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Show V l I . lit f '. if ! S i i , '' c " f - ' 1 Meadows ablaze Meadows on Cedar Mountain and surrounding areas are filled with beautiful mountain flowers. Short showers Tuesday added to the sparkle of the many varieties. Color Country continues to be one of the highest visited tourist areas in Utah for many reasons, one of them being mountain flowers. Preliminary pla'.'S for the proposed new Valley Elem .ntary School were presented and ap' .roved at the meeting of the Iron Coi...ty School Board held Tuesday. Architect John Rowley and Scott Bulloch met with the board to discuss items of concern including sewage disposal and fire protection regarding , the location in the Homestead Subdivision Sub-division near Enoch. It was reported to the board that planned waste disposal systems planned for the building would be acceptable ac-ceptable by the state board of health and that the State Fire Marshall has identified, from preliminary information, in-formation, that all exisiting codes could be met with the exisiting culinary water system from Enoch City. The building design includes basic contained classroom units to accomodate ac-comodate two units first through sixth grades and other facilities such as media center, lunchroom facilities and multi-purpose rooms designed for future expansion to three classroom units. Discuss Issues The board met with and received input regarding a recent change in bussing policy in the Escalante Valley for Elementary Students. They also reviewed an extensive report on diagnostic testing conducted during the past year in the Iron County School District given by Claudia Forsyth. Input was also recieved from Richard Garrett and Dr. John Benne concerning providing of services through the District Mental Health program. Participating in the discussion were Grant Seaman and Cleo Wood of the Iron County Commission. Com-mission. No decisions were made by the board concerning the issues as to a possible reversal of policy on busing and regarding participation in the District Mental Health program. The Board has been approached by the Iron County Commission to enter into a joint venture and hire a psychologist to work within the confines con-fines of the county. In action matters the board authorized the hirng of several new personnel. Jerry Dyer, a graduate of Southern Utah State College was approved as the football coach at Parowan High School and is already in the process of organizing for the fall season. Other personnel approved were Albert Orton as custodian of Parowan High School; Dillworth Armstrong- to the district maintenance staff and Martha Bayer to teach third grade at South Elementary to replace Linda Wilson. The board further: -Approved the discontinuation of bus service to elementary students east of Coal Creek after the completion of a predestrian bridge over Coal Creek. -Officially supported Iron County in a request for a transfer of and inclusion of an overpass in the Interstate High-and High-and Fremont Wash. -Approved a committee to study the district evaluation system. Members will include Dr. Gwyn Clark of the board; Robert Stratton, chairman and members, Dr. Clair Morris, Claudia Forsyth, Dee Smith and four teachers from the district. -A committee to study a job classification system for maintenance workers and custodians was also approved. ap-proved. Members include Floyd Matheson as chairman with members to include Elwyn Halterman, Dr. Clair Morris, Lester Roberts, John Taylor, Robert Overson, president of the Board; Albert Orton, Robert Adams, Dennis Alger and Robert Nohejl. -Authorized the call for bids for a new boiler for the addition at the East Elementary as a seperate bid for immediate installation. Consider Increase The board also authorized Superintendent Morris to present at the August Board meeting recommendations recom-mendations and feasibility for an increase in-crease on the District Staff to to help with additional work loads being imposed im-posed through various agencies of government and increased responsibilities respon-sibilities created by a growing and expanding district and district-wide programs. |