| Show SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT T I It Is doubtful whether giving l Mr r. r Hollenback the facts fact regarding schools school s does finy any good lIe Ite seems lie seems not to wan want t the facts but uses uses that which aids iii his ts s peculiar belief He lie states hi Ill his his hi's ar arts art article icle of May r 10 1011 h th that t the constitution constitution tion provides for a two tenths s mill 1 leY levy for fOl district school purposes and aud 1 such oth other r le levy lefor for school pui poses s as ill raise annually an amount which added t to any allY other othel state stale lle funds foods available avail mil a able for able for district school purposes equals equal s 25 2500 O for each pupil of school age h Inthe in inthe the State Slate Tile The constitution doesn't read lead that way n at all Article XIII Sec Section on 7 states two tenths of J one mt 1 t high s school hool purposes purposes ses no not l t district school chool m and ll such other levy fur for district school purposes as ns will ill raise annually y an amount which added added aill- aill add add- ed to nn any other State funds available for tor district school purposes equals 2500 00 o for tor each person of school age in the t. t the State shown by the last preceding pre pre- preceding ceding school census As a matter of fact the fact the le levy lefor for 1929 for the district school fund was 46 mills and 2 mills for high school and und 24 4 4 mills for State general making a 1 total of of 72 mills or tenths six of one mill below that allowed by the constitution constitution con con- for tor forState State purposes purposes- Again I 1 ant to say that it is upon upon this tills point that the school men contend that the I I State has not met its obligation This would makie mak the tremendous increase increase in in- increase in- in crease of ot two cents cents additional tax tai on each of asSessed assessed valuation I dont don't Jj believe t that at e even evert Il M Mr Hollenbeck I Il VV I to V pa LL 1 paying sub that u amount u especially when he realizes that a two tenths mill lo loss s from front the State Stute represents e tents a loss to the local ocal tax payer o or r increase in his tn taxes es of slightly less les s than tenths five of a mill or 01 a local Increase of GO per peer cent Mr 11 Hollenbeck states that I should hould 1 be a u teacher tE of 0 e economy fo lJ ns as as well as us a illy sits siN LPt the tine fads facts sp speak ak for them selves In tl the e. e first pla place the Duchesne e District ct is is' isone one of he be largest in inthe inthe it the State in t the le point of sql square miles There ire sue ue n nineteen schools widely s scattered so that travel tra expense e fo for r supervision is more costly than it 1 t should b be h a more compact district Then again t Duchesne is large in fn point poin t of oC school population re are eul only y fifteen districts out of fort forty in tit the e State that are are larger and the these fifteen ll I e four city distrIcts In IlL ability y t to flay Duchesne ran ranks s- s about thirty thirty- ty- ty seven seyen just three from flom the bottom 1 In spite of r these conditions the dis dis- has f maintained a healthful steady progress progress When I first came r t here the tile school year was Increased increase d from seven sc to eight months months' the high schools were ere increased eased from thirty I- I two eel weeks s to thirty the e weeks thus thu meeting the State requirement wen t nine ty-nine nine new class rooms have been een con COll- at t a cost of or approximately The The e c. c new rooms house lions about 48 18 Iler l er cent of tile the school poP lation n Because cause of or new Imn buildings ing and an d centralization through h transportation n there are arenow now only about eight rooms room s where heie children are improperly housed house d' d In lu addition to tu this the tent rent for fOl t scho school hool o f buil buildings Ing has been redu reduced l frog from n 2200 to than less than per year Three C years veins n ago o the bonded lu 1 I edness of the dl district ti was 1910 this included the special tax of day To-day the district has hus paid off the tl s special cial tax un and l' l reduced the old oM out on t standing icon bonds js to th the point l where it its i is bOll bonded e debt is now now only ul OG 0 These b bonds n s mature G in If the n 1031 and same careful cise in the fun future a the control district strict is exe exercise exer exer- r e can un u meet its p debt t o obligations obligations q and mul maintain In I i Its standard It present cant can't improve e e however either in buil buildings Ings or in iii e extent extent ex ex- z- z tent of serY service ce offered without add addi addItional additional addI- addI 1 revenue e. e o On the th point of com comparison with wit h other districts Duchesne's per pel capita a cost cast based based on school pop population 11 tion for fo r 28 1927 was teas as follows leach Teachers Teachers' rs' rs salaries sal sal- cries aries el elementary 1911 n as against abacus t the thc state average of 2884 other e expenses expenses ex ex- x- x lenses of Instruction elementary 1 71 70 state state slate a el ael average ge 23 high Vigil school 1 ea salaries arles state average 1208 other expenses expense of instruction G 02 state average 72 We had a total ex expense pease pense of instruction of 2873 per capita cap cap- ita as ns against against 1389 for the state Th The e Duchesne School District was th d lowest in the state The highest st had an a n I j instructional cost of This I dis-I dis t by 13 the we way ie is is a rural district too but hut it has bas a high per capita w wealth alth In III coordinate activities our cost was as against the states state's average of ot 37 Our Our- total operating expense was as against fur the state We e ranked third from the bottom in costs Wa Wayne ne and ancI Washington Wash Wash- ington counties being below us b by only a u blight ight t margin We haave hanve been criticised for spending spending spend spend- ing too little money for instructional send or operating purposes and ancI too mu much h for debt service ke We have baye been a advised b by experts in the educational field to scatter our debt service over service sel over a longer longel longer lon lon- ger gel period of time and spend more for fir present Jle ent nee needs Our schools are aie making rather lather an nn average progress as recent tests teats Indicate and anti since the rate of tux tax levy is high the board of education tion and amI I are attempting to maintain a a consistent policy of natural growth on cu our school service and meet our debt service r rice ice at the same time The Tile interest in in- terest fa saved paved ved en on deut dept service amounts to oyer over as compared with three years ago and previous 11 Mr Hollenbeck objects to the lJ b being eing ing administered by men who ar are e SUppo supposed ed to be J qualified for their po position poi lie prefers rather lather to to cote vote for far the t he man regardless of qualification Uon T Tl There here ere are others who typo are conscientious in this tills objection In the early history of f the public movement mo th the e three thre trustees trustees guided guided by hy the people in the annual and special s district s school district hool 1 meetings managed the as best they tIle knew As a n democratic and simple e means mens for providing dIng schools for the c children hildren living under some souro what prim prior IU pioneer conditions t the district s tys rendered a a useful service In the Mie da days das s before modern school s s 's toms ems were yere developed de where there here were no courses of stud study no isor of or- fivers and few if nn any of t the e special i courses o offered t these ese local faUns faUn's gave ga reasonable e satisfaction t to the people they represented The d development of manufacturing t the he extension of ot manhood suffrage the tIle action of the labor unions the ris rise e o of f the humanitarian movements o and the Introduction of the triau t system of instruction awakened a new demand on von the public schools un un- nil til the people not ou only of Utah but oUter oth oUt o er r States as nB well conceived cd conceived the idea o of f adopting public education as a State Stat o function Public education has been beet 1 established e gradually as a u great State Slate e one oue might almost 8 say a great national Interest It seems seems' a settled i conviction cOIl of the people people that the provision pro l of a n I liberal iberal system of free education t fo for r the children the of the tiro State Is one olle of most th tile the I important duties of the State and arid that such education ules lr very markedly to the moral lire ilie uplift o of or pe people to a n hither higher civic chic virtu and the Increased e the State economic returns 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