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Show Alpine District Needs . . . More Schools The school building needs of the Alpine School District are greater now than they have ever been and the need for passing on October 16, 1975 the up-coming proposed bond issue is crucial, according to a recent statement of Dr. R. Phil Shumway, vice president of the board. On the elementary level four hundred more children started kindergarten this fall than just four years ago. By the time these children who are currently in kindergarten and first grade reach the sixth grade, the district will need housing for twenty eight hundred additional elementary children or one hundred additional ad-ditional classrooms. Immediate needs call for new elementary schools in Orem and American Fork and an addition to the Valley View school in Pleasant Grove. It is projected that within three to six years it will be necessary to build second new elementary schools in both Orem and American Fork, a second addition to one of the (Continued on page 5) Alpine Schools (Continued from page 1) elementary schools in I'leasant (hove and new elementary school in I,ehi. Within three to six years it will be necessary to build a second senior high school in Orem and lo make an extensive addition lo American Fork High School. The lolal known construction con-struction costs al today's prices lo build these buildings is some $1!,0()0, ()()(). The present bond calls for a $12, 000, 000 bond authorization; this amount falls lar short of providing the known needs of the district, but il is the legal limit lo which the district can bond over the next five years. The board of education does i iot propose to increase the mill levy for construction purposes if the bond issue passes. Currently the stall of the board of education is making |
