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A Message from the Board President Summer School ------tlse (Jommunicatpr------ Page 12 April1986 REDSKIN TALK Vol. 11, No.8 Published by Union Public Schools/Tulsa, Oklahoma April1986 MAKING ENDS MEET A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT The Spring is a busy time as ten In 197 6 we started a slogan of "Union Moving UP." Now will be necessary to pay for Business, Art and Science We are offering our season football ticket holder a of our 20 sports are conducted in is the time for all patrons to keep Union Moving UP. equipment. discount ticket price for the 1986 season. Any current this season. On any given day we season ticket holder who renews their tickets before May On April 22nd we will go to the polls to vote on a 12 Let me say just a word about our bond issue funding. In might have as many as 8 or 9 1st will save $5.00 per ticket. This includes reserved seats million dollar bond issue. Eight million of the bond issue the fall of 1984, the patrons of Union overwhelmingly activities scheduled at many only. After May 1st season tickets will be $20.00 each. Our will be for continued construction of the Intermediate approved a 10 million dollar bond issue. We were told by different locations. home football schedule will include Broken Arrow and High. This facility is desperately needed to relieve the bond council that a 10 million dollar issue would not raise One can only hope that this kind Washington among others. This will be one of the best overcrowding at the Junior High. For now, this facility will our taxes. Shortly after approval of the bond issue, our of program will contine at Union. home schedules in many years. house our 8th and 9th graders. But more importantly, it will district evaluation was dropped by some 32 million dollars. As the state legislature gropes for The elementary physical education teachers are working be ready for use as a 9th and 1Oth grade facility, at some This action, by the state, caused our taxes then to go up to way to make ends meet, the very hard to produce the lOth Annual Elementary Track point in the future, when the High School is no longer able cover the bond issue. Had our evaluation not been Gil Cloud athletic departments will be Meet. The date is May 13th. The meet this year promises to to hold three grades. lowered, our taxes would not have increased because of Director of Athletics be the best ever. the bond issue. looking at various solutions to Another three million dollars of the bond issue is our funding short fall. We must all work together in order to Once again our Board is striving to hold the line on taxes. earmarked for construction and equiping the first two continue this quality program. Union's current evaluation would have allowed a 14.5 -COMMENT- phases of a new elementary school. This school will be At this time we are not looking to drop any sport. Our million dollar bond issue. We chose to ask for 12 million so located on the south ten acres of the current Jr. High site. travel and meal allowances will be reduced and in some that our taxes would not increase. We are also looking at The central part of our district is growing in population cases the number of events may have to be reduced. only selling a portion of the Bonds before June 30, 1986. As we face these difficult times financially, we can rapidly. This facility is needed to relieve the overcrowding Hopefully, we will not have to reduce the staff size so as to This would once again lower the amount of bonds on the only hope that your continued support will help our at Grove and Beevers Elementaries. The site was chosen maintain a quality coaching level. Budgets will most tax rolls and hold the line on taxes. Remember, Union kids keep their programs at a level at which we have because we already own the land and could reduce the cost certainly be reduced which will cause us to emphasize fund all become accustomed. Now more than ever before, by not having to purchase more land. Board of Educ~tion members are Union School taxpayers too. raising at all levels. your attendance at games will be most important. I The key factor to making ends meet in athletics will be know, that as in the past you will respond to help our Six-hundred thousand dollars will be used for con­ At a time when our schools are suffering from cutbacks at increasing gate receipts through increased attendance at kids. struction of art rooms and the enclosing of the media the state level, we all need to show our Union Pride. It will all activities. At this point in time we do not anticipate any centers at Clark, Peters and Darnaby Elementaries. By