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Show Performing Arts Center, Classrooms Planned Board Hears City's Proposal For Old Mid-School bid is presently constituted, there is a question as to the Deer Valley property. The property in Deer Valley represents a total of 50 units, 25 of which would be part of the trade with the school district, and 25 of which would provide the basis of an endowment to get the institute started. The property was the subject of an earlier decision by both the Planning Commission and the City Council, in that its donation to the Board to start an institution was the basis for Deer Valley getting new zoning designations. Were this trade not to go Please turn to page 12A r The bid from the city and Deer Valley to purchase the Carl Winters Middle School for the purpose of a new proposed institute for fine arts and sciences was the main order of business Tuesday night at the Board of Education's regular meeting. meet-ing. Mayor Jack Green and Deer Valley representative Tom Shellenberger presented present-ed the proposal to the board , and answered questions con cerning the project. Green indicated the proposal propo-sal was made to accomplish two purposes, the maintain-; maintain-; ; ing of open space at the old , . - middle school site and the ' reestablishment of a dream to have a Park City Institute for Arts and Sciences. The institute would be patterned after the Aspen Institute. The mayor also outlined the historical foundations for the institute. He said several years ago the idea had come about through the efforts of the University of Utah, which wanted to establish a sum-vmer sum-vmer campus in Park City. At one time BYU and Weber State universities were also involved in the plan. The idea was not only to have performing arts, but to provide a place for lectures and convocations on a variety .of subjects. There are even plans to pattern some of the institute's activities after the Institute for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. At that time, 68 acres were donated to the project by the United Park City Mines. When the plans did not come to fruition, the property reverted back to Park City Mines and Royal Street, with the exception of 18 acres adjacent to the high school. 1 The idea was to have the . institute close to the high school so that students could participate in the institute's activities. The present proposal by Deer Valley and the city would see the transfer of 25 development pads in Snow Park, valued at $1,500,000 plus 4.3 acres at the old sewer site, valued at $1,190,000 in exchange for. the bid middle school property. proper-ty. In addition, SchefienDer-ger SchefienDer-ger indicated the staff of Deer Valley from Edgar Stern on down, were deeply interested in the project and would contribute further to see it become a reality. Schellenberger further indicated in-dicated those proposing the institute would like to renovate reno-vate the property as quickly as possible in order to open it in the near future. President Gary Avise responded to the proposal by indicating the board felt it would be a very rewarding program, and Edgar Stern's involvement would represent it would be done in the very best way it could be, but the board must represent the constituancy in making their decision, and there were problems as the proposal was presently constituted. The main problem facing the board is that the value of the middle school property exceeds that of the two pieces oi property which the bid offers in exchange for it. While not revealing the appraised value of the property, Avise said the bidders would have to increase their bid to meet the appraised valuation of the property. In addition, as the More School Board Meeting Following that lengthy discussion, dis-cussion, the Board turned to reports from the. three Community Councils. These reports have been instituted by the Board at the request of citizens at previous meetings. All three council representatives said that because of the recent interest inter-est in school . affairs, the attendance It .council meetings meet-ings had increased considerably. consider-ably. All three councils also called for an increase in the voted levy in order to increase the number and quality of teachers in the district. In addition, the PTO from Parley's Park Elementary School asked for a Board reevaluation of the fifth grade inclusion in Treasure Mountain Middle School. They asked, further, that the evaluation be done at a formal meeting when parents, both of fifth graders and fourth graders could be present and participate. It was decided that such a discussion would be included in the special beferd meeting which has been scheduled for May 25; 1983 at 7:30. Parents of presents fifth graders will be formally invited to attend the meeting. meet-ing. The next two hours of the meeting were taken up by the reports of the three principals on their staffing and program recommendations recommenda-tions for the coming school year. Those programs requested by each of the three principals were: Parley's Park - The school has filled all openings except one in the first grade and one in the second grade and has further found the reading and math programs which they .want to institute for the coming year. . Continued from Page 1A through, and if Deer Valley decided to start an institute in Deer Valley, the Board of Education might get the Deer Valley property anyway any-way due to the approval by the Planning Commission and the City Council. In that case, the Board would only! be looking at an offer of the ; 4.3 acres at the old sewer site ' in exchange for the middle school property. As Avise ' pointed out, "In terms of dollars we are dealing with 4.3 acres." Both programs will be for the kindergarten through sixth grade. Treasure Mountain Middle School - Requests were made . in the areas of staffing, both teachers and custodial, addition addi-tion of elective classes in ' computers and art, the initiation of a teacher advisement program, the addition of a pre-algebra class, classes for gifted and talented students, the imple- mentation of a 'great issues' seminar, the -revamping of the intra-mural program and the scheduling of a matura tion program" for fifth and sixth graders. The requests were taken under advisement advise-ment by the board. Park City High School -Principal Jack Dozier reported report-ed on the hiring of new staff and requested an increase in the student book and locker fees. The board took action on the lattef item by raising the school activity fee from $7f50 to $10.00 and the book and locker fee from $10.00 to $20.00. This increase will apply to the middle school students also. The public input portion of the meeting was arrived at twenty minutes to twelve. The bulk of the approximately approximate-ly 50 persons attending the meeting were present for input to the board on either the issue "of the firjng..:pf Mark Simmons as director of transportation, maintenance and food services or the issue of Dr. Richard Goodworth's continued employment as Superintendent of Schools. The board heard input from several employees concerning concern-ing Dr. Simmons compet-. compet-. ency to administer his job. Petitions were presented to the board requesting the reinstatement of Simmons to his present responsibilities. The majority of those employees em-ployees serving under Simmons Sim-mons ' were present at the meeting and supportive of him in the petitions presented. present-ed. Avise indicated to the visitors the board's decision to terminate Simmons had been made on financial grounds, and because the district was being reorganized, reorgan-ized, and not on the grounds the board was unhappy with Simmon's performance. He further stated the board was continuing to consider the matter, and that their decision deci-sion was not final. Avise further said the board would be making a further announcement on the matter at a later date, perhaps at the time of the special meeting on the 25th. On the matter of the public input concerning Dr. Good-worth, Good-worth, Avise announced the board would take input on both sides of the controversy at their meeting on tKfe 25th and that the board preferred that any comment be continued con-tinued until then. Although several of the persons present complained that an announcement could have been made by Avise at the beginning of the meeting rather than at 11:40, there was general acquiescence in the board's request. In addition, the 4.3 acres present a problem as it now sits. From soil samples which have already been done, it is possible the land would not be developable, but would only be suitable for watershed. Therefore, the Board would like to see some commitment by the Planning Commission in zoning the property before the Board accepts it as part of a trade. One of the considerations of the Board in looking at the city-Deer Valley proposal will be whether or not the land can be an approved site. , Board member Nancy Mc-Comb Mc-Comb asked the presenters if they were in a position to offer the Board cash as a part of the proposal, and was answered by Green the city is not in such a cash-rich position. Schellenberger . also pointed out to the Board it was not the intention of the proposers to tear down the school and build condos, and that would present a very different matter. He pointed out it was the intention of those involved to bring something that will benefit the Board and the community. commu-nity. After more discussion, the Board indicated it would like to work with the city and Deer Valley to see if the proposal could be made fair to all parties concerned. It' said there was no question of approval in principle. |