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Show FINANCIAL PROBLEMS FACE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS NEW HIGH SCHOOL TALKS OPEN Board Members Advises Several Years IVIay Pass Before School Can Be Built f Because Duchesne county's valuation is not sufficient to exceed ex-ceed an expenditure of $75,000 there is a strong possibility that the eastern part of the county may have to wait a few years before be-fore its hopes for a new high school can be realized. Unless federal money is made available or unless Duchesne and Uintah counties team up to construct a consolidated high school there appears to be no immediate solution so-lution to the problem, advises V. A. Bair, of the Duchesne County Board of Education. Indian Service Stand Originally the plans for a new I high school to serve eastern Duchesne Du-chesne and a portion of Uintah in the building program by the Indian Service. At the outset the Indian Service agreed to assist as-sist in the building of the high school on a one-third basis, but has since reversed its decision, and will now participate only on an Indian student enrollment basis, if invited to do so. However, How-ever, it is the general feeling that any federal funds obtained should be contracted for as straight loans, and that Duchesne county, and Uintah county, if it is interested in a union high school, eliminate any thought of including a specific bureau of the federal government as a partner in the venture. According to Mr. Bair, the Duchesne County Board of Education Ed-ucation has formulated a savings 1 plan whereby funds will be set aside for a three year period; thus assuring the county of its own money for its own high school building. In this connection connec-tion the superintendent has been authorized to draw up plans and specifications for future use. Meeting Scheduled Local public opinion regarding a new high school is fast becoming becom-ing rampant. Interest in a consolidation con-solidation with Uintah county is on the wane, and the present trend of thought is toward a high school for eastern Duchesne county. It is significant that during this week, which is National Education Ed-ucation Week, representative citizens cit-izens will meet to discuss the proposed new high school. There is every possibility that from this meeting will come some definite def-inite word of encouragement concerning a project which has been so long in demand. |