School District's 10-Year Plan in a Word: Build

www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Tooele couple wore many hats on LDS mission See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN April 15, 2008 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 114 NO. 95 50¢ School district’s 10-year Tooele County School District Enrollment 20,485 plan in a word: build 20,000 15,000 Fourth high school in the valley scheduled to be under 12,988 construction only eight years after Stansbury High opens ENROLLMENT 10,000 7,476 by Tim Gillie ➤ ACTUAL PROJECTED ➤ STAFF WRITER 5,000 �� When Stansbury High School �� opens in 2009, it will mark 1991 2000 2007/08 2020 the end of an unprecedented Source: Tooele County School District YEAR �� decade of building for the Tooele County School District. Since �� 2000, the district has built six decade ahead. percent growth in enrollment that will also house the alterna- �� new elementary schools, rebuilt From 2010 to 2020, school offi- each year. The growth plan for tive high school, currently locat- �� Tooele High School, construct- cials plan to spend $277.8 mil- the next 10 years is based on an ed at the Tooele Army Depot ed additions to both Grantsville lion on school construction and average yearly growth rate of 3.3 in a World War II era barrack, �� High and Junior High, and with renovation to keep pace with percent, according to a report and the adult education pro- Stansbury High, will have added projected enrollment growth of prepared by the school district. gram. The CTE facility will be �� the first new high school to the 7,497 students — from 12,988 The building plan will be built on 30 acres of land recently �� county since Wendover High students currently to 20,485 reviewed annually by the school donated to USU by Tooele City, School opened in 1966. students by the year 2020 — a board to make sure it stays cur- and will be a cooperative effort �� The combined $139.1 million 57 percent increase over the 10 rent with the needs of the dis- with USU, Salt Lake Community spent on those projects allowed years. trict, Johnsen added. The plan College, Utah College of Applied �� the district to absorb an addi- That growth rate is estimated is presently in the discussion Technology, and local business- �� tional 4,211 students — a 47.9 conservatively and is lower than phase and has not received final es, according to Johnsen. percent increase in enrollment the previous 10 years, according approval from the school board. An elementary school will be �� — over that eight-year period. to Tooele County School District The plan starts with a Career rebuilt, also opening in 2010. �� That growth rate is predict- Superintendent Mike Johnsen. and Technology Education facil- ed to slow only slightly in the The last nine years averaged 5.8 ity scheduled to open in 2010 SEE BUILD PAGE A9 ➤ Expansion Down to the wire Last-minute tax filers will keep underway postal workers, accountants at USU busy until wee hours tonight by Doug Radunich by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER STAFF WRITER It’s as much a tradition as death and taxes Utah State University broke themselves — the last-minute rush to get a return ground Monday on a $1.2 mil- filed by April 15. lion building that will increase With that deadline coming tonight, tax filers, the size of its Tooele campus by preparers and the postal service are all racing the 60 percent. clock. The 9,000-square-foot exten- The Tooele County Post Office will be accepting sion marks the culmination of mail until midnight tonight, though last-minute a year of planning with Tooele filers are encouraged to mail their tax returns ear- City and Tooele County. The lier to avoid long lines in the evening, according to county is donating the $1.2 mil- Janet Vincent, postmaster for the Tooele City Post lion to USU for the new facil- Office. The collections area on the south side of ity, while the city is donating the building, where the mail collection slots are, 30 acres at the Utah Industrial will be the only part of the post office that will be Depot for future growth. open until midnight. “The Tooele campus has “This will be the first time ever that our post grown into a full-blown regional office will be collecting mail until midnight on campus, and will see an increas- the day taxes are due, but our windows will not be ing range of degrees avail- open that late,” Vincent said. “The retail portion able,” said USU President Stan of the office will just be open until 5:30, like usual. Albrecht during a speech at the We expect there to be a big line of