Show 1 i ii i Public Use of School Busses Banned By School Board The matter of the use of school buses for any purpose other than transportation of school children was discussed at length at the Ule meeting of the of Education Saturday and steps taken to rigidly rigid rigid- ly adhere to the ruling that th the busses must not be Ie u used d for any other purpose The busses basses are licensed for school purposes only which means that they can be be- be used for bringing the children to to school and for bringing i children and patrons to school functions and lor for no other purpose Drivers have been Instructed to obey this ruling It has been pointed point point- ed out that people on bus routes J have been using the busses to get Into town and back I and have been 1 I coming to town on the bus when it came came for night functions but they have not been attending these functions which will not be allow allowed ed in the future The question of who Is a patron was brought up and the Board Doard interpreted this to mean that a patron is a parent or guardIan guardIan guardIan guard- guard Ian of a school child who is transported transported transported trans trans- ported to the central schools Organizations are constantly askIng asking ask ask- ing for the busses for various purposes purposes pur pur- poses and the Board Doard wishes to state that they are prohibited ted from granting anyone outside of the school organizations the use of the busses There are two or three privately owned school busses Inthe in inthe inthe the county which of course do not come corne under the ruling of the Board Doard The matter of assigning salaries to various Institutions such as the bank stores etc was discussed at length and a ruling passed that this practice would be prohibited except In cases where here the Board is legally bound to accept assignments The practice tends to create Increased increased in increased In- In creased book keeping costs and also al also also al- al so creates creates creates' much confusion and dissatisfaction dis dis- sa satisfaction The City had asked for cooperation lion tion of t the e School Board in a f t t project to put in a curb and gutt gutter r In front of the school buildings In Cedar City which was granted The Board authorized the expenditure expendi ture of for the purchase of materials for this project The Board also approved the holding holdIng hold- hold j Ing of Washington's Birthday Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day February 22 In order to make It possible for teachers to attend y a Progressive Education Convention In Salt Lake City in April The convention will wilt be held on April I 23 24 and 25 which is Saturday Sunday and Monday and the plan v t of school on Washington's s 's birthday gives the teachers the opportunity of attending the convention convention convention con con- on all three days |