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Show CCRP CLNT..EST, 3322 SO. 3RD. . EAST 84115 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH E . , L H' v v'z "t ( i - f ; 5 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1975 Volume 89 Number 30 15C v . . & '. ' f WrjPqrWf&rmrf)psB)f i : ' 1 ' - V . , p f,- "j- r; . t: 4, m. N V! vile's per copy v ; :& - 1 m 4K fr - - , Yv? ;'- - ' ' n4 v y,;C; Thursday Named H' .' ; SMV As Stake Temple Day A new emphasis is being placed on temple work in the Nlanti Utah Stake, according to Milton G. Armstrong, stake high councilor in charge of genealogy work. The first step in the plan to stimulate temple attendance is the designation of the first Thursday of each month as stake temple night. All wards in the stake have been asked to change their ward temple day to coincide with the stakes calendar. Although special emphasis will be placed upon the 7 p.m. session, stake members are urged to attend other sessions during the day if that is more convenient. Mr. Armstrong also reminded priesthood holders of a special priesthood session which will be held on the fourth Wednesday of each month during fWTJ BUSINESSMAN Ray Peterson admires one of the Penny Pa- - rade posters being displayed in Ephraim businesses to help promote the annual drive for for the Primary Chil- - funds drens Hospital. now in The drive is full swing. 1975. Two sessions are scheduled at the Manti Temple for the priesthood holders. The first is planned for 6 p.m. and the second will be conducted at 8:30. Irani unization for Ephraim and Manti Central Utah District Health Department, under the direction of Dr. Whitney B. Young, will sponsor an immunization clinic for Diptheria-TetnuAnyone who has not had this immunization in the past ten years should have one. The clinic will be held in Ephraim at the City Building February 5, 1975 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The clinic in Manti will be held at the library basement February 12, 1975 from 2 to s. 5 p.m. The charge is 50C each, and both vaccines are given with one injection. Manti SCS Office Red Cross. Primary children proudly display their posters and display promoting the annual Primary Penny Pa rade. The children say Penny Counts! t. v vSk The Good Every Neighbor. u'L. 1 $500 CONTRIBUTION to Snow College is made by the Bank of Ephraim. Rawlin V. Jacob- - The Bank of Ephraim this week presented a $500.00 check to Snow College Development the colleges annual giving program. as its part in The presentation was made Rawlin V. Jacobson, bank cashier, and Curtis Armstrong, a member of the board of directors. We feel that the college 10-1- nt 53-11- 2. House Bill 51 provides authority for the State Superintendent and State Board of Education to set up the criteria to determine which are necessarily small schools and this law states, It is the intent of the legislature that schools not necessarily existent shall be discontinued. If a school is discontinued, it must be consolidated with some other school or the students are not provided educational services. Lets call a spade a spade. Superintendent of Public Instruction, or his designated person, must sign approval of all building construction for schools that exceed $20,000 per year. Without this signature a school district cannot build a new school building. If it is against the law for the State Superintendent to sign building plans that permit construction of two buildings less than 75 minutes apart, and if you already have two buildings less than 75 minutes apart, what happens to two of these buildings? 3. The State This article has shown the relationship of reorganization and consolidation with the already existing laws and with the new reorganization law, schools will be forced to consolidate because of the following reasons: 1. Loss of necessarily existent state funds. 2. HB 51 power to determine small school for funding and intent to discontinue small schools. 3. Utah Code State Superintendent approval of any school building construction that exceeds $20,000 per year. 4. Small necessarily existent funds in small school districts represent a good percentage of a small schools instructional budget and when The public is invited to attend Friday Forum on January 31, 1975 when the speaker will be J. Spencer Kinard. In February, 1972, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints appointed him the voice of the world famous Tabernacle Choir Music and the Broadcast, Two months Spoken Word. later, in April, Spencer Kinard was also named corporate news director of KSL, Inc. He was born in Long Beach, named news manager at and, in -2 "i C i X ' - ' - , A? 