people formed groundbreaking. during the evening, and all the mail from the slots The addition will be built on will be collected and sent off in a truck at 2:30 a.m. property already owned by USU on April 16.” at its 1000 W. Vine St. campus. photography / Troy Boman Vincent said the idea for collecting until mid- Utah State University President Stan Albrecht and Vice Provost Ronda Menlove look over the site where a $1.2 million building will be night began because of Tooele’s rapid population SEE USU PAGE A9 ➤ built at the USU Tooele regional campus on Monday. growth, and will likely continue in future years. Postal workers won’t be the only ones scram- bling to meet the filing deadline. Diane Cox, office manager for the north Tooele County scores B+ for office of H&R Block, said people often procrasti- ‘wildness’ on report SEE WIRE PAGE A5 ➤ by Sarah Miley and land untrammeled by STAFF WRITER man. Based on those criteria, out Tooele County is more of Utah’s 29 counties, only “wild” than most other coun- three — Daggett, Duchesne ties in the state, according and Summit — scored better to the 2008 Colorado College than Tooele. Juab, Kane, Piute State of the Rockies Report and Utah counties scored the Card. same as Tooele with a B+ The annual study looks at grade. Carbon, Iron and Rich key issues affecting the Rocky counties received the worst Mountain states — Arizona, grades — all rated with a D+. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Chris Jackson, program photography / Troy Boman Nevada, New Mexico, Utah coordinator for the project, and Wyoming — and grades said the definition of wild- Certified public accountant Sam Woodruff punches in numbers at his office in Tooele Tuesday morning. file photo / Dave Bern the “wildness” of each of the lands used was based upon counties in the region based Woodruff normally prepares 10 returns a day during the Hikers on Deseret Peak make their way to the 11,031-foot summit in this undated file photo. Tooele upon solitude, remoteness SEE SCORES PAGE A5 ➤ 90-day tax season, but as the filing deadline approaches County received a B+ for its wilderness quality in a recent study by Colorado College. he will do up to 40 returns in a day. OPEN FORUM A4 INSIDE OBITUARIES A7 TV LISTINGS B4 Buff softball still remains Tooele native takes over as SPORTS A10 undefeated in Region 7 4-H program head See A9 See A6 HOMETOWN B1 WEATHER BULLETIN BOARD A8 Mostly cloudy with a small chance of CLASSIFIEDS B5 showers today. Highs in the mid-50s Complete Forecast: A2 ANNOUNCEMENTS B2 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY April 15, 2008 Valley Weather Forecast New county 4-H head hopes to increase participation by Sarah Miley Local Weather STAFF WRITER Tue 50/31 The new head of Tooele 4/15 County’s 4-H program hopes to Partly cloudy early. Becoming increase involvement in the pro- windy with a few showers later in gram, recruit more lead volun- the day. teers, and inform people of the broad spectrum of activities that 4-H encompasses. Stephen Sagers, 28, was hired Wed Feb. 22. He comes to the 4-H 45/31 program at a difficult time, tak- 4/16 ing over from past head Curtis Times of sun and clouds. Highs in Crittenden, who was sentenced the mid 40s and lows in the low to six to 30 years in prison for fon- 30s. dling young boys he had invited to sleep over at his home. “It was unfortunate,” Sagers said, of Crittenden’s crime. “My Thu 58/39 main focus is to put that behind 4/17 us. If there are people with res- ervations, I would hope they’d Abundant sunshine. Highs in the meet with me.” upper 50s and lows in the upper Sagers said he hopes to 30s. increase participation in 4-H ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content by publicizing activities, as well Service as keeping the organization’s Web site updated. In addition, he wants to let adults know the Temps / Precipitation benefits of being a leader and encourage their participation. “There are a lot of kids that Date High Low (prec./inches) want to do some things with 4- April 10 45 27 .12 H but they don’t have a leader to April 11 49 31 0 do it with,” he said. April 12 60 34 0 4-H aims to teach life skills, with activities ranging from April 13 69 38 0 horse shows to teen leadership photography / Troy Boman April 14 78 44 0 training to adventure camps. New 4-H agent for Tooele County Stephen Sagers stands in front of a 4-H clock at the Tooele County Health Building. Sagers hopes to grow the organization in terms “A lot of people think 4-H is of participants, volunteers and activities.

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