Show PARENTS PRESENT resolutions ONS TO THE BOARD OF OE EDUCATION I 1 I 1 mattero matter of t closing schools discussed pro and con at the H high ig 1 t school on parents day majority favor borrowing money to continue full T tern e r n u 4 I 1 to the members of the board of education uca tion millard county school mat Gon gentlemen flowen 0 0 aap at p meeting of the parent teachers asso association bation pt fillmore hold about three weeks ago the anjou announcement 1 nee was made that the term terin of school which your ignorable iono rable body 4 lid had designated to conti continue nit 0 in session until about labout the ath day of may mal 0 would be shortened from one to two months because of an insufficient amount of 0 finances this announcement was not plea pleasing sing to tha eppe eople ent and they accord in hinfy I 1 instructed their president 5 mr B glen kenney to appoint a committee to investigate the financial condition ortho ov the county school c hoot district and report to the clift falmore more parent Tea teachers cherif association prior to 0 your bouy 1 faceting scheduled tor for mar mar aih this the perso personnel anel of this committee consisted of alonzo huntsman T clark caluster Callist erand and 0 H day these gentlemen in with their instructions made a carb careful fitl inep investigation staga of the finances of the school district and incorporated thel their find ing anga into a report r P copy of which la Is heroal herewith ith submitted Q the report was presented at a meeting of the parents and tea teachers teach cheis eTs during parents day ot at the high school in Fil fillmore linore on february where there were assembled about parents and taxpayers from fill more Kanosh Meadow holden set plo Pa Pah vant livant kind and hatton there was considerable discussion that airoso in regard to the substance of the recommendation which this meeting should make to the blaid board there was ona bow who bell believed eved that the doad shoals borrow money to tho the limit of its available resources ces to run school as longas longsam possible eai and there waa ano 0 ther group who believed belf eved that when tho funds of the district are exhausted itha schools bli should close regardless ai of the amount of questionable delinquent taxes that may be exposed to be ba paid after this fiscal year yar terminates however there are tap twp reports submitted in the form of resolutions the resolutions that follow first were adopted by the majority of tile the people present at the meeting Q MAJORITY WHEREAS from a report of a committee of ho parent Tea teachers cheis alsoc assoc association aaion of Fil filