Show CITIZENS URGE SEVIER DISTRICT SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON SCHEDULE TO MEET MEE T WITH BOARD MONDAY intense interest in the possibility of the schools of sevier county opening at the usual time of about the middle of september instead of on october 17 as scheduled by the board of education at their last meeting has been aroused throughout this district through tn the efforts of the committee appointed last week by the richfield clifield Ri lions club to investigate this important matter this committee is composed of mayor W L warner nerm berm M C nelson and howard they have obtained the consent of the school board to meet with them next monday morning at which time ways and means wi will 11 be discussed as to the feasibility of an earlier opening and various organizations such as the church parents teachers association civic organizations and all other towns and cities in this district are urged to have representatives at this meeting to express the views of their respective communities it is understood that both salina and monroe Nf onroe will send large delegations dele lations as it is the urgent desire of those cities as well as richfield that every effort be made to start the schools at the regular time while it is recognized that the school district is in stringent financial circumstances due partly to the fact that only some 60 per cent of the taxes were paid last year still it is the general belief that some means could be found to start the school term in september even if it ended much earlier than usual in the spring the lions committee contend that there is a psychological ch cli reaction about starting schools early in the fall handed down through years of practice which should not be overlooked business conditions in general are stimulated by school opening and aducat educators state that stude students ants do much better work in the fall th than an in in the t lie spring this district can be in no more serious condition than many other counties and yet carbon county schools will start september 7 kane and iron county schools on september 12 arid and practically all the others will begin within the month of september it is generally felt that if the school term does not open here until october 17 there are many high school students who will become discouraged about their chances to get proper credit for the years work and M may ay decide to drop out entirely then there is always the possibility that conditions may speedily become better and that by next spring finances will be so improved that the term may be extended to its usual leng ii if the term is curtailed at the beginning there would be no chance of this regardless of how much money the board might have if however the term should have to be cut radically short next spring those students who would graduate could be sent to other cities and complete their terms so that they could get proper credit for college entrance those who did not wish to do that could get et employment perhaps for the long ong summer va vacation carion and also the teachers would have an opportunity through ai other work to splice out their reduced salaries during the summer As it is now both students and teachers would have leave to mark time as it were for a month or two awaiting the school opening both teachers and students have had an unusually unusual lN long vacation and are anxious to get back into harness many parents are arc talking 0 of moving away with their children where they will have better school opportunities and some students are planning to go 0 o to private schools at heavy expense to their parents pa rents who are poorly able to stand this expense under present conditions it is highly essential that eliat this community keep faith in itself and there is no other thin thing that could bring brim 11 this about more definitely than to have schools open on time let every organization tion see that a representative senta tive is present at the meeting rr monday to speak its mind the board meets at 10 a m and will be ready to receive the committee about 1030 it is said no doubt there will be such a large attendance of citizens that it will be necessary to adjourn the meeting from the board offices to tile the court house or some other place with a larger seating seat ilig capacity |