Show LETTER LETIER TO ATHE THE EDITOR After fter going to the public meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing that was held on the consolidation consolidation consolidation consoli consoli- dation of our schools another question came to me The city fathers and school board have been talking about combining the public and high school libraries If this is done and if the county high schools are all consolidated in a few years Manti will not only be without any schools but we will not have a library eith eith- er I wonder how many citizens have thought of this In last weeks week's Messenger in inthe inthe inthe the article given by the group of Gunnison men they stated We have observed the results of prior consolidation and have concluded that promised and even guaranteed expansion of student opportunity to more and varied classes has been wishful thinking In my own education I found this true In the public meeting that was held Supt Burr couldn't give any concrete plans for more or varied classes In fact it seemed that they had no plans at all except that they wanted to consolidate By not having any plans to present to the people I feel that the public was short changed Supt Burr stated that the special special special cial funds given to the schools could be cut off in the future if the district didn't consolidate or present some other suitable improvement Improvement Im im- m- m provement plan The board was asked if they had considered any other alternative plans They said yes but declined to discuss them Why not wait until we have to consolidate before we jump into the fire In the Messenger Nov 16 1967 it was stated that the board was studying the advantages and disadvantages disadvantages disadvantages dis dis- dis- dis advantages of consolidation In Inthe Inthe Inthe the next paragraph it stated that the study the board was doing did not include any consolidation consolidation consolida consolida- tion outline or any possibility of consolida consolidation tion Questions at the meetings were not answered in a satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory way Some were only half answered With only half the truth being presented to the public public public pub pub- lic are we sure this is what we want OPPOSED TO CONSOLIDATION |