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Show from the mines. It was decided that no action ac-tion would be taken until a response to the Department of Highway report could be officially composed. Board members askedDr. Goodworth to formulate the response. Stephen W. Badger was officially instated as clerk for the Board of Education. He will fill the unexpired term of Hazel Taylor. Mrs. Taylor was forced to leave her position as a result of an illness in the family. Christine Sproull has joined join-ed the faculty at the Park City High School. Presently, she is teaching English for grades 7-9, and grade 11; F rench for the 8th grade; and history for the 7th grade. Ms. Sproull received a Master's Degree in American Amer-ican Literature at BYU. She has had four years of teach ing experience in Orange, California. She is presently residing in Midway. I'.- i X, $ ',. 2 ' : OSSfc'ii & . . - J 77-" I ' ": " 1 . . i "I 4 ; I I " -.-..n , y . j 1 " -w f - ..I '.-JUJJ-"' ' , I I" , I I . ,1 r j v . ' J F j&r , .... . : ., v. m liiijiiY.ri ma i iiiiiiI i Wi IIM iMMm'1 I il II' ii' llif " 'if ' liii i ' Ti "i ' 1 T f ii- r " T 1 ' r " r r- " A&tof- Dr. Richard Goodworth, center, makes a point at the recent meeting of the Park City School Board. Board Opposes Highway Report A preliminary report issued by the JJtah State Department De-partment of Highways met opposition at this month's meeting of the Park City Board of Education. The report, entitled "Kimball's "Kim-ball's Junction to Park City," provides preliminary plans for highway improve- conducive to study; 3) opinions taken by Board members conclude that the old high school will most likely be abandoned before the elementary school as renovation of said high school would be too costly. It was suggested that either an alternative route be built to accommodate mine traffic, or a railroad system be used to haul ore ment along SR-224. Upon completion, the road will provide transportation for 20-ton trucks carrying 10 to 15 loads of ore per day, seven days a week, from the Park City Ventures Mine to the Union Pacific Railroad. Rail-road. Special planning problems cited by the report includes the Mar sac Elementary School. Safety of schoolchildren schoolchil-dren was pointed out as a major concern of highway officials planning. It was suggested inthe report re-port that "run-a-way truck lanes, especially near the elementary school, and pedestrian ped-estrian overpasses " be used to insure child safety. The preliminary report goes further to suggest that upon completion of the new high school, Marsac elementary elemen-tary be abandoned and the old high school be made into a new elementary school. This, in turn, would move the elementary school away from the proposed new trucking route. At the meeting, Board members and concerned parents responded negatively neg-atively to many of the suggestions sug-gestions offered by the report. re-port. Dr. Richard Goodworth, Superintendent of Schools, made preliminary proposals for a response to the Department De-partment of Highways' report. re-port. Objections listed by Dr. Goodworth include: 1) students who must walk to school via Marsac Ave., (SR-224), would be placed in possible jepardy as a result of increased traffic along the road; 2) the noise level created by the mine trucks passing the elementary school would create an atmosphere non- |