| Show Letter to Parents All public schools in Davis County wi will officially open for forthe or orthe t the he 63 1962 school year on Tuesday Aug 28 TilE THE RAPID increase in enrollment en in the schools of Davis is Count County calls caUs for an in increasIngly increasingly increasingly in- in extensive building program in order to lo properly h house ouse all an our student tion three Fifty addition a 1 I new classrooms will have been completed for the opening of school this year ear The board of education of Davis County in providing for lor these additional classrooms has performed an outstanding service In turn this expansion has made it necessary to change man many of the boundary lines between our schools A n n n- of or changes to I become effective at the beginning beginning begin begin- ning of the 63 1962 school year ear were made in all an our schools before beCore the close of the 62 1961 school year These changes are still In effect Families who have ha taken up residence in Davis County during the thc summer months may ascertain ascer ascer- lain tain from rom neighbors t the h c C CI schools to which their children I are arc assigned IT SEEMS appropriate to lo say something concerning the tin importance of good school at Regular school attendance at is basic to a strong educational program Learning Learn ing is a step by step develop ment Often OIlen students w who h could otherwise be rated superior su suo are arc seriously handicapped handi capped when they fail Cail to take tak m some of the thc important steps ii in inthe inthe 1 the educational ladder Poor Pooi attendance usually culminates culminate S in dropping out of school before be fore high school graduation Parents can foster good school 1 attendance by encouraging the tin best in health practices This calls cans for regular physical physical cal and dental ups check-ups proper food and clothing adequate adequate ad ad- equate rest and exercise etc The greatest emphasis in better better better bet bet- ter health practices should b be placed on prevention of illness S prior to the need for corrective tive live treatment after aCter the illness lilacs S becomes a reality IN ADDITION to the personal personal per loss to students each 1 absence from school seats a definite financial loss ti to a athe the educational program of our ou r county State apportionment it of funds is based on the average av avo crage daily attendance It I is S only through a n superior attendance attendance at record that we are arc ar a able to secure the time most for ou our r tax dollar doHar Utah's law on compulsory school attendance Eve r y y parent guardian or other person person per per- son having control of any minor minor minor mi mi- mi- mi nor between six ix and 18 years of age shall shan be required to send such minor to a public or regularly established private school during the regularly established school year of the district in which he resides Utah Code Annotated 53 24 OCCASIONALLY a question arises in the minds of oC parents as ns to whether their six year old prospective o first grader is sufficiently mature to start school In our Farmington Central we have a Pupil Pupil Pu Pu- pil pH Personnel Department consisting consisting consisting con con- of specially trained personnel who can arrive at atan atan atan an impersonal objective e answer answer answer an an- to such a question Parents Parents Par Par- Parents with problems of this nature nature na na- ture are arc invited to utilize this service by contacting our Pupil Pu pil Personnel Department Each school district of Utah is required to establish insofar inso inso- far as age is concern concerned d a deadline for admission to to the first grade The policy established by the Board of th the Davis County School District is that no child shall be permitted per milled to enter the first grade unless he or she will be at least six years of or age on or before midnight of oC Oct 31 Parents are required to submit submit submit sub sub- mit a birth certificate as evi dence of the age of or each child chUd to be enrolled in the first grade AN EARLIER deadline date is being recommended Some districts have already adopt adopt- ed cd dates in the early part of oC September It is therefore requested re- re requested quested that parents not ask us to make exceptions to the present ruling in the Davis County School District It should be said that the board and the administrative staff are working to to- gether to the end that the lie highest possible standards be maintained in an educational program geared to fit lit the needs of oC all aU the young people of Davis County Our teachers teach teach- ers are arc capable qualified and d dedicated educators May 1 we e express our appreciation for forthe forthe t the he interest understand n g gand gand and a nd cooperation you have extended extended ex ex- t tended ended as patrons of the public pub pub- l lic ie schools of Davis County G. G Harold Holt Supt Davis Co Schools SUPT HOLT said that although al at- t though hough bus i ion o n ii schedules s will be substantially t the he same as last year jear the following following fol fol- fol- fol l lowing owing bus schedule was made out to assist any newcomers t lo to o the area North Salt Lake area High school students am a.m. E. E N. N junior high students 8 10 nm am N. N Main elementary students Main and Center Streets Val Verda area High school students am a.m. 50 W. W S. S junior high students 50 W. W S. S elementary students S. S Orchard Drive S. S W. W W. W S. S S. S Orchard Or- Or chard Dr South Bountiful area High school students am a.m. 1500 S. S 1100 W. W junior high students 8 10 am a.m. 1500 S. S 1800 W. W elementary students students stu stu- dents am a.m. S. S 1800 W. W S. S 1100 W. W West Bountiful area High hUgh school students 50 50 am a.m. junior high students am a.m. S. S 1100 W. W el elementary elementary el- el students north of north am a.m. 1800 N. N GOO COO W. W south of oC north am a.m. South Elementary only am a.m. W. W N. N 8 10 am a.m. W. W 1000 So am a.m. W. W 1000 S. S Bountiful Hills Bills area High school students S. S 1300 E. E junior high students students stu stu- dents 7 10 am a.m. S. S 1100 E. E elementary students am a.m. E. E Mill Street area High school students am a.m. Porters Lane and Main Street junior high students am a.m. Porters Lane and E. E elementary students am a.m. S. S E. E E. E Center Street Centerville School Chase Lane North Centerville Church Sma o a t Dairy Farmington area High school students am a.m. Farmington School am a.m. Lagoon Lane am a.m. North Farmington Church Farmington School junior high students am a.m. at Farmington School am a.m. Lagoon Lane am a.m. at nt North Farmington Church Lagoon La goon Lane and U elementary elemen tary amy students am a.m. North Farmington Church 1 |
