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Show ABOUT SCHOOL EXPENDITURES The total expenditure of South Sanpete School district for the past year is about $2,700 greater than that of the preceding year. The installation installa-tion of a heating plant at Centerfield at a cost of $3,500; the long cold winter, win-ter, which called for more fuel; the storage of $700 worth of coal for next winter; a $400 expense in the repair of old text books; about $400 more on the repair of school desks throughout the district are the items largely responsible respon-sible for this increase. These accounts show increase: Janitorial supplies $ 80.48 Fuel and light 1176.79 Labratory expense 249.27 Administrative and general gener-al expense 451.04 Land, bldgs. & equipment 4068.26 Repairs and replacement 702.38 These show a decrease: Teasurers salaries $ 782.00 Janitors salaries 42.00 School supplies 2142.00 Text books 24.15 Rent 282.00 Transportation of pupils 554.51 Insurance 56.00 Although the rate of taxation was at the maximum, the revenue of the district decreased $4,259.24 over that of the preceding year. With an increased in-creased expenditure and a decreased revenue the district finds itself about 9,000 behind. To be on a good working work-ing basis it should have about $15,000 in the treasury, an amount sufficient to pay the running expense until the time when the tax money comes in. The outlook is not favorable. There will be a marked increase in the cost of school supplies. An exchange of textbooks will take place next summer, sum-mer, which will cost several thousand dollars. The fuel bill and the cost of transportation of pupils will be greater. great-er. With the exception of teachers' salaries a general increase of all costs is almost inevitable. The school term for the primary grades should be extended four weeks. A desired efficiency cannot be attained attain-ed with a school term of only thirty-two thirty-two weeks. Industrial requirments make it necessary to limit the school year in the upper grammer grades and the high school, but we ought to go back to a term for the primary grade children about as long as that which has prevailed for some generations genera-tions past. The revenue for the next year will show an increase, but it will not be sufficient to meet the needs of the schools. The bonded indebtedness of the district is low; relatively about two-sevenths of the bonded indebtedness indebted-ness of Manti City, and an increase of one mill to the present tax, the district dis-trict would have sufficient funds to finance a progressive system. It is to be hoped, however, the legislature will at its next session provide the necessary revenue from other sources and that the rate of taxation for school purposes as now at its maximum. |