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Elelmentary School Teacher Mrs. Pam Pzinski reads a book to Laila Lopez during the
Newcastle Elementary School Fall Festival on Tuesday, October 27. (Alexis Shultz/NLJ)
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limited English language ability
teaching freshman university
classes.
Conzelman answered,
saying her understanding of the
change is that it is across the
board for all HLC-accredited
institutions. Many people at
the conference, which gathered
attendees from most of the
50 states, were upset with the
changes, she added.
Bonnar said he is interested
in pursuing the matter and
potentially getting in contact
with school districts elsewhere
who are opposed to the move.
"This absolutely disgusts
me .... " he told Conzelman.
"If people are really upset
about this, I'd be interested in
knowing if there's any sort of
organization to the people who
are upset, because I think there
needs to be a significant push-
back on this."
"This is another set of obsta-
cles between kids and what kids
need to succeed," Bonnar con-
tinued, "and it's being cranked
out by some organization that
piles up money in a corner
somewhere to do nothing but
find problems so that they can
present solutions ... At some
point this becomes too diffi-
cult for us, there's too many
obstacles for us to overcome,
and we're not going to be able
to provide this opportunity for
our children in this district."
Conzeiman noted that the
change does not come entirely
as a surprise, having been a
subject of discussion over
the past five years. The over-
whelming success of concur-
rent programs nationally was
touted at the conference, she
also noted.
The district's concurrent
program through Torrington-
based EWC allows high school
students to simultaneously earn
both high school and college
credit by taking college-level
courses
School Notes
Other discussion items at the Wednesday, October 28, meeting of the
WCSD #1 Board of Trustees included the following
• Trustee John Riesland, who represents ticipate in a STEM (Science, Technology,
the WCSD #1 board to the Wyoming School Engineering and Math) initiative, she added,
Boards Association, presented WSBA awards with evaluations to be conducted over a
to Trustees T[na Chick, Dana Gordon, and Joe two-year period. Allen also mentioned that a
.Corley for credit earned through workshop robotics program has started for lalte elemen-
and conference attendance toward becoming tary as well as early middle school and some
"certified" board members, high school students.
• The board voted to approve the first• Chairman Bob Bormar reported to the
quartet financial report presented by Business board on a provision within a resolution that
Manager Deb Sylte, which represented the has been put forward by Sublette County
period from July to Sept. 30 of this year. The to the Wyoming School Boards Association
clistrict has spent about 14 percent of its total that adopts a Wyoming Assessment Taskforce
annual budget so far, though the report doesn t recommendation to make the 10th grade
really reflect a full fiscal quarter since school accountability assessment score a factor in
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d esn t begin until August, Syite noted. Hathaway Scholarship eligibility. Bonnar said
• Student Counsel Representative Sierra that the reasoning behind the proposed change
LaCroix reported that a blood drive is sched- is that it will motivate student performance
uled to be held on November 24 in the high but that he is personally opposed for several
school library, reasons. Among Bormar's objections was that,
• Maintenance Director Greg Gregory unlike the ACT, the t0th grade assessment
displayed to the board a sample of the new can only be taken once. Board Treasurer Tom
elementary school siding which incorporates
a mesh material in order to deter woodpeckers
from burrowing into and nesting in the build-
ing's outside walls. Based on his discus-
sions with biologists and other knowledgeable
parties, Gregory said the birds should be
discouraged by the siding and seek to nest
elsewhere. The only guaranteed alternative,
according to Gregory, was a steel siding
system that would have cost the district four
times as much and would not have been visu-
ally pleasing.
• Double AAces Program Director Tamara
Allen reported on a recent Wyoming After
School Alliance conference she had attended
where new rules and guidelines pertaining to
after school programs were discussed. The
WCSD #1 program has been chosen to par-
Wright said he would like to see the resolution
amended to strike that particular provision.
• At the Eastern Weston County Rec
District meeting immediately following the
adjournment of the school board meeting, new
Rec Director Jessica Bettorf reported she had
met with rec center directors in Dead.wood
vided the board with an example of an infor-
mational folder she is creating as a handout,
which contains information about recreational
opportunities locally. Bettorf said she is in the
process of creating a website and will also be
setting up a Facebook page. Additionally, she
mentioned a survey she intends to pass Out to
local businesses and at parent-teacher confer-
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"There's little places where you can go
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where big numbers can come in," he said, while
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horses, at least five cabins, two buildings each
housing laundry, showers, and restrooms, and
even a skating rink during the winter months. An
extensive parking lot accommodating several
hundred vehicles is also planned, Gose added.
While the cabins are currently under con-
struction, and Gose predicted the laundry and
shower buildings probably won't be built until
next spring, the centerpiece of the facility, a 70
by 170 foot building named "the Gallery," with
a maximum capacity of 1,000 people per fire
safety regulations, has already been essentially
completed.
Built by a Utah-based contractor special-
izing in metal structures in a roughly two-week
period last winter, it will house the indoor
archery range, as well as an office and rest-
rooms, and feature an adjacent deli and an
outdoor picnic table area.
Three garage-style doors will allow for
easier access into the facility for hearses or
delivery vehicles, as Gose said the facility is
intended to be rented out for banquets, wed-
dings, and funerals from time to time.
Gose further explained that he hopes that the
facility will serve to host invitational archery
shoots, and the Gallery's 80-inch televisions, of
which there are four, are planned to be utilized
for get-togethers surrounding major sporting
events such as the Super Bowl.
When he spoke with the NLJ, Gose indicated
he was awaiting a water and sewer permit from
state authorities in Cheyenne and that Goose
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"I'm sure once we get going it will bring in
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adding of the impetus behind the project that he
saw an opportunity in the deer-traversed prop-
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town he grew-up in could use the development,
opted to go ahead with it.
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day, the rough way, once we get this going," he
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