Show Boulton Looks At School Boulton School PTA held its Looking in on Your School session Oct 29 at 7 15 pm p.m. Four areas were discussed by bya a panel of school patrons library library li- li teachers gui guidance ance and counselling and textbooks and supplies IDA Sorensen explained the theole therole therole role ole of the social worker his six see be years of training and how he ic handles a case She stressed the lie need for more social work- work ers rs Ross Brooks described the li- li With a total of four books per pupil the school stands lands high in the county and andin in n the state He pointed out the difficulty of obtaining professional professional ional librarians and the poor library situation of the intermountain intermountain inter- inter mountain west BETTY SIM SIl told how textbooks textbooks text- text books are chosen per pupi pupil pu- pu pil pi il was spent on books last year ear An equal sum went for supplies She described the admirable admirable admirable ad ad- mirable quantity of or audiovisual audio vis ual al aids but mentioned the inconvenient in in- convenient facilities for using them Frances Lund made a detailed detailed de- de tailed ailed study of the teachers The education and experience of f our teachers is very good From seventh place out of these icse eight states for beginning salaries Utah moved up to third in average salaries The county district ranks high with other ther districts across the state The districts furthest from the population c centers offer the best salaries Mention was made of the thelong thelong thelong long time it takes for Cor teachers to reach the and highest step and the lack of an incentive incentive incentive tive increase from the last step for those with bachelors bachelor's degree degree de de- de gree to the first step of masters master's masters master's mas mas- ter's degree earnings SPORADIC legislation for education education education ed ed- ed- ed was deplored by Mr Lund Other figures given e n showed lifetime earning capacities capacities capacities capac capac- of the teachers Mr Marchant larchant principal of Boulton School was the next speaker He pointed out the proclamation in the constitution by its tenth amendment that The powers not specially delegated delegated delegated del del- to the United States nor prohibited by it to the states are hereby reserved to th the states respectively or to the people has become considered considered considered consid consid- ered to mean that education is the responsibility of the state UTAH UfAH SCHOOL a 1 laws are based upon the principle principle principle prin prin- ciple that all children regardless regardless regardless regard regard- less of race creed or place of residence will be given equal educational opportunity Since the beg beginning nning of statehood some attempt has been made to realize this ideal Mr Ir Marchant Marchant Marchant Mar- Mar chant went on to give some history history his his- tory on the high school fund of 1911 the state district fund fundin in 1920 which were superceded by the state fund Cund in 1930 The uniform school fund of 1937 was not adequate and andin andin andin in 1917 the minimum school program was passed In 1957 1951 the 1947 1941 program was revised but basically u un n n. changed It said in essence that the state will assist a local district district dis dis- to reach its objectives provided provided provided pro pro- vided it the district make a minimum effort with provision provision provision provi provi- sion to allow a district to go even further if it wishes IN CLOSING Mr Marchant said like everything else education education education ed ed- does have a cost ty relationship Its measurement measurement measurement measure measure- ment may not be so exacting as diamonds however it is there There is a factor in education education edu edu- cation known as the law of diminishing diminishing diminishing di di- return To the members members mem memo bers of the legislature he said Yours is a solemn responsibility ity and to the audience he said theirs their's was l likewise just as sol sot em ii Byron Rampton and Jack Horton candidates for the state Senate discussed their views on schools Then Mrs Norma Rudy Larsen and Robert Arbuckle Arbuckle Arbuckle Ar- Ar buckle candidates for the State StateHouse StateHouse StateHouse House of Representatives pursued pursued pursued pur pur- sued the subject A question and answer period followed |