Show t. t i Day Noted t Joint PT PTA A Meet 1 line The three t r PTA organizations ManU Manti anti and Ephraim met joint joint- IThe last joint last last Monday fonday evening in Ephim Eph- Eph ilm lm for their annual Founders Founder's s 's program with Mrs 1 Garth acham of the Ephraim Elemen- Elemen ry PTA conducting The program included a Gold Gold- C Tribute to the Founders and of PTA on the anI an- an I of the organization ith th th Mrs Don Brown and Mrs i ice ice ce Jennings as narrators a Bich was intercepted with fash- fash n n song dance and tableau by and Manti lanti PTA Moth Moth- 5 and junior high school girls e P Past st PTA president of Eph- Eph Manti r and Sterling organ- organ I were presented a rose in inC 57 C of their efforts R Re- Re served the were by 9 Iree tree ee organizations with Mrs l 3 Vance ance Allred and Mrs 1 Evan of Manti anti High School 9 committee in charge Roscoe C. C Cox of Ephraim was 19 E e guest speaker for the ever eve- eve r 9 Ing g and gave a talk on School r I I It A report on legislation affecting affecting affecting affect affect- ing the schools of Utah was given by Roscoe C. C Cox Legislative chairman for the Ephraim PT PTA A. A He treated it under seven general general general gen gen- eral headings L 1 Federal aid as it will affect Utah if passed as recommended by President Kennedy The program program program pro pro- gram would bring some over 20 million for use in school construction construction construction con con- or for teacher salaries or both in the state during the three years of 63 1962 2 Teacher evaluation a and n d merit pay program which has been killed in the Utah House of Representatives but may be revived revived re revived re- re in the State Senate 3 Vocation classes in high schools 4 Special attention to gifted or talented children plus a summer summer summer sum sum- mer supplementing the regular school program 5 Classroom allow allowance nce f fro from r o m state funds presently at per classroom unit Present or proposed legislation would increase in increase increase in- in crease this to or per classroom unit de de- de pending on which program program Is adopted 6 School construction aid to the four growth districts in which the housing situation for schools is critical These are Murray urray Granite Davis and d We We- I be ber I I 7 The probable increase in school spending with the corresponding corresponding corresponding corres corres- probable increase in taxes and where the tax money will come from |