Show board of education A adopts extensive transportation por tation program at its meeting hold may atay 4 tho the board of education again considered tile the problem of transportation tile tho thought uppermost in tho the minds ot of tile tho board and which dominated tho the discussion was to give each child an all equal educational opportunity to build consolidated county high schools Is a tine fine thing but it la Is an unfair expenditure of money belonging to everybody unless all can call participate fairly in its enjoyment on oil this principal the board Is accepting the full burden and responsibility of transportation and extending it wherever it can call bo be economically done transportation will be very carefully supervised and drivers held strictly responsible under bonds bonda tor for the conduct and ana safety of pupils in ill their care bids will bo be received during the present month and opened ed juno june tor for furnishing transportation to the various schools in tho the district where this policy has been adopted no one doubts today that tho the modern well lighted well heated well equipped graded schools offer superior opportunities than the ono one or two teacher schools to children being taught Atten attendance danco Is uniformly moro regular more time and attention te Is given to each child and children have many opportunities for socialization the board considered the opportunities and aiso also tile the expense of running one and two teacher schools as compared to transporting the children and decided to try for this year the closing of a few ot of these schools and transporting the children the following places were considered tho the children of hatton will bo be trang transported ported to kanosh there are 18 to 20 children tile the distance Is 4 miles tile tho road Is graveled ill all the way 1 tho the 10 11 and 12 grado grade students of kanosh and all high school students of meadow will be brought to fillmore high school one big truck track can serve both towns there are arc about 40 children to bo be transported As an experiment this year tile the board is going to run a truck from helpio thru holden to Fil fillmore linore there are about 65 children in the 10 11 and 12 grades in these two towns whether it Is feasible to transport children that far or not la Is yet to be proven it can call bo be economically done it if it Is not too hard on students children from haw bush and greenwood both elementary and high school will bo brought to ajol den there are about 30 students children from and pall pah vant will be transported fillmore there are sonic some 35 elementary children in flowell and 15 high school students there also there are about 20 in Pa Pah vant livant A truck will run from Afe McCorn Cornick lck to delta tor for high school and junior high students there are about 20 children to bo be transported others will be picked up at harding the south tract children will have the same transports trans tion arrangement as they have ila hail this year there are about 80 children tho the north tract will have a similar arrangement to this icar ear except that it if the roads are coin ile toly graveled along the rout one largo arge truck would be more economical ind ana better than two smaller ones there app approximately roxi go children A truck will run front from oak city to delta carrying about 30 children A truck from oasis to high school will operate tor for about GO 60 children another ono one from sunflower thru abraham to hill hanck k ley all the children at sunflower and probably the seventh and eighth grades at abraham and all the high school students along the route this will accommodate 45 to GO 60 children while such a transportation system will be ba a greater gross expense than at present it will be a great in that it will save gave the salary of 9 teachers 6 jeni janitors tors and anco ance of 6 schools which expense Is approximately a year |