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Show SCHOOLS TO CLOSE TWO WEEKS EARLIER I- - At the regular meeting of the Board of Education held last Wednesday Wed-nesday it was decided to close all Beaver County schools two weeks early this spring. This action results re-sults from a serious shortage in funds. At the present time figures flrom the county treasurer's office show that $12,662 of school money will not be collected before the end of the year. Part of this amount is due to the lowered total assessed valuation val-uation of the County, while the balance, bal-ance, over $9,000, is in current taxes unpaid to date. Present indications are that Beaver's Beav-er's appropriation of State school funds will also be several thousand dollars short of the amount budgeted for. The action of the Board reduces the length of the school term from nine to eight and one-half months, and will close most schools in the county on May 2. The Milford schools, because of less Saturday sessions, ses-sions, will remain open until May 9. |