| Show SUPT SOFT PAXTON PAX T ON DISCUSSES SCHOOLS Brief Outline of or School Conditions in Duchesne Count County Discussed at Luncheon At the tIle res regular lar luncheon of or the way Gate club helm hela at D' D Thursday ay r August 19 Superintendent Superintend Superintend- ent i nt Paxton of the Duchesne county o schools chOo gave gave av a a a avery V very ly interesting an and andi S i instructive talk tan en on en tae ot or I schools A brief outline of oC s school hool conditions that that exist ed exist t in n this c county mity as s C d by on are arG p pai- pai given Ive belo v S v t I The average average daily daily attendance for the Ahe 1925 1925 school year was per nor percent cent ar or pupi pupils t Sout out every day j This js is equivalent eqUi ale t to 15 IG teachers a and J at t an an average ten teacher her cost ot of per month amounts to a loss through n non attendance n e of r about 1725 per month or JC G per day People e cry high higl taxes taxes' said Mr Ir Paxton and nd yet they are blo for this very unusual Je leak kr According to Mr Ir Pa Paxton ton the tho total tool enrollment for fOl Duchesne county sch schools last year was 2609 pupils 1407 7 boys girls There were nO withdrawals rc reten lions and 1976 promotions Of the high enrollment 61 pupils were from Uintah county tJ and of the grade enrollment of or 25 about half bal of or or the tho 25 are arc from Croat Uintah High school enrollment ment ny ay a age e e and attendance was given by Its Its- Paxton as follows Under 18 18 21 over 18 4 Attendance for lor those under tinder 18 for tor twenty weeks was vas 22 over 18 for l' the same period 50 50 Per capita cost of all Per capita cost of or hI high school students The Duchesne school district receives receives re re- about 25 from the state for all pupils under 18 and about s S from the high school fund for Cor h high b school pupils under IS 18 who attend school at least twenty weeks The local district must raise the difference differ differ- difference ence between these receipts and t tins the actual costs Tho rho Duchesne school district owns o 26 bui buildings and rents 1 16 at a coSt coStor cost of or over 2000 per pcr year At least would be required to li lithe give the necessary room Many Manx of or the be rooms now used art not fit for Cor cattle catlIe cattle cat cat- tle lIe according to the superintendent Superintendent Paxton stressed time the urgent n reed need ed of of or tho the counties of or orthe the st state te not e especially fa favored by corporate corporate wealth l to insist t ou a. a smore more equitable division of the school funds funds' of ar the state t and see see sec to it that nt men menel en elected ct d t to tho the tho legislature are 1 pledged to savor favor legislation that will give all 11 parts 11 of tho tho state an equal division of the time ta taxi from the corpora corporate corpor corpor- a ate y aie ew wealth a of or the state tate I r- r OCT o VILLAGE A DATE E. E t I OF viii J i KILLING i I T t I I ITc Tc average age date dIt of ot the last ilo frost H. in the and t the first killing frost in the thc fall for Cor the years 1920 to 1926 as given out by bythe t the e o g government V irrigation n office a Myton a aro as follows 19 1920 Spring May O Spring ray May 2 31 de deg fall taU Oct 14 20 26 deg Jg y y i 1921 May pring Spring May a S S 3 32 leg deg fall taU Sept CO 0 l d deg 1 i f 12 1922 10 p 2 p p ir r. r May g May la 13 la 30 10 fall Oct Oc 8 ii 8 TO 0 f d degI deg g I p 1923 p 9 iJ 9 May g-May Y im j J 1 A Af 1 T 1 W ti g. g f faU r Sept Sent 19 9 9 30 deg dee I 19 May f 4 May 1 10 I o. o iler ec faU fall fail Se Sept ept l 1 13 23 deg Ie J D 9 3 Spring 5 29 9 25 dc taI fall Sept I o O CJ d deg g Ort Oft 17 2 deg 1936 May 1936 Spring May 9 9 13 27 7 dc des |
