ness, he deserves a special public pat on the back. And a Valentine to you, sir. SAM, THE SAD CYNIC, SAYS: always a bright spot in any dark situation like, with the gasoline shortage, maybe you!- wife's relatives won't ! able io visit you tiffs summer. Theres With the world by his hand, Chad Updyke, d son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel three-year-ol- Landscape Funding Suggested By Jack Fenton Tribune Staff Writer I Ipdyke, way at Delsa Dr., skips down walk- the International Peace Gardens in 2865 9 Cool Sunday Jordan Park. But then, how could he have L reached 87 degrees, the sun was skining, a care in the world when the temperatures ( and forecast calls for more of the same. Few Summer Jobs in Hand for Poor Youths By Craig A. Hansen Tribune Staff Writer It's going to be a long, hot summer for disadvantaged youths who hoped to get jobs, city officials say. Last year, more than 1,490 youths most of then them through the Neighborhood Youth Corps found summer employment. This year. City Personnel Di rector Lynn J. Marsh has jobs for only youths but hopes many more can be employed. The NYC program is down the tube," Public Safety Commissioner James L. Barker says. It was part of the Office of Economic Opportunity and its been scrapped. That program gave a week 115 I ran a survey in my neighborhood a few years ago and discovered every youngster 16 and over who wanted a job got a job. But in Central City, because the youths dont have the contacts, S,AA the commissioner Mr. Marsh says the NYC was a great program and allowed the youths to get training in basic job skills and $1.60 an hour. But, he hopes this years NYC plan suggested as having a chance in Congress by the National Conference of will begin operations before Mayors the summer is over. . Right now, the measure, is an to an appropriations bill has been tabled in the Senate. amm-endme- Mr. Marsh says last year 100 youngsters took part in the Youth Conservation Corps, which was sponsored by Model Cities and the Forest Service. However, Model Cities has not funded the project this summer. 1 '0 sr- 'V - -- - Vv. ' v. - r: . Another program cutback is the recreational support project, whose $42,000 last year made possible the hiring of 40 young counselors to help younger children with recreational activities. This year, Mr. Marsh estimates, 15 counselors will be hired. New Project Expected Plan Opposed About the only comments came from opponents of a proposal that would give commercial zoning to the Ergh Floral and Garden Center. 2093 E. 39th South, and allow apartments on 10 acres around it. Planners are expected to discuss that question again Tuesday. But on the brighter side, the Cooperative Area Manpower Survey expects to begin a $2 million pilot project in the Tooele-Sal- t Lake City-SaLake County area which could mean jobs for 100 young people this summer. The problem with summer jobs was that cutbacks in federal programs left two choices laying off the breadwinners or not hiring summer employes. You just cant lay off the breadwinners, Mr. Marsh explains. Another bright note is in the Public Employment Program. Mr. Marsh say a new formula to cut operational expenses and overhead might mean jobs for more than a dozen part time workers this summer. Enormous Impact lt "There was concern with the intangible as well as the tangible factors that make for high quality in the living enviit was pointed out in the ronment. report. Other suggestions ranged from keeping up stable neighborhoods to fixing up deteriorating areas. The report said business should be kept out of residential areas and freeways should not be allowed to chop-uthe neighborhoods. p Mr. Barker notes that the effects of young people not getting summer jobs can be enormous. Urban District And the district the most urban outside Salt Lake City shouldn't need more industrially zoned land for the next 29 years, the report urged. But the report did call for an efficient mass transit system. For example, he says the crime drop the city has experienced is due in part to youth having jobs and being able to buy necessities and luxurity items. These youngsters arent criminals. but they want things he emphasizes, and jobs help them buy those items. Landscaping would protect housing and business along the thoroughfares from the "effects of noisy including the steady streams freeways. of ears and traffic jams, the report stated. But there's another side. too. high-spee- 'It needs to be visually pleasant to travel along a freeway and unsightly il uses should be screened from vision. added, citing junk yards that can be seen Interstate 15 as a 'prune from example " they didnt get jobs, adds. Tabled in Senate It may take some effort but Salt Lake County and the state highway department should set aside money to landscape freeways and major thoroughfares, according to a study. The recommendation is one of many outlined by Williams and MoLine, San Francisco planning consultants, in an 8SO.OOO attempt to plug gaps in a section of the county's 1965 master plan. County planners already have held a public hearing on the suggestions for what they call the Big Cottonwood planning district about 50 square miles between 21st and 66th South and the Jordan River and foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. . jobs to 1.200 youths from disadvantaged families mostly in Central City where Mr. youths have troubles finding jobs . Barker notes. Mr. Marsh agrees. Its going to be a lung, hot summer, he says But he points out some programs, including the National Alliance of Businessmen project which gave more than 100 persons jobs last summer, and the programs at local higher educational instutitions which hired 50 or so workers last year in the city, still are J hum: forked out. work-stud- deseii Whether this particular the separating 4 area between north and snulh iane, along will blossom like a rose will be Seventh East of funds for plan. determined by nvailabiltisj y |
