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Show .rwr Review - Thursday, November 4, 1982 - Page 2 Parents upset at policy regarding school cut-o-ff date By SHARON MORREY At least two parents are upset by the Alpine District Board of Education decision to move the cut-off date for starting school from Oct. 30 to Sept. 30 this year, in an effort to move gradually to the state mandated cut-of- f of Sept. 1 by 1983. Carol Smith appeared before the Board October 26 and tried to explain her daughter's predicament. "She was in preschool the year before, now she has been in a private kin-dergarten this past year and she is ready for 1st grade. We've been told "no exceptions" to your arbitrary cut-of- f date and we feel that is un-fair," declared Smith. "We did not have fair warning of this," added another mother. "And there is such a thing as stopping a child who is ready to learn." Board president Dan Fugal ex-plained that district policy has always been "generally no exceptions." "It is unfortunate that we are relegated to live by dates," com-mented Fugal, "but that is how it is." Fugal added that the board has empowered the district superin-tendent to except a child "in extreme circumstances" but that the policy of no exceptions is the rule. Dr. Clifton Pyne added that the district administrative staff, faced with this question many times during the past years, has always found chronological readiness to be the most fair way of determining when a child enters school. The mothers were advised to seek out Superintendant Max Welcker with their concerns. "We just feel the child should be the consideration and not the law," said Mrs. Smith. "Next year the State tells you what to do, but this year you can determine what happens." 16-year-o- ld Orem man injured in PG car mishap Sixteen-year-ol- d Robert W. Pare, Orem, and his friend were standing on the side of the west side of State Street near 200 South in Lindon Monday when the youth darted out to cross the street. Apparently he didn't notice an approaching car driven by Norma Bills, 52, of Pleasant Grove, and ran into the right fender of the passing vehicle. Robert was taken by Pleasant Grove Ambulance to Utah Valley Hospital with lacerations and a complaint of pain in the back and hips. They suspected he might have a broken pelvis, but he was released from the hospital later that day. Police report the car was traveling about 40 mph at time of impact. Lindon Police Chief Leon Laws in-vestigated. Fire depart sees little acti0n During the Pleasant Past Grove Department resnrZ 7teft calls, relatively J assistance but a nl' by the firemen Hfi The calls included alarms, one t(l electrical jre. one car fire . fire. na 0le 1, The car fire Caui S200 in damage, a furnace switch cl," damage and the V resulted ; ov Jjjri, The major fire fire at the Hurst fiN Conditioning builjft Ihe cuase of the fa determined even after fl. : tors from the state ""i office were called k Tamed, metal building H lost despite the efforb firemen working thr tt' extinguish the blaze Citizens are encouraged t . heir smoke detectors they are Rectors can bfiffJ'J operation. Those who t,. installed sri encouraged to obtain and Zi devices. The giving of detector as a Christmas gift b r idea. Statistics show that j' detectors do save lives. II II I I f I I 1 I .1 M I i ... : l - J v. ; ' ' ' - V , . .. ' - -.- . y f . f ! '. - s ... c. ... .JF w V" v ' , . X ' . . - ' " ,$t ' v. 's ..... '. r. tT V : Hey! Everything's upside down l' BEN GOVER, age 6, hangs around Central School much of the day Z learning about the world from all angles. Council (Continued from page 1) The December meeting of the Educational Advisory Council in Pleasant Grove is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend. The public is invited to attend. The December meeting of the Educational Advisory Council in Pleasant Grove is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend. Those with a topic of special concern are invited to call Bernell Taylor. Mr. Taylor has been concerned about the attendance at the advisory council meeting and expressed the need to have every member as well as interested members of the public in attendance so that the council can throughly meet the needs of the community. He observed that if people have concerns and they do not come out anc make those concerns known then they really should not complain. 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(Continued from page 1) They are also taught observation skills so when making a report of an incident they can give an accurate description. Feedback from the program has been positive. One young girl in Salt Lake, when approached by a man whom she saw as threatening, ran away, then reported an exact description of him. Her mother said her daughter had learned to do that by being involved in the 'You're In Charge'program. During the role play at Lindon, by prearrangement a man came into one class and kidnapped a student. Some of the class didn't even notice; others were able to describe his looks, clothing and height very well after seeing him for only a minute. Dr. Aronoff had some good suggestions, also, for parents who fear taking their children to public places. She felt it important for the parents to provide appropriate supervision but at the same time teach them ahead of time some rules to follow themselves so that when the Alpine enrollments I show increase in 82 Public school enrollment in the 8 Alpine School District showed an increase over last year's enrollment . according to statistics released this week. This fall's total enrollment " figure stands at 29,843, up from last ': year's 28,463. 7 "The five percent increase is ac- - ; tually a little lower than the increase " might have been," says Laurnell Anderson, Statistical Report Clerk. "Because of the new change in the entrance dates for kindergarten students, 300 or so students had to wait until next year to enter school. This would have brought the figure over the 30,000 mark." t The 1982 figure of close to 30,000 compares to a 1972 enrollment of .; 18,714, a 59 percent rise for the decade. The fall attendance report also . ' broke the total figure into grade level ; statistics: There are 18,263 elementary students in the district; 5,934 junior high students; 5,001 at the senior high level; 523 special '. education students; 18 students being taught at home; and 104 students on - special assignment. l According to the report, Bonneville School in Orem boasts the largest elementary enrollment in the district with 879 students; Northridge Elementary in Orem is second with 866, while Windsor, also in Orem, is third at 810. At the other end of the scale, Cedar Valley Elementary has the lowest student enrollment with 61 students. Next lowest is Orem's Spencer School which has 248 pupils, the Peterson special education facility serves 109 students. American Fork Junior High School has the largest junior high enrollment with 1,373 students. However, three of the other four junior high schools in the district do not include ninth grade students in their enrollments. The largest high school in the district is Orem with 1,794 students. This figure includes the ninth grade, though. Lehi High School has the lowest senior high enrollment with 706 pupils. The average daily attendance figures for the three levels are similar. At the elementary level, 97.16 of the students have been in at-tendance on any given day; the percentage at the junior high level for this fall is 96.25; while 97.57 percent of the senior high students have been in attendance. 11 South Main. Pleasant Grove, Utah X4062- - Published each Thursday by Newtah, Inc. Telephone Numbers Advertising & Circulation . 9 News 3 Subscription price $9.50 per year Second class postage paid at Pleasant Grove Post Office U.S.P.S. 435-78- 0 Postmaster: Send address changes to P.O. Box 7, American Fork, Utah 84003 |