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Show Teachers Rebel On School Contracts Most of the contracts sent out to teachers of South Sanpete were returned re-turned to the school board at the regular meeting held at Manti Monday, Mon-day, and with them was a letter from A. I. Tippetts, president of the South Sanpete Teachers' association, stating that the contracts had been signed under protest and that the teachers believed them to be unfair and illegal, says the Ephraim Enterprise. The board took much time to discuss dis-cuss the matter and voted 3 to 2 at one time to return the contracts to the teachers and ask that they be signed and returned without protest, but this action is reported to have been modified later, there being no statement on any of the contracts to show they were signed under protest. Several vacancies were reported in the schools of the district with only one definitely filled up to the time of the meeting. A Miss Wadkins of Logan, a graduate of the Utah State Agricultural college, has been employed em-ployed to teach music, speech and English at the Ephraim high in place of Halbert S. Greaves, who intends to go to school next year. She had very high 'recommendations. A communication was read from the state board of education on the certification of teachers, stating that the standards of certification will be raised after September 1. This will effect many teachers in South Sanpete, San-pete, it was reported, but the board took action to allow the teachers of the district every opportunity possible possi-ble to meet the new requirements. It was felt, however, that the board is duty bound to request the teachers to comply with the new state standards. stan-dards. Superintendent E. T. Reid submitted submit-ted a tentative budget for the coming com-ing school year. This will be discontinued dis-continued on last page) Teachers Rebel On ! School Contracts (Continued from page 1) ' cussed fully and the official budget 1 adopted at a special meeting now set , for June 28. The board felt that a reduction in ; rent should be made by Snow college 1 for the class rooms there in as much as one room has now been taken 1 away from the training school which will make it necessary to move still another grade to the high school building next year. ' Superintendent Reid was instructed instruct-ed to notify the banks of the district again that after July 1 the district will make deposits in but one bank to aid in keeping accounts. Up to j the present the money of the dis-i dis-i tridt has been divided among the three banks now operating. The banks have been asked to designate the institution in-stitution to have the funds for the first year. If this is not done by July 1 the district will make the choice. The new policy is that one bank shal'l have all the deposits for one year, another for the next, and the remaining bank for the year after that and continue to rotate the funds in that manner each year. Ray P. Lund again took the chair as president of the board after the others had declined to accept his resignation. The matter of giving contracts to Andrew Judd and W. G. Frischknecht was brought up. Mr. Lund recommended recom-mended that Mr. Judd be given a contract con-tract but asked that he be allowed to take the matter up with Superintendent Superinten-dent Reid before reporting definitely on Mr. Frischknecht. This request was granted by the board. Mr. Judd is now acting postmaster at Manti. |