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Show Park City School District to discuss education reforms x Residents of the Park City School District are invited to attend a public input session to discuss the Utah State Office of Education's 25 Recommendations for Educational Excellence this Monday night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The informal discussion discus-sion session with representatives represen-tatives from the state office will be held in the school district boardroom at the Treasure Mountain Middle School. Among the recommendations recommenda-tions in the report are suggestions for creating a three-step career ladder for teachers with increases of compensation at each level, instituting tax credits for businesses which contribute to education and establishing establish-ing procedures to involve teachers more directly in school administration. The report further recommends recom-mends increasing the emphasis em-phasis on "higher level thinking skills," revising curriculum standards and providing sufficient curriculum curricu-lum options beyond the basic core courses. "We would really like to hear the reaction to these 25 recommendations," said School Superintendent Tony Mitchell. According to Mitchell, Mit-chell, the report is part of Utan s response lo Da via Gardner's Nation At Risk report. The Governor's Educational Educa-tional Reform Steering Committee Com-mittee is also seeking public comment on a similar report entitled "Education in Utah: A Call to Action." The Call to Action includes recommendations recom-mendations to increase the contract year to 192 days, to make vocational educational programs integral to the high school curriculum and to adjust higher education salaries to reverse the loss of faculty, staff, technicians and administrators. " ' The steering committee has scheduled 10 town meetings meet-ings to be held throughout the state on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. The meeting to be held at Highland High School (2166 East, 1700 East) will be the closest one to the Park City School District. The State Legislature is anxious to receive as much public comment on these issues as possible before acting on a $150 million package of educational proposals pro-posals due to come up for a vote this December, according accord-ing to Mitchell. Copies of both reports area available at each of the three schools in the Park City School District. |