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Show Nancy Williamson to run for Alpine School Board -I ' .. .. . . -4: "1 , , . . - ,'' V Nancy Williamson has announced her candidacy for the Alpine School Board from Precinct 2 which includes Lindon and North Orem. Mrs. Williamson has regularly attended Alpine School District meetings for two and one-half years and feels that a school board should direct the administration, develop board policies and procedures, be accountable to the public, establish budget priorities, budget for adequate teachers' salaries and provide adequate instructional materials for teachers and students. In addition she said the board should encourage teacher input, direct curriculum organization, evaluate and approve textbook selection, ensure teaching of reading, penmanship, composition and mathematics, provide reliable student testing and use standardized plans for school buildings. She also suggests proper public -notice of board meetings in the local newspaper with the agenda items listed and agenda booklets should be furnished free to interested patrons. Mrs. Williamson also feels that board members should accept particular par-ticular areas of responsibility such as curriculum, budget, physical facilities, school lunch, teacher benefits, testing, etc. She attended the public meeting where the operational audit was presented to the legislative audit committee and she is the only school board candidate who has first hand knowledge of the contents and intent of the audit, she noted. Board members should be available two days a month for patrons and teachers to meet and discuss their views and concerns, she added. Board members should be available two days a month for patrons and teachers to meet and discuss their views and concerns, she added. . Mrs. Williamson said she understands un-derstands that the public only makes contact with elected officials when the public has a problem. She realized that all citizen concerns are valid, although some may be more critical than others. She stated that the Board of NANCY WILLIAMSON Education should deal directly with! the public and the administration ancT should make the decisions and ; generate ;ideas. She pointed out that -they should not shift their respond sibility to the administrative staff nori advisory councils. ; She is married to Richard Williamson, a local farmer, and is the mother of four children. |