Show HIGH SCHOOL ANI M I 1 RUCK LINES ill ili uintah county a unique situation has arisen concerning the uia uintah high school arid and truck lines the board of education has contracted tor for three years it seems lor for per year lor for operation of four truck lines to transport students tv tj the high school at ve ail these tour four lines are ap J la ulc on ona lino line horn dom jensen section to Ve vernal riI 1 one 11 1 1 line starting at or beai Rm idlett and then running through Col colliado Coloia do park and aad valley and on oil to vernal a third line will operate front from tridell aridell down through lapoint section and to vernal and the fourth line begins in the lee ton bonnett section down near poosevelt Koo sevelt to the state road and then on to the high school at vernal for this annual expenditure it is estimated that the beald IV will transport students to the county high school or a cost for trans of about per student the par parents erts will pay 30 00 per student leaving the net cost to the county count of 0 per pel capita however the county board will accept notes it lc lieu of cash for the wick charge helping the pai entz anat much where necessary but even it if the al attendance should be via these i truck ck lines tiff cost is excessive in fact unique in cost to taxpayers tor for high school education when we consider the fact that we pay the regular tees fees about 1500 per student or 45 per capita cost to the parent in addition to the tax burden aside from the cost of this truck line service there are certain im features 0 of the situa situation tiou effecting the taxpayers on the west side of the county taking the lee ton bennitt roosevelt line let us observe the follows follow 0 fist the student stu deric must travel trave each day fiem 55 to SO 80 miles on the truck ruck a and aad ad even more this mileage is too much tor for the average student second for students living on the truck line this mileage aeten above Is all but many live front from no to seven miles away from the line making from roni two to curlier bailes travel walking or riding to make inake connections with the line third r there ere will be cases where the he student must meet the lim at a point that la is not fistea for a w waiting a biting p place lace being lonely not a place tor for either meeting at dawn 0 leaving after dark unsafe und and in Ni proper fourth taxpayers have not n ot been consulted or advised with that Is no community or district meetings with them have been held to consider the situation it Is au al arbitrary decision legal but nothing more fifth A county line is such a wall such an impassable barrier that students shall be transported sixty to eighty miles on a truck aben hen from one to twenty miles total per day would bring them to duchesne county high school at roosevelt this school at roosevelt has ample room facilities teachers and Is in just as good a community as vernal sixth parents must ither either pay the tuition at roosevelt and continued on page eight UGH HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TRUCK LINES HUES continued from page one transport their boys and girls or pay the and have thern them ride ilde each day a distance prohibitive to time and effort no student may be involved in school and time spent to reach it ten to twelve hours per day and do good work ii unless iless a 0 few vigorous cha characters racers may do it seventh this ernig distance ind time required denies the student many entertainments much social secial activity or the cultural side of school life which Is so valuable dilt but aside from this bennett leeton roosevelt line other features aro are important relative to this truck service for uintah county serving the west side viz randlett and lapoint is each denied the junior high school that it has enjoyed other years rs relevant facts show that this is not right tho the 18 ame money spent in helping these communities to help themselves would be much better investment from any angle unless we aan as we must that this truck business will be a boon to vernal we are advised that these four trucks if they carry their maxi maximum muir loads will transport not more than students hence this maximum would cost or ne cost to the county but as lois maximum will not be carried on oil theof lines serving the west side the cost per student net to the taxpayers must be much higher it is apparent that the county school board is trying to force education to vernal at almost any cost both to the students the parents ants and to the taxpayers generally school patrons on the west side should take this situation into their own hands so far as the law wi will 11 permit they should unite in one general genera meeting at once and determine what action they shall take unreasonable unfair and expensive action must be met with least possible delay NOTE later I ater the total cost of the four lines will be about 12 hence the figures above must be corrected J P MAY |