| Show Former Opposed to Consolidation Salt Lake Tribune I was interested In The Tribune editorial of July 24 to the effect that the Summit County schools should consolidate It appears from your editorial that the only reason reason reMon you feel they should consolidate consolidate con con- is that they haven't and therefore they must Before undertaking a step like th's there should be some extremely extremely ex ex- pressing reasons why It should be done You have stated none Will a better education of each pupil be achieved I think not At a large there Is always a higher teacher pupil ratio a smaller percentage of student participation in extracurricular extracurricular eXtra extra extra- curricular activities a greater loss los of Identity of the pupil I Iwas Iwas Iwas was educated In the Park City school system and I feel that I had an ari outstanding education My husband on th the other hand was educated in Salt Lake City schools and while In many ways he Is my intellectual l superior the educational tools he received were far inferior i- i ito to my own He HeIs Heis Hela is la a poor speller is troubled with faulty reading habits and has had to make up other deficiencies des cies which are directly traceable to a faulty school system We have compared extensive notes and I feel that my own education gave me better tools to enter college college col col- lege with Your editorial leads us to believe believe believe be be- lieve that the Summit school systems systems terns have no libraries Quite the contrary They have a large li library library lI li- in both the elementary and secondary school In fact the li libraries li- li are superior to the district district district dis dis- in which my children attend school Consolidation works works best In rural communities In which there are many little hamlets In a relatively relatively rel rel- distinct geographical area This is not the case of the three communities involved They are distinct from each other both asto as asto asto to population and geography Eunice Pace Green Oreen River Wyo Eunice Pace is the former Eunice Eunice Eu Eu- nice Stanton and attended Park Park City Schools and Is a graduate of of- I the Park City High Kigh School and avd and BYU of Provo |
