Show UINTAH COUNTY SCHOOL BUS SITUATION it Is reported on apparently good authority that the uintah county school board has decided io to trans all students desiring high chool training buting the ensuing school from certain main lines lilies on oil the west side of the county to the high school at vernal our high school students on this western strip must either accept this truc truest or pay duchesne lu ru chesne county the leggar charges ch argey lu in discussing the mattehw ith many parents writer finds that this is very much disliked tax payers regard the program as unfair the following objectives ars are qute quite simple viz county cannot cannoa save a cent by agh behic bechtol ol thirty miles or tw nt miles one way or doity to sixty miles or farther round filp each cach day against the plan agree agreed in in recent years vibe whereby reby the caun y paid duchelle Du chesLe e county p PA student and had no further expense it is quite unfair to the young boy or girl to ride in the same old bus forty to sixty five miles each day durin during all kinds of weather this thi appalls applies to all students moreover aie certain students who will be very adversely effected by such association all activity during the formative period of life is educational time spent in school rooms is often much less important than the time spent elsewhere in such a aluag lo 10 aig daily assembling in a large bus bug certain characters must become more pronounced in their natural boldness while oeners ot aers will show evidence of added weak weakness nebs proper modesty will often be displaced by improper familiarity west of the river the average ehno spert ir in the th bus will net art bi ess than three hours many students will requite another hour or a half hour night and morning to make connections with the bus therefore many a boy and girl will spend in actual time traveling four hours per day this is not only improper but it is un american wad and should not be tolerated for the students in this western strip in tact fact tor all living twenty miles or more from vernal and ten miles or less from roosevelt this traveling proposition is unfair but it la Is not more unfair to the student than it is to the county uintah county cannot perform this job and handle the class work mork for pir per student it is therefore an additional dit ional cost to the county in much student activity outside of regular school hours especially evening work involving cul cultural and physical training well known and appreciated tacho wc aside students would have to purchase pu board and lodgings for some time or the bus would have to remain seldom would all students desire to stay in vernal hence for most of 0 such events it would be unfair to several or otherwise impracticable when they attended school at roosevelt such students might return home and then elder members of the family returned with them tor for the evening this double trip would be impossible or very improper if 1 they attended school 41 t vernal finally we should ponder the tact fact that many boys and girls tin on the west side have one to six miles from their homes to their regular bus many students must travel 2 to 12 miles in addition to the mileage spent on the regular truck it Is time tor for the people regardless of political to agree that we should secure 50 per capita from uintah county as that our boys and girls may enjoy the high school at roosevelt evelt it plans are arc kept secure as it is reported then tile the wel western tern part of the county must either cither stand the long bus ride to and from arora vernal each day or we must ignore this and pay the regular charge to duchesne county our school board is supposedly nonpolitical non tion political but geography plays Gent agential ial because only through such a big part political activity Is es sent ial because only through such organization have we action in which we e may assert ourselves at pie sent at whiterocks haydel and independence we have so no GO GOP cha chaliman chalikian linian and the democratic organization may be likewise demanding organization lets secure men to act as chairmen in these precincts and ask both partis parties to recognize the necessity of getting them now lets get into political activity on the west side if ashley valley alley demands that we do th that a t which is unfair then we have ample strength to let ft them know viat tat we shall asselt mr ur selves if geography is the N bole thing we ran can make it that way lets get together tog geaber an and I 1 ciaky geography the guiding power A TAX PAYER |