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Show Greener Candidate for State School Board Dallas A. Greener, Gunnison, a retired educator in the South Sanpete School District, is a candidate for the postion on the Utah state Board of Education representing District 7. Mr. Greener believes his wide and varied experience in the field of education particularly par-ticularly qualifies him as a member of the state board. He believes vocational educational opportunities for youth should be expanded and improved and that teaching methods should be updated to meet today's and the future challenges. He believes students should be regarded as individuals with educational opportunities geared to their specific talents and abilities. He also that since 87 of todays jobs do not require a college education that vocational-technical training should be given at least equal importance with college preparatory courses. A native of Hinckley, Mr. Greener graduated from the Hinckley High School and the Branch Agricultural College (now College of Southern Utah). He earned a Bachelor's degree in Education and a Master's Degree in educational Administration at Utah State University where he was prominent in athletics. A classroom teacher for 19 years in Alpine and South Sanpete School Districts, he has also been a junior high and senior high school principal at Gunnison and has been a curriculum supervisor and director of Cooperative Vocational Education in the South Sanpete School District Officer. He has held many leadership potitions in the field of education, including membership mem-bership on the Board of Trustees for Utah Education Association as well as being a state representative on the Board of Directors for the National Education Association. He was appointed by the State Board of Education to two terms on the State Junior High School Accredition Committee. Active in civic affairs, he has been a member of the Gunnison Valley Lions Club for 30 years and was District Governor in Lions International. He was a recipient of the Gunnison Valley Jaycee Distinguished Service Award. During World War 11 he served in the South Pacific as a USNR officer. District 7 includes the following school districts: Alpine, Seaver, Garfield, Kane, Iron, Juab, Millard, Piute, Provo City, Sevier, South Sanpete, North Sanpete, Tinc-tic, Tinc-tic, Tooele, Wayne and Washington Counties. |