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Show 10 , i ' ' X '. ; ' ' f I J "ffWlWw ill " - P.G.H.S. PRINCIPAL JOHN GOURLEY Principal John P. Gourley Chairs Winter Conference Gary V. Keetch, who is presently the president of the Utah Association of Secondary School Principals. Mr. Keetch is presently serving as the principal of the American Fork Junior High School. Mr. Gourley reported that 110 principals and district personnel from throughout the state attended the two-day conference. Principal Gourley indicated that ' he is in the process of organizing the midsummer mid-summer workshop at Utah State University in June. He also serves on the - executive jqard with Mr. Keetch "and several others. Pleasant Grove High School principal John P. Gourley, served as the chairman of this year's Mid-Winter Conference for the High School Principals and District Personnel. Held in St. George from Jan. 26-27, and covered a multitude of problems in today's secondary school system. Among the topics covered were: 1) Discipline trends in the secondary schools and their implementation; 2) The liability of the principal in the in- structional program; 3) Strategies, : for im- ' provement of 'Student attendance;. 4) Learning modality; 5) How to involve faculty in developing positive programs; 6) School safety and. the principal's prin-cipal's tort liability; 7) Alternative approaches to education in the middle schools; 8) The alternative contract school. Also participating in the conference was |