Show Former Resident Strongly Favors I Consolidation of County Schools The Editor The Park City Record Park City Utah Dear Sir I am a Summit County taxpayer taxpayer taxpayer tax tax- payer and a former resident of Park City For several years I was employed as an engineer and supervisor in the mines in inthe inthe inthe the Park City District and I am acquainted with m man many a n y of the people in the area For the past fifteen years I have been on the faculty of the College of Mines at the University University University sity of Utah where I have come comein comein comein in contact with graduates of the Summit County high schools and andI I know of their problems Consolidation of the three high schools of the county is the only way by which your young people can obtain an education which will enable them to compete in our modern technological society The entrance requirements of the colleges become more rigorous rigor rigor- ous year by year Graduates from Summit County must often spend the better part of a year in taking remedial courses In my field of engineering an extra college year costs calculated as nine months at the beginning rate for a graduate engineer of per month plus cost of the college year Here in Utah your graduates I must compete with those from the high schools of the metropolitan valley area These schools offer advanced placement courses in chemistry mathematics calculus American Ameri Ameri- can history and English so that the graduate can obtain as much muchas as 48 hours of college credit equivalent to one year It is unfair that the boys and girls in Summit County should not have the same opportunity Certain areas at the University University University sity offer scholarships to high school graduates The department department department depart depart- ment in which I teach offers I per year for four years to toI I high school graduates with a aB aBe and background background background back back- B Be aV average age strong ground in mathematics chemistry chemistry chemis chemis- I I try and physics At the present time there is no one from Summit County holding such a scholar scholar- scholarship ship Summit County can point with pride to certain of their graduates graduates graduates grad grad- who have gone on to college and who have done well despite their disadvantages The proposal to float a South Summit S School c h 0 0 I District bond issue to improve the existing existing existing exist exist- ing high school would if successful success success- ful only compound the unfortunate unfortunate situation which exists to pay more money to support a modern cons consolidated high school which would at attract t r act the best teachers and give the students a chance to compete with those from the metr metropolitan politan areas but butI I strenuously object to spending more money to support th present present present pre pre- sent inadequate high schools Yours truly JH Cone 2832 Glen Oaks Dr Salt Lake City Utah |