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Show LOST... $16,000 In a recent report complied at the county school district office It was found that the Millard county schools lost nearly $16,000 last year because of students staying out of school. In this county last year there were 2512 students enrolled en-rolled in school. Of this number, 2332 students attended school every day. This means that every school day last year 180 students did not go to school. The amount of money the school district receives each year is determined de-termined largely by the average daily attendance (A D A) of its school children. For every 20 high school students in attendance on every school day during the year, the school receives $3,300. The same amount Is received for every 30 elementary school students. This means that for every day a high school students is absent, the schools lose 95 cents, and about 65 cents is lost when an elementary elemen-tary students Is absent This seems like a trifling amount, but when many students are absent, the loss per day becomes alarming. In fact, we lost almost $93 per school day last year simply because be-cause students did not go to school Each year, every school in the county is allocated a share of the school budget to use and operate on during the year. A certain a-mount a-mount of money is required to operate op-erate a school. If a surplus of money mon-ey appears, it can be used to purchase pur-chase supplies and equipment, depending de-pending upon the school needs. Just think how much better the schools we could have and better bet-ter equipment in our schools with $16,000 more every year. Occasionally it is necessary for a child to stay out of school, either for work or because of illness. In such cases, the absence is legitimate. legiti-mate. There are times when a student stu-dent misses the bus either on purpose or non-intentionally, or just has something else to do that day. Teachers and principals cannot can-not do much about it if a student is absent from school. The responsibility res-ponsibility to see that children are in school rests in the parents. If your child is absent from school the loss is two-fold: first, your child loses what the school has to offer that day, and Becond, the school loses money. It is therefore of benefit to the community as a whole that parents and schools cooperate In encouraging maximum maxi-mum attendance at school. The public defeats its own program if we deprive ourselves of the Instruction In-struction the scheols make avail-1 avail-1 able to us. |
