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Vote SlatedToday OnNew SchoolResidents of Marsh Valley will go to the polls today to vote on whether to issue bonds for construction of a $600,000 high school Hi I at Arimo.The new building, if approved, **** would consolidate high schools of Lava Hot Springs, McCammon, j| Arimo and Downey.? Polls in the various districts include District No. 5, at McCammon high school auditorium; District No. 4, at Lava Hot Springs high school; District No. 3, at Ar-imo high school auditorium; Dis-| trict No. 2, Downey high school j auditorium; District No. 1, LDS ward church at Swan Lake.Opinions on the consolidation have been aired during the ppst ’few weeks at open forurh meeting in the various areas, which w'ere attended by Alton B. Jones, state superintendent of public instruction, and O. D. Cole, high school inspector.“An important factor brought out was that since the standardsatwn:ht,yceler,lireby,entofly).Mimithmlt;annothewhwhapibilthenotlanJosseifloexilav]bilb1!mmwlt;lt;stof education have been improved ©sthrough the recommendations of the Peabody survey, only one high school in Marsh Valley meets the state requirements. In order to bring the other high schools up to j fe( standard, the expense would be to prohibitive according to the valu-; cr( ation of the school district,” point- j()| ed out Leo Hansen, district school board chairman.Main advantages to be derivedofthefrom the consolidation school purelt;would be the improvement in quality of education, it was pointed out pri by advocates.Benefits would also include fec more extra-curricular activities, j ©a* specialized teachers, completely coi equipped departments, and more leadership opportunities for students, they argued.primirulmewh
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The Pocatello Post
Pocatello, Idaho, US
Tue, Mar 29, 1949
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