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Show Board Okays Plans Preliminary plans for the new Park City High School, to be located on the Heber road near Holiday Ranch were officially accepted by the school board last Tuesday Tues-day evening. According to Dr. Richard Goodworth, Park City's Superintendent Su-perintendent of Schools, the plans will now go to the State Board of Education and the State Building Board for final approval. If they are approved by those agencies, which Goodworth is confident will happen, Park City will then begin accepting bids for the actual construction. Officials hope to get the building underway by early July. "The critical building aid funds have been approved by Dr. Talbot and the sale of the bonds, which will finance fin-ance those costs not covered cover-ed by the critical aid has been slated for March 13," stated Goodworth. According to Goodworth, the fact that consolidation was defeated was the decisive de-cisive factor in securing the necessary funds. Preliminary plans call for a "community school concept," con-cept," whereby community residents will be able to use the school's facilities when regularly scheduled classes are not in session. This will be accomplished by a network net-work of 'security points which enable only certain portions of the building to be open at a given time. A "community school concept" con-cept" was difficult at the old school in that to open a part of the school entailed opening the entire facility. Class rooms will be grouped around a teacher's preparation area with like subjects (for example chemistry chem-istry and math) being adjacent adjac-ent to one another, permitting permitt-ing joint lectures,films,etc. which would be of benefit to both classes. A gymnasium with a 90-foot 90-foot playing floor has been provided for. Unfortunately, as of yet, funds do not exist to enable the construction of tennis courts, a swimming pool, bleachers for the football foot-ball field and an auditorium. Space has been allocated for these facilities, which will be built as funds become available. The buildingitselfwillbea 'steel frame structure with reinforced brick veneer panels. pan-els. The brick walls can be prefabricated and put into place. In the winter the brick (Continued on Page Five) . . . School Plans ( Continued from page one ) panels can be fabricated in a portion of the building already al-ready complete, thus enabling enabl-ing construction to go on even in the worst of weather. The roof of the building will be flat permitting functional func-tional drainage and eliminating eliminat-ing the problem of drifting snow. A vaulted roof similar tn a false front will skirt the perimeter of the roof thus giving the building an aesthetic appearance. Portions Por-tions of vaulted roof panels will also be used to enclose heating ventilating and other mechanical apparatus located locat-ed atop the new school. The method of heating which will be used in the new facility is still under debate, because of fuel shortages and the emphasis on coal as a future energy source, has made this decision one in which careful planning must prevail.' |