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Show Give credit where credit is due Dear Editor, . I have read with interest and enthusiasm en-thusiasm the article regarding the computer program at the middle school. Unfortunately, I feel that the article has done a real disservice to a few truly motivated high school staff members by not giving credit for that effort to the proper sources. Dr. Dozier, "Moose" Smith, Maggie Hahn and a few other teachers from the elementary and high school met throughout most of the summer to plan and to facilitate the purchase and installation in-stallation of the $60,000 worth of computer com-puter equipment. The high school has had a complete detailed curriculum in computer sciences in operation for two years and has a very sophisticated computer lab in operation and was desperately in need of 20 computers. While I'm pleased to see the excitement ex-citement the computers are generating at the middle school, the credit for real effort and innovation, and even now for the continuing meetings to design a system-wide computer curriculum, goes to the high school and to Ken Frerichs and Dave Hanscom and the high school staff who put in days of effort all summer long to make it happen. This committee recommended the delivery of some of the machines to the middle school despite the fact that middle school personnel had not attended at-tended the meetings and had not outlined any specific curriculum (nor has the study committee yet made recommendations regarding the most productive or sensible use of computer in the lower grades) . I hope you can give some appropriate ap-propriate coverage to the high school in the near future. Ed Yager Editor's note: It is true that many of the students who were anxiously looking forward to computer science classes this fall would not have had the opportunity to take them if not for the devoted efforts and fast action of the computer committee. com-mittee. The Board of Education was more than justified in praising the members of the group, including Mr. Yager, for their unselish dedication to the school children of Park City. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, it is not always possible for a reporter to mention every person involved in every community effort. So, in order to not inadvertently slight one individual, or to distract the reader with long lists of repetitive thank yous, committees and groups are often mentioned as a whole. The members know who they are. As to the balance of coverage accorded accor-ded each of the three schools in the district, we did a quick check of curriculum and student-related articles ar-ticles run in the paper this year. Of those articles, there were more devoted to activities at the Park City High School than the other two schools combined. It seemed appropriate to visit the Middle School, particularly because the computers had just arrived. Our coverage will continue to include all three schools. The Park Record welcomes information about special programs and we'll try to be there. |