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Show BOARD OF EDUCATION PLACES SCHOOL ' PROBLEM IN HANDS OF THE CITIZENS schools were closed, the $12,767 paid to principals and Janitors under contract would be absolutely wasted. He proponed pro-poned that the Commercial club guarantee guar-antee the 14905. and that the board arrange ar-range for the extension of the note and pay salaries with the money. The members of the committee were William Nelson, C. O. Whlttemore. and Messrs. McCornlck, Dooly, Bennett, Neuhausen, Weltz, Brown, Baldwin and Harris. Must Pay McCornlck Note. The board contended that It was Imperative Im-perative that the McCornlck note be paid, arxl that no proposition that did not provide for the payment of the note would be 'considered, and .accordingly rejected the offer of the Commercial club. In the afternoon a secret meeting of the principals of the various schools was held to consider the tuition or subscription plan of keeping the schools open. All but three of the principals prin-cipals voted to close the schools on May 4th. A special meeting of the Salt Lake City Public School . Teachers' association associa-tion has been called for 4 o'clock this afternoon at the Weet Side high school, to hear the report of the executive committee. The meeting Is called by D. It. Coombs, chairman of the executive execu-tive committee. Plan of Commercial Club Is Rejected, and McCornlck Mc-Cornlck Note Must Be Paid This Year. The Board of Education held an Important Im-portant session last night, at which It as decided that the public schools, with the exception of the B and A classes of the eighth grade, will be closed on Monday, May 4th. Resolutions covering that ground were adopted at the special meeting, after the educational committee of the Commercial club had met with the Iso ard In an Informal session.- Citizens Can Pay Teachers. Provision was made in the resolu-. ( Hons whereby the teachers and princi- ; pals of the other grades In the schools ! fy continue ' their schools until the I of the term on the condition that citizens of the district express a lingness to contribute the money essary for the salaries of the teach- It was hoped that the committee of the Commercial club would be able to offer a solution of the problem, but this not forthcoming, the following resolutions resolu-tions were adopted: . Resolved, That the eighth B or.d A grades be kept open after May 4th next tor the full "period, in order that promotions pro-motions may be made in these classes, and that the superintendent be directed to assign principals who are not occupied occu-pied In taking charge of their schools and supervisors who are under ten months' contract to carry on this work. Resolved. That the principals and the teachers In any school building be permitted per-mitted to oarrv on the schools in their particular buildings during the remainder remain-der or any part of the remainder of the present school year; provided that they make provision for the payment of all teachers' salaries not already provided for by contract with the board; the board In no" event to be liable for the payment of any such salary, and. In case any schoolroom is kept open. . no pupil of such room shall b denied admission by reason of not paying tuition. Resolved, That the principal and any member of the High school teachers be permitted to, carry on the work In the junior and senior classes, or any other class of the HIkIi si-hool, for the balance or any part of the balance of th BChool year; provided, the salaries of all such teachers, not already provided for by contract, shall be paid by funds raised by them, and that the board shall not be liable therefor: and provided also that if any class is so continued no pupil of such class shall be excluded by reason of non-payment of tuition. Tuition Plan a Failure. These resolutions followed a preamble pream-ble which set forth that the tuition scheme, as arrlie,'l to the schools as a whfl, was fomui to be not feasible. V.fyjJ-ci-e resolutions throw the responsl-tViTfy responsl-tViTfy of school maintenance directly i'pm the res'dents of the various districts, dis-tricts, and makes each district responsible respon-sible for itself alone. The Board of Education will co-onorate only to the extent of furnishing the buildings, the principals a:id the janitors. The Finance committee of the Board of Education met at 7:30 o'clock with the members of the board. This committee com-mittee had been in a meeting as a committee com-mittee of the whole for several hours, and had agreed upon the estimates for .thf support of the school for the coming com-ing school term. The estimates, as compared with tho:-e of the (losing term, were as follows: fol-lows: ' ESTIMATED REVENUES. 19C2 1!W3. C:tv school tax- J02.frt JistO.nno St:;te school fand 52.0" State land fund 4,'it) 5.ftn County school fund fJ.tMjO 100.J0 Total $K0,f0 J3C3,OuO C'itv school tax. Interest on bonds- tZZ.m J33.2.V) City school tax, .sinking fund ; 13,r,fi0 15.300 City school tax, buildings. 75,000 GO.OOO Total $472,400 $4;9,C00 ESTIMATED. EXPENDITURES. Teachers salaries J225.0 J24".Ono Janitors' salaries iX'.non 20,fXl Janitors' punplics 2.Ctco 2 Fuel and lights 10.t l,(in Maintenance and rejiairs ... frufr) 2f'.(" Books an-.l school supplies.. "0,O 1.1, OK General expenses 1.S..11") Furniture ; 5,lrJ0 7,000 Total .'. $.:r.o,o'. $337.r) Interest on bonds S33.900 $33.2.V Sinking fund i:i..1 1 ."?,;! ) Buildings 7G.0u0 (iO.OoO Total H"2.4G0 $144,050 Kal. M-L-Cornick note $t:!,0.-.fl Fremont Will Remain Open. The board then met its a committee of the whole, and gave permission to the patrons of thf Fremont school to keep that Fcliool open until the end of the year. : The permission was granted upon the petition' of Auditor McXitt of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line, and a. delegation of Other residents of the district who waited upon tke board. The board then passed resolutions complimenting the citizens of the district uj.on their public spirit. It' developed that perhaps three-foijrtlis three-foijrtlis of all the schools will remain opento the end of the term. In a few minutes the Commercial club committee waited upon the bo;ird. William Xelstin was chairman, while C. O. Whitteu.ore acted as spokesman. Commercial Club's Plan. He proposed that if the board would expend Its surplus of $1.1,000 toward keeping the school open for four weeks after May' 4th. the club would pledge itself to raise by nublie subscription the remaining $1000 of the $20,000 which was approximately the amount needed. He said that Banker McCornlck would extend the note for $20,000 another year to enable the board to do this. ".e committee then presented the following estimate as a basis for its proposition: The number of ten hers who must be employed for the ast month of m hool is .".09. and their salaries aggregate $20,-400. $20,-400. The funds now in the hands of the board amount to JfiO.611.39; the expense of carrying on the schools to May 4th will be $21,2M, leaving $28,26L39. Of this $12,767 is for principals. Janitors and other fixed th.trges. There will remain re-main $15,594. 3!), which the board pro- k poses to apply on the McCornlck note. Mf this were applied on teachers' salaries, sal-aries, but $1905.61 more would be required re-quired to run the schools for another month. .Waate of Money to Close Schools. Mr. Whlttemore paid that if the, |