Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
Christine Kearl was to be
present at the School Board Meeting and was listed on the agenda. She, however, had been held up in meetings at
the Governor’s office. Superintendent
Lamborn told the Board that she wanted to report on the way educational items
are being released from the Governor’s office that is supposed to fund and
foster education.
She was also going to talk
about a committee called Leadership of Prosperity made up of businessmen. They are particularly interested in getting
young people in Utah with enough background and education to step into the
business world. There is also an
Excellence Commission who has set as their goal to obtain a 90 percent average
graduation rate. They have established
an eight-year long-range plan to try and accomplish this.
Several days ago, the
Governor presented a budget plan indicating that next year’s budget would be
kinder to education. However, he had
$1.67 million set aside for education. The
Committee of businessmen had asked for $2 million in order to meet the goals
that have been set. Hopefully, the
Governor will rethink this issue and at least fund education to the needed
level to move the State forward.
Most people want to see Utah
grow. If this is to happen, more money
has to go to education. People moving here
to work want to have good schools for their children. Schools and their reputations are usually
some of the first items people check out prior to accepting work in the
State.
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