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Show Children greatest resource. Support leeway vote Our children are our greatest resource. We cannot wait until the test scores fall and we lose the quality we now have. Our entire community benefits from well-educated well-educated youth. Please vote yes on Sept. 23. -Forbes Elementary PTA Board 11 6 Editor: m Are you an advocate for the children of our community? If so, M you will want to mark Tuesday, Sept. 23, on your calendar. That is 1Hf the date for the Alpine School "f; District voted leeway election. A tr- vital decision will be made con-' con-' teming our children. Please consider these facts: ' 1, Alpine District spends the least per pupil each year in the nation. (Alpine spends;$1887 per child, the lowest in Utah. Utah's average of f k 8182 is the lowest of the 50 states. ) 2. Alpine District has the largest , average class size in Utah. ! , lanfi 3. Shortages of basic essentials such as textbooks, paper, lab equipment and other supplies are commonplace in the district. Despite these alarming conditions, con-ditions, Alpine's test scores are consistently above average. Why? Consider these positive factors: 1. We have a good community with strong family values. ' 2. We have good teachers.: , 3. We have good schools that are producing high test scores efficiently ef-ficiently with low funding. But we have to face a dilemma. We are poor in tax resources yet rich in children. After careful study of this voted leeway, we urge you to vote YES because: 1. The money will be spent only on textbooks, supplies, equipment, maintenance of existing buildings and teachers aids for exceptionally large classes. These are our most critical needs. 2. It will enable us to get more money from the state. ($727,000,. more each year.). . . . .. ' ; 3. It will require only a small tax ,1 increase. (The average homeowner will pay less than $3.25 per month in property taxes! Does your family spend more than that on videos or icecream?) |