eal early 61 closing of public schools explained by board of education tn the patrons of thi public schools liquet ii having been badt by a number of f the public af f the sevier school OS fis to wh the school ire to tn clout closi a month earlier this thia ear e ir than has hag been in the lie past the biard of EJu edtion takes dikes this to answer lich ich inquiry through the lulal preas in the bear ear 1912 when the of thil county wyre were tl it brugh in ili inadvertence on the part of the legislature the board of education fc nas limited in its lovy to A tax of seven mills oti on the doll ir for the tha general fien erdl af if the choals eh onla holh both grade and high combined whereas frior to thit acar ear und and while operating the cools t under the district system sy seni nil in aenne tax of about thirteen ond anil one hilf half million the dollar ha hil I 1 been een I 1 im cibul by the respective school boards in all the districts where no nn high school had been maintained and an average tax of eighteen mills in salina richfield eld an I 1 monroe the districts aist nets alii acin high Reho schools olst lud hid been maintained As i a lon sequence of this reduction in taxation there was a shortage of nearly fifteen thousand dollars in the amount of money received in 1912 compared to what had beer been received in the year immediately proceeding prece eding and as a of such buch shortage a 3 deficit of about the same amount was created thu legislature of 1913 amended the lav la and as aa a cne quence of which a tax of fifteen mills on an the dollar was waa levied last year for the general maintenance of the schools which levy however did not produce as aa much money as aa the former tax of 0 eighteen mills in ID salina ana monroe plus thirteen and one half mills on nn on the remainder of the county would have done and there fore although the debrando den der anda rando of the schools mere considerably greater the revenues revenue a were not and thus thua a still deceit w wu bt beung t aig iho board in te t cefara e fare it the schools were run the full year the fifteen mill tax referred to does not include the ten mill voted by tho the people for buildings nor the four mills levied by ly the county commissioners but la is for or the tha same purposes only no aa was the seven mill tax referred to so after a careful consideration of the matter the board thought it advisable and believed that the people would approve of its altion ai tion to discontinue school when the funds for the year were exhausted rather than to create a greater deficit at the tha time of consolidation almost every diatra t in the county cast upon the consolidated district a floating indebtedness which in the aggregate amoun tej to several thousand dollars that had to be paid from time to time as aa demand was made for the money then to the item of exchange of text books which occurred during the past year entailed ent died an un usual expenditure of nearly five thousand dollars while the equipping of the new school buildings addeman added an other material roi tenal expense which could not be met out of the building funds and thee items together with others othera of 0 lesser im have imposed ind and extraordinary financial burden upon the district which was unavoidable the board la is firmly convinced that as an a of the direful supervision which the schools have had this year together with the increased facilities that have been provided more edu cit motional ional returns have been received from the money expended this thia year than has ever been had in the past and that the seven months schooling under tho the which have pre during the current bear ear hive have been equal in results taking the county as a whole into consideration with at least eight months work such as uis ds done when each school was a low law and a ti unto itself iti ek no one regrets the curtailing of tte school icar bear more deeply titan alian do tile members of tho ilia board as it is 0 of the lie opinion that school should run nin at least eight months but it is a condition at ai d rot a theory ili lint it confronts it it has not the money to run school longer without encroaching upon next blits nue and believing I 1 thit I 1 bear ear shout I 1 r stand land upon the funds provided for it decided to 0 o stop atop school a month fencl at which time the money moncy for this acar car will be exhausted As far as instruction and sion are arc concerned our schools have been operated more cheaply per cilita this thia year than athly were lust last bear ear angwill and will be operated still more cheaply next year but in spite ot of nil all this the school population and school re teem seem to increase more rapidly than do t the li e school c revenues revenue a anil thus it will probably he in the future as ties has been it in the pas past t a perplex itiL problem as an to hon hoa the school demands an be met n nith ich the mony mon y prodded the cost of n maintaining schools last like the cot coit of maintaining individual cami lie fie has irresistible irac advanced ib norm illy during the past five year so it would seem that we must either run a shorter school sear with birst tir t I 1 class chooh or d longer loneer one with ith arond or third ors schools and the board favors favori the formia rather than the latter we seldom are compell ed to lose a poor teacher while the bertei ones ire constantly slipping ariy from us b bici cause use we cannot pa the salaries offered them elsewhere elie where un unsuccessful teachers d siept i ca ind d con consumptive together with young girls without any norm I 1 11 I 1 training whatever are plentiful at fifty fifth dollars pet per month but healthy successful experienced grade teachers are scarce at sixty to seventy five dollars per month dr laeser used to may aay that A good teacher is ia rarely overpaid while a poor one is IB dear at any price while there mieth be nn an honest difference of opinion between some patrons of the school ard the school board as S to the particular pour posa pose for which any given amount of the school money hould be expended every dollar that line been disbursed has been appropriated by the unanimous consent of the board for the purpose deemed to be ba for the best beat interest of the school and it is 13 firmly of the opinion that the return received in almost every instance have justified the expenditure made I 1 it those who are inclined to disapprove 0 of the early closing of the schools will investigate the situation and consider the matter rationally there then a in ro ra dot doi lit bt but that they will en co ue tl ii at lne ilia board beard is the only ou business siness like ilka course open for it to pursue under ercums respectfully submitted BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SEVIER SCHOOL DISTRICT