'RVW 'i r vY V I S 4 YM J s V ' ,SY'x U j v" - 5 j v ' son, bank cashier, and Curtis Armstrong, a member of the board of directors, present the is a vital element in the community and the entire area and want to do our share in furthering its development, Mr. Armstrong said. President J. Marvin Higbee received the contribution on behalf of the college. The Bank of Ephraim has made a $500 contribution to the college each year for the past 15 years, he said, and before that con- - in America. Presently the program is heard weekly over several hundred radio and television stations world - wide. Mr. Kinard married Lynette Layton and they have four children, two boys and two girls. The subject of his talk will Where Are You Going? be His talk will be broadcast over KEPH radio station. check to Snow Marvin Higbee. President J. er addition to a, b, and c $31,040 above, the could lose School District in small necessarily existent school funds. The poorest student of school finance can see that this large reduction of funds will create real disadvantages to the students, teacher, and citizens in Summit and Sanpete Counties. These funds are taken from the M&O budget which as you know are critical to a school districts operation. South Sanpete $126,000 per year of time. ' The president added that the college deeply appreciates the contributions like this that are being made to the development The money will help fund. some worthy young man or woman continue hisher eduor he pointed out, cation, will help us acquire items like books or laboratory equipment that is essential but that we could not otherwise afford. We further appreciate the contributions, President Snow Development's Hig- bee continued, because we feel that they are expressions of confidence in the college. We will certainly try to show that to deserve that we continue confidence by providing quality for our youth and education serving the area and the state. President Higbee said that College annual giving program is now Alumni and other underway. friends of the college will be contacted by letter or telephone, he indicated. For Boy ! ".Y Y W W. Cox Funeral services will be held for Roy Wilbur Cox on Friday, January 31 in the Manti Center-Nort- h Ward Chapel at 1 p.m. Mr. Cox, who was 86, passed away Wednesday morning. He was a lifetime resident of Man- ar pupil-teach- tributed in varying amounts each year over a long period Funeral Services Set 1968, he was one of eight U.S. newsmen selected to CBS fellowreceive a one-yeship at Columbia University. He then became a writer and producer for CBS in New York City. Among his varied assignments, he produced CBS radio coverage of Apollo flights 12, 13 and 14. While in New York, he served as a counselor in the bishopric of the Rego Park Ward, Long Island Stake. The weekly Tabernacle Choir broadcast began in 1929 and is the oldest, continuous sustaining nationwide radio program ust consolidate to even carry on a meager educational program. 5. If reorganization takes place and forces consolidation, then this will cost many more dollars in new school buildings and district office space. It will also cost many more dollars in new buses, bus drivers, gasoline, maintenance, etc. 6. There are other financial losses to the students and citizens of Sanpete and Summit Counties. A careful study of the application of HB 51 will show a chain reaction is set off that diminishes the student and citizen educational opportunities. The minute this reorganization bill goes into effect, the following kinds of losses in funds take place which will displace ratios. teachers and increase These are disadvantages to school age students: a. Each district now gets 45 WPUs 25,000 b. Each district now gets 9 WPUs for vocational program 5,040 c. Each district receives 1,000 $1,000 for media In 1. KSL these funds are taken away on the basis of school size and time on a bus, communities d. .:4 KSL Celebrity Will Speak Jan. 31 at Friday Forum Means Consolidation Reorganization small schools if it is feasible in terms of school plant to consolidate them into larger schools, and if by doing so they would not meet the criteria listed in (a) and (b) above. This law then says small schools that can be consolidated, according to time on a bus and ADA, must have their extra weighted pupil units taken away which surely means in order to exist, a local board will be forced to consolidate. They cannot operate in any other way. To point out another case where reorganization directly affects and forces consolidation is when the people of the newly organized school district want to build new school buildings. What happens if the new county board of education want to build a secondary school in both Ephraim and Mt. Pleasant? According to the present laws this could not be approved. The big question is WHY? It would be illegal for the State Superintendent to approve such a building program because secondary students can be transported from one community to another in less than 75 minutes on a bus. also states that any The Utah Code building program that exceeds $20,000 must be approved by the State Superintendent or the approval of the person designated by him. The purpose of this article is to point out the following: 1. Reorganization does mean consolidation of schools in both Sanpete and Summit Counties. