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Show Auditor Completes Report of Mo School Dist. Books llisi riiiiiiiiiliiii Was Shown Against Springville In 111 Phases Of Analysis Some weeks ago, a citizens' committee was formed in Springville for the purpose of determining from facts whether or not there was actual discrimination against Springville in the operation of Nebo school district affairs. This study was to be made in comparison com-parison with the other two major cities in the district dis-trict Spanish Fork and Payson. To obtain these facts, Mr. Ray Closson, certified public accountant of Salt Lake City, was employed. Mr. Closson was instructed to make a study of the Nebo School District books in regard to : ..A The Expenditures for School Buildings, B Operating Expenses in the Three Cities, C How The School Lunch Funds Are Spent. Mr. Closson has completed his work and has submitted sub-mitted a very complete and detailed report to the citizens' citi-zens' committee... Any one interested and desiring to see the complete report may do so by calling at the Herald office. The auditor is now preparing a condensed report for publication and this report will be published in the Springville Herald in the first issue after it is received. re-ceived. We will take up in subsequent issues the various phases, facts and figures brought out in Mr. Closson's report. May we briefly state here, however, without elaboration at this time, that the report shows a far greater amount spent since consolidation on school buildings in Spanish Fork and Payson than has been spent in Springville and also that there is a much greater difference than was shown in the report submitted sub-mitted to the Springville Herald and published on Jan. 10, 1946, over the signatures of the Nebo School district board. The analysis of operating costs, based on a three-year three-year average, and which includes teachers' salaries and supplies, shows that Spanish Fork and Payson received on a per capita basis, approximately 10 per cent more than did Springville. An analysis of the school lunch costs for the year ending June 30, 1945, sho.s that 93,768 lunches were served in Springville; 132,016 in Spanish Fork and 113,470 in Payson. This is an average of 61.17 lunches per student in Springville; 90.48 lunches per student in Spanish Fork and 90.85 lunches per student in Pay-son. Pay-son. In Springville, the total cost of lunches was $16,462.27; in Spanish Fork, $27,591.54 and in Pay-son, Pay-son, $24,042.67. This represents a cost per lunch of 17 Y2c in Springville, almost 21c in Spanish Fork and slightly more than 21c in Payson. This newspaper now asks Supt. Barnett and invites in-vites his reply as to why this gross discrimination exists ex-ists in the school lunch program. Money for the school lunch program has been obtained ob-tained in the main through a 10-cent fee charged the student; 10 cents per lunch being contributed by the state of Utah and approximately 4 cents per lunch being be-ing , contributed by the federal government. This means that there is available for lunches 24 cents and shows that there has been made on each school lunch served in Springville, double the profit made on a lunch served in Spanish Fork or Payson. This profit has gone into a fund which can be spent for construction pertaining to school lunch facilities fa-cilities Up to this date, a total of $30,126.40, which includes all of the profits, has been spent for construction con-struction of lunch facilities, none of which was spent in Springville. It has been distributed as follows: Benjamin, $4,644.54; Lake Shore, $6,158.97; Payson, $6,232.52; Spanish Fork, $13,090.37. Again, Mr. Superintendent, we ask why the discrimination dis-crimination against Springville? |