Show DUCAT ON MAKES explanation its s to tho the of tin tilt Sch schools oolf of the alio millard county district written byoir by mr alonzo huntsman it Is very regrettably regrettable that tho the unfortunate condition has conie about by which the board of at education has been obliged to order the county schools closed on oil march ath because of the lack ot of funds to meet tile tho cost of running longer thus shortening the alio school bellao term this year tw two 0 months the hoard board real realizes izoA that considerable critis cisin will fall andaas and has fallen on oil the members because of this condition ion which la is it no more than natural especially when it a calamity occurs to the acl schoola bools as that of cutting tile tho anticipated school term short one fourth 0 of the entire period the hoard la 18 oil aaro aare that there la is no institution other anther than the home in the par ants and taxpayers are arc so vitally in tu rested and concerned as the schools and whon when it la Is apparent that the achrol term has to bo be shortened or ionic other thing has to be done which seems to impair the standard ind and efficiency of the system the par 11 ants ats and taxpayers have bavo a right t to 0 from those whom they have entrusted with tile the great responsibility of looking after the school system in explanation and it Is with till this nought hought in view that the board of education has sought t this opportunity to give the exact facts in the case ore tho the day of may in each school year the tha board of education a required by law to furnish the county commissioners with a complete estimate or of the amount of monay that will will be necessary to operate he lie schools for the year beginning with july ast 1st and ending with june it then than becomes the ile duty 0 of aie county commissioners to malts make luch juch levy as will raise the amount of lie he estimate dut but before this estimate la Is submitted to tile the county corn com t alss loners it is 0 a consult the state department of lla Is to tile the amount that ta tho I 1 0 jaunty bounty can expect tor for durpos is 33 from the state taxes so BO that it will 0 a necessary only to raise the amount from the county that Is the daffer differ ince between the total amount need ad and the amount furnished by the otate the hoard board was waa informed hat fiat the county sull schools would receive rom tho the state this year about 00 or more than tho the county pays in tor for state school purposes herico ienco the amount that tho the doard board considered necessary tor for the to ralso to mako make up tile the complete estimate of was this would require upon the assessed valuation of tho the county of II i ia 4 mill levy tills this levy of 4 mills mado by tile the county commissioners was very pleasing to the board of education tor for the reason that it was waa that sufficient clent funds would bo be provided for an 8 months term ot of school and our toy levy for school durpos es eg would be reduced per cent white while the tha assessed valuation odthe of the bunty would be raise cabout percent making our levy us as nearly as can bo be ascertained the lowest of ol 01 my any school district ili the state and had it been known in ili time that this contingency of shortening tho the school term would come about nil an extra mill on tile tho present levy would have provided ample funds to have contin aed school tile the full time tho rho schools were running smoothly and there was no question but what we would voul have eight months ol of school until the first apportionment of 0 taxes como came in ili from the state and we were informed that our allotment from vals source would bo be instead of or less than the amount that thai had been coun conn ted on or enough to defray the tha expenses of running the schools of at the coun ty the two months that wo we are now unable to run an explanation was asked for and tile the board was informed thai alia tile the now new tax law had tailed failed to work as aa had boon been anticipated that although tile tho state lovy levy had been reduced from 4 ellla to 24 mills tho the constitution of at the tho State had prevented tho the raising the assessed valuation ot of the mines accordingly and that in salt lako lake county alone tho the mines paid less than they paid the year before tire the new tax la law wont went into effect tills this defeet defeat in the now new tax law and other tailings failings which worn explained made a defied deficit in 11 tile the anticipated state school fund or of over which would mean to county school district sonic somo people chtive ang suggested borrowing enough money to mako up tor for tho the sum bum licking lacking and pay it back next year this of courso course to Is impossible under tho the present law without a special election and the board has haa tested V tho to sentiment of 0 tho the people of tho the entire county with regards rogarda to proposed to procure funds lor for the c gf school a longer period and lavo L avo earn come a to the ho opinion that the ill sentiment throughout the county was against such an election and it would simply dimply maon an extra heavy cost lor for nothing it if an ol at action were called these aro are tho the facts acts briefly rotated that governed gove the bloard in closing school so BO early tula this year |