| Show P Park ark School Board Candidates Tell Why They Are Asking Ming Vote The 1970 political scene in Park City area has been a quiet one with the activity mostly confined to a to person son campaign by six Park City citizens who are seeking the local citizens citizens' votes Television has brought the national Sen Senatorial and House of Representative Represent Represent- candidates into the homes with each trying to convince the voter how to cast his ballot The S tate State t a t e Legislative candidates candidates candidates can can- have been making personal personal personal per per- appearances at rallies and meetings r The h e County candidates candidates candidates can can- have been working in inthe inthe inthe the various County c communities communities com com- o m- m seeking the support of friends and neighbors Literature and posters have been generously distributed by byall byall byall all the candidates and on the local scene many of the store windows have both political parties' parties candidates on display Newspaper advertisement supplement supplement sup sup- the messages to the voters Of apparent interest to the local voters are the two Board of Education seats and the local representative to the County Commission From observation it appears the six candidates welcome questions from the voters Each have made brief statements to the Park Record The two opposing candidates for the Park City School District District District Dis Dis- Representative for Precinct Precinct Precinct Pre Pre- No 2 Board Members Member's office are incumbent F Faye ye Dearden and Matt Alvarez Faye Dearden has served on the Board for eight years and andis is at the present time president of the board He He is seeking re reelection reelection reelection re- re election for several reasons He finds being on the board a case of constructive work which has resulted in several new programs being initiated in the local s school c h system He has great interest in the new school programs and would like to see them mature He is seeking quality not quantity in the faculty and wants to work for a anew anew anew new program called SPURS which will be initiated in the Fourth Grade next year He said the training of the I teachers will be extensive be before before before be- be fore the program which will involve participation of the par part is started I I want the best possible educational programs in our schools I definitely want to stay away from consolidation as I believe the personal attention to the students by the teachers cannot be attained in a larger school system he remarked The other candidate for Pre Pre- No 2 Board of Education n seat Matt is most interested in upgrading the quality of the teaching staffs at both the elementary and high school l I levels e eve v e l I s. s He said that creative teaching is primary for the college or vocational areas He would like to see instructors instructors instructors tors teaching subjects in which they have specific background training rather than having them instruct on subjects in which they have limited knowledge because it deprives the student from getting the best training in particular subjects He would work for heavier e emphasis m ph a s i s in the vocational fields to provide the local student student student stu stu- dent with pertinent training Instructors should get salaries which are equal to the national standard because too many must have another job to supplement their income and cannot devote their full time to education and must dilute their educational interests because of the need for a second job The question of school consolidation consolidation consolidation con con- should be reviewed carefully He would be in favor of it if it was the only means by which to upgrade educational instruction but he is not in favor of consolidation if it means taking the children away from home nor for the building of larger school plants In Precinct No 3 the Park City School Board incumbent Alvin Young is being challenged by John Jack Green who was wason wason wason on the school board three terms ago I would like to remain on the Board of Education to realize realize realize real real- ize the fulfillment of the new vocational program which was initiated this year For six years I 1 have been working for forthe forthe forthe the vocational program when the c college entrance training was being stressed for 10 of the high school students which left 80 in the dark Alvin Young said when giving his hi's reasons for reelection Though the vocational train train- trainor Continued or on Page Ten |