be impossible to maintain quality education if we do not I want to urge you also to approve the upcoming major ticket price increases. There will only be a slight completing these projects we will then have all our have adequate facilities to house our students. Let's all bond issue on April22nd. While nothing on the issue increase overall. We are now planning promotions for each elementary schools on an equal level. keep Union Moving UP. VOTE ON APRIL 22nd! will directly affect the athletic program, all programs of our varsity home games or matches. Since gate receipts at Union benefit from a positive response from the The remaining $400,000 will be used to equip the High Harold Reed are 80% of our budget, it is imperative that we increase the School expansion now under construction. Part of the Polling Sites community. Page 10 President, attendance level or our games at all levels. expansion will be completed in the Fall-1986 and funds Union Board of Education SUMMER SCHOOL PLANNED The Union School District is pleased to announce that The Seconday Summer program is designed primarily for Summer School will be offered to students in both students to make up credit deficiencies due to failure elementary and secondary schools interested in enrich­ during the regular school year. A tuition of $55.00 will be ment and remedial classes as well as make-up classes for required for each student for each class in which he/she 5656 S. 129th E. Ave. credit deficiencies due to subject failure. All summer enrolls. Secondary summer classes are four weeks in Tulsa, Oklahoma 74134-6715 classes will be held at Union Junior High from 8:00a.m.- length with the first session beginning Monday, June 9th 12:00 noon. and ending Thursday, July 3rd. The second session begins Elementary Summer School will be available to students Monday, July 7th and ends Friday, July 31st. Enrollment who have completed 4th, 5th, or 6th grade. Remedial deadline for the first session is May 5th. Class offerings are: reading and remedial math classes will be offered at no cost English 7-12; Social Studies 7-8; American History 9, US to Union students who scored at least one grade level History 10, Oklahoma History, Science 7 -8; Science HS; below their present grade level on standardized reading Math 7-8; Pre-Algebra, Math HS, Geometry, Typing and and math tests. Enrichment classes, which include Study Driver Education. Skills and Computer Training (Logo) have a tuition of Enrollment forms as well as additional information will be $45.00 for each class. Summer classes for elementary available through each Union school or by contacting the grades are 6 weeks in length beginning Monday, June 9th Administrative Center at 252-3561, Ext. 218. Courses and ending Friday, July 18th with no classes on Friday, with less than 16 students enrolled are subject to July 4. Registration deadline is April 28th. cancellation. -----------tM~mmgn~a~r=========== --------tM ~mmgn~ap..------ Page2 Aprill986 Aprill986 Pagell FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS DESK APRIL EDUCATOR/ The fact that the state budget is y~ MARK YOUR CALENDAR in a real down cycle is not really EMPLOYEE NAMED April 1-30 April 21-26 May 3 news to most of you. Just how it National School Library Media Month YOUTHARTS 86! District Arts Festival UPAC & STUDIO THEATRE High School . Tratk meet {regional) affects Union Schools is probably There are many adjectives to April 14-18 May 4 news too - not good news - but describe this Educator of the April 21 Month --- DEDICATED, EFFI­ Baevers . leather Appretiation Week Boseball · Union vs. Stillwater there 4:00 p.m. UPAC - Tulsa Youth Symphony Conurt 3:00 p.m. news as such. Junior High · ARC leather of the Week Contest CIENT, INTERESTING, and Tennis · Regionals (girls) May 5 & 6 The state, at the present time, is CREATIVE. This teacher per­ April 14-17 April 22 High School · Tennis Boys Slate seeking to cut 487 million dollars Jun ior High · Cheerleading Clinit (Wreslting) forms the tasks required in the BOND ELECTION May 5-9 from the state budget - education classroom and outside the April 15 Tennis · Junior High vs. Broken Arrow at Indian Springs Junior High . frtshman W11k is being cut 86 million dollars. classroom for the total and best dark · Philharmonit Presentation (5th grade) 9:30- 10:20 a.m. April24 & 25 Dr. Wesley Jarman May 5 Instead of a 16% budget cut the Darnaby · Rangers & Company Bond & Orthestra Contert Grove - 3rd grade visits Casa Bonita interests of his students. He has Adm. C.nter · Board af Edutation Mttting 7:00 p.m. 86 million dollars represents about a 10% cut.
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