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Show High Schools On The Move By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON -- It'll be off to the sunny vales of California Cali-fornia and the wide prairies of Alberta for some Davis County Coun-ty students, in the coming year, with a lot of other places sprinkled in between. GIVEN THE board of education's edu-cation's blessing, these trips involve students from every high school but Davis with Bountiful and Viewmont leading lead-ing the way at five trips a piece. Following recently-revised travel policies, trips must be within the Western U.S. or southern Canada and cover not more than three school days with an adult chaperone required for every 10 students. Here's a list of schools and groups involved: Bountiful, speech department, drill team, science department, concert choir and band; Clearfield, choral department, ROTC and orchestra; Layton, Lancelles, studentbody officers, cheerleaders cheer-leaders and the band; Viewmont, View-mont, debate and drama, Vykettes, Madrigals, science department, band and jazz ensemble; en-semble; Woods Cross, speech and drama, jazz ensemble, concert and madrigal choirs and marching band. MOST TRIPS, 10, or just over half of the 19-are to Southern California, followed by six to Tempe, Ariz., home of Arizona State University, with one each to Greeley, Colo. , Reno, Nev. and Edmonton, Alberta. While the five-member board quickly approved the requests, re-quests, Board Pres. Sheryl Allen questioned Layton High's request that student-body student-body officers travel to Anaheim, Calif., along with the Lancelles and cheerleaders. cheer-leaders. WHILE admitting that practice prac-tice "being traditional for a number of years" was hardly justification, Asst. Supt. Gayle Stevenson said there was "some form of participation" participa-tion" by the officers other than merely accompanying the other students but said he would further check that involvement in-volvement for future years. In other board action, bid dates were approved for sever-al sever-al projects: the Reading Elementary School in north Centerville, site work, at an estimated $150,000, for Nov. I; South Davis Junior High addition in Val Verda, to include in-clude relief for the gymnasium and cafeteria in a multipurpose multi-purpose room-type facility at $250,000 estimated Nov. 15; Viewmont High School vocational voca-tional shop expansion, estimated esti-mated $375,000, Nov. 24; Syracuse Elementary School kitchen, primarily adding storage, stor-age, at $80,000 for Dec. 5. MEETING AT the new Sarah Jane Adams Elementary School in northeast Layton following dedication ceremonies cere-monies were several dozen parents, pa-rents, with the board hearing a report from Laytonite Ruby Price, who stressed the need for additional safety measures to counteract what she said were worsening traffic conditions condi-tions and more inconsiderate drivers. She pinpointed traffic problems prob-lems on West Gentile, near Layton Elementary School and Antelope Drive and Main, an ever-busier intersection since Humana Hospital Davis North and a shopping plaza were built. North Layton Junior High School and Lincoln Lin-coln Elementary front onto Antelope with many students having to walk to and from school in that area. "IT'S TIME the parents involved in-volved everyone living in Layton" in trying to control the problem, she told the board, indicated a citizens committee has been formed. The board received upbeat news about the district's financial finan-cial audit from Jerry McClain, a partner in the auditing firm of Arthur Young & Co. of Salt Lake City. Noting it covered the fiscal year ended June 30, 1983, he said it was accepted by the Municipal Finance Officers Assoc., earning a certificate cer-tificate of excellence further from the Association of School Business Officials, among few school districts nationally to be so honored. AND WHILE he stressed the district is in a "sound, financial position," figures quoted relayed the greatly reduced re-duced reserve funds, with "all but $466,000 committed" from maintenance and operations. That equals six-tenths of one percent on the $77 million revenues (taxes) generated-a figure that he said "none of us like to operate on that tightly. The district has its work cut out for it." 1( LAST YEAR'S reserve uas '( far higher, he said-about $1.3 million more, with Board ( Clerk Roger Glines emphasiz- ingtheauditisagoodcheckon ':ei district operations, noting further suggestions offered have largely been i m- ,!L plemented.suchasindatapro- :h cessing. |