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Show geIfa(B(Dn IbHofs Deferred retirement .'' income approved The Park City Board of Education voted Tuesday to ap- . prove voluntary employee participation in the Utah Retirement Retire-ment Deferred Income Plan. The board's approval was a formality required by state law. According to Superintendent Tony Mitchell, employees' participation in the program will not cost the school district anything but will give employees the option of setting part of their salaries aside for retirement and paying lower taxes now. School District adopts Courcheval too Adopting the French town of Courchevel as Park City's sister city originally involved only the ski area, but an invitation in-vitation to participate in the exchange was recently extended to the Park City School District. Tuesday night, the Park City Board of Education discussed the possibility of establishing a student exchange program with Courchevel. "My feeling is that it would be an excellent opportunity to supplement our foreign language program. If it were planned right, it could become a long-range part of the school district program," said Superintendent Tony Mitchell. "I am flattered that we were included. It might also open up some vocational education opportunities in food and beverage training," suggested board president Gary Avise. There were no formal motions, but the Courchevel representative represen-tative Raul Andrews Sudre, who is in Park City this week. The board has been invited to send 10 to 20 jtudents to Courchevel for two weeks this spring. One week of the proposed trip would fall during spring vacation and the second week would overlap with the regular curriculum. The ' students have been invited to stay with host families so that their only cost would be the airfare. Salary negotiations to resume next week ; ':; J By mutual agreement, the Park City Education Association and the Board of Education have decided to postpone their ongoing salary negotiations until after the voted leeway election. The results of the election could have a significant effect on decisions regarding teacher compensation. compen-sation. The negotiations will resume with a meeting on Nov. 16. Cofnmunity education workshops continue A group of concerned citizens representing several social service organizations in Park City is continuing to explore the possibility of a center to help deliver community services. ser-vices. Participants attended a workshop on Saturday with a representative of a model program in Salem, Oregon. They also met on Monday to assess the progress of the organization. Monday's meeting was chaired by community education specialist Mike Garbett and was attended by 13 members of the steering committee. During the meeting, a base budget of $62,000 was suggested which would include a director's salary and funding for a "clearing office." The committee also discussed planning an interagency Park City Olympics during President's Day weekend. The committee will meet again on Nov. 21 at 3 p.m. at the Community Church. |