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction can not approve the construction of two schools that have been getting small necessarily existent state funds if they are less than 75 minutes apart for secondary schools and 45 minutes for elementary, on approved bus routes. 1... . V ' ' Bank of Ephraim Contributes $500 to Snow College Fund Superintendent Gleave Reports: Reorganization of school districts means consolidation by virtue of prior legislation, according to a report by South Sanpete School District Supt. Winston T. Gleave. In his report, Gleave said, the 1974 legislature passed House Bill 51 School Finance Section 6, item 3 explains how a Program. district qualified for necessarily existent small rural school funds. The law states: It is the intest of the legislature that extra weighted pupil units provided for small schools shall ultimately be given only to such schools which because of their isolation must be regarded as necessaily existent. The state board of education is directed to prepare and publish objective standards and guidelines for determining which small schools are necessarily existent after consultation with local school districts. It is the intent of the legislature that schools not necessarily existent shall be discontinued. In looking at this law then the legislature has given authority to the State Board of Education to develop standards and guidelines for determining small schools. The State Board standards and guidelines are as follows: a. Size of a school. This is also in the law. Elementary, ADA, 165; Jr. High, ADA, 2 350; Senior High, ADA, 375, grades; Six Year High, ADA, 425. Average Daily Attendance. b. Time on a bus between two like schools over approved bus routes. Elementary, 45 minutes; Secondary, 75 minutes. c. Small schools with less than six grades will not be recognized as necessarily-existe- V - i 4V $ iversity of Utah in 1966. He was The SCS Office in Manti is on limited service this week. Most of the personnel are attending special training meetings out of town on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The office will be open those days, but only minor items of business can be taken care of. MANTI SOUTH WARD ' from California, graduated Degree in speech from the Un- On Limited Duty tlw- t I' by Clinic Slated 1 . ti. Viewing will be held at the Buchanan Mortuary in Manti from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday evening and between 11 and 12 a.m. Friday. The family suggests contributions to the Heart Fund in lieu of flowers. A complete obituary will be J. Spencer Kinard published next week. School Reorganization Opinion Poll The combined PTA of Ephraim, Manti and Sterling recently finished conducting a school reorganization opinion poll. The three areas were divided into neighborhoods of about ten names. PTA members were asked to call on these ten families. The PTA members doing the survey also left a list of three senators or representatives to the state legislature and asked these families involved to write these people and tive them their feelings about reorganization. Following are the results of the survey: 1. Do you understand the Sanpete School Reorganization Plan? Yes--67- 7 No-- 179 Total of 78.5 saying they understood the issue. 2. Do you understand that after the reorganization of district offices that the State Superintendent plans consolidation of the high schools in Sanpete? Yes-7- 20 No-1- 11, 86.6. you understand that the State Superintendent must approve any capital expenditures over $20,000? No 194, total of 75.9. yes 613 4. Do you favor reorganization of the two school district offices if this leads the way for high school 3. Do consolidation? Yes--6- 8 No--73- 8, 91.5 tion. 5. Do you favor keeping the in Sanpete Countv? NO Yes 659 67, 90.7 not in favor of reorganiza- three present high schools were in favor of keeping the three present high schools. 6. Do you favor one high school in Sanpete County? No Yes 23 641, 96.5 did not favor one high school. Do you favor two high schools in Sanpete County? No 592, 87 did not favor just two high Yes 88 schools in Sanpete County. A petition to the Utah State Legislature to vote NO on the proposal to reorganize the school districts in Sanpete and Summit Counties was signed by 563 of the people contacted. J |
