Show j School official gives facts about j by Orlando Merrill How Important are your sons and daughters to We realize that our boys and girls must meet the competition of the education of each and every boy and girl not only in Utah and the Western States but also the nation and the In order for our children to receive the education they need It is an absolute must that we have the best teachers that can be The most important essential for schools is that of good WHAT IS THE status of teacher employment in Duchesne We have many good teachers that we need to In order to make it attractive so that these good teachers will remain with us we must provide a salary schedule which will meet the competition of other school districts and states around Not only do we need to retain our qualified teachers but we also need to make it possible to employ the new teachers we need year after At the present time we must employ at least 18 new teachers for the coming school MAKES APPEAL Orlando Merrill of Duchesne County releases statement of reasons and needs for passage of Voted Leeway proposal before the voters of the county next Tuesday in a special THE PRESENT salary schedule of all employees in our schools is very low in comparison with our The salaries for teachers in Duchesne County begin at and end at after 14 years As a comparison with neighboring school North See LEEWAY back page Leeway Facts from pace 1 Summit has a beginning salary of and a top salary of Granite School District j starts their teachers at and offers a maximum of The County School District of Daggett attracts teachers with a beginning salary of and top salary of San Juan County has a starting salary of and offers as a DUCHESNE COUNTY has an average teacher salary of In comparison with other states Utah has an average teacher salary of Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Oregon Nevada Washington Arizona and California How can Duchesne County possibly employ new teachers with our present low salaries when our neighboring school districts of Utah and the School districts of other neighboring states offer far more enticing standard of EXPERIENCE HAS that it is impossible to employ qualified teachers with our present salary A leeway program Is being offered to the patrons of the Duchesne County Schools to maintain and improve the school system of the The passage of this leeway will make it possible for the Duchesne County Board of Education to create a salary schedule that will be more not only to our present qualified teachers and other but to the new teachers that must be A SUGGESTED salary schedule that might help to meet the present competition for teachers should ranee for beginning to eventually a maximum of for experienced It is hoped that the competition for well trained teachers may be met with a mill levy of less than nine or 16 of the basic we must enough leeway to expand salary schedules and other expenses of maintenance and operation In order to adjust to changing the Board of Education felt it necessary to request a leeway of |