c pian’ gy Tem pry ebases Prompt Budget y for Administrators ittrtrations in the Ogden Sohal District have Iment drop to a current 532, and ways are assimilate the budget impact, Dr. Ger-| stant superintendent, said today. = iment had been reported as 912 be-| ai | + ie * the late a a may cut that HARDEST HIT he District had te _ Highland, short 42, is the) ae of around 200) he larger figure| hardest hit. ‘The picture in the elementary some serious. schools is mixed, with many 2 he said, was down in student numbers and a orst possible’: few showing gains.. Losses are heavy at Dee and Gramercy, but also reported at) ict uses two fo ceasing its | the Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, : tion. _Lorin -onse personnel ding to this, t the early) ted as 912 Farr. and Bonneville schools, Dr. Raat said the losses; _ range from 20 to 40 students in} most instances. Increases have been reported| from Edison and Horace Mann. Dr. Raat said he spent three! hours Tuesday working with Dr. | William L. Garner, who is ill at home, on the problem. : He said Ogden High will tase two teachers who will be reassigned and their students’ distributed to other classes. ministration more in doing SHIFT TEACHERS | hiring One Ben Lomond teacher will as less be shifted, one at Highland Junior High, two at Dee and one | _ each at Jefferson and Lewis. elementaries. The elementary teachers will) be reassigned to schools showing growth, or to a district office assignment as a “‘pe manent” substitute teacher. ‘The four secondary tea reassigned will go i programs or substitute work until the usual resignations! expected during the years create regular openings. | Principals will be consulted about further adjustments) which may be needed at semester time, Dr. Raat said. | Because of the many factors; involved, the budget impact is. still . difficult to figure, but it will .still be ‘in the tens of) thousands of dollars,” Dr. Raat} ‘said, _ As teachers quit during the year, replacements will not be hired. Some may be assigned to! special federal programs. . A significant amount of the financial loss from fewer} classroom units can be ab-| sorbed. with some. straining if| normal conditions in the district prevail otherwise, he said. | Dr. Raat said the district had ‘thought the pupil loss of recent) years might be slowing down.| The district lost about . 200 ‘students last year and around '250 the year before. : - Instead of a moderate decline, “we dropped over the cliff this| year,” he said. He noted that other city districts in the state such as Salt Lake City and Logan had also reported declines. = Reasons include the general pasta of moving from the city suburban areas, moving . Ccagee.. of. employment problems, ete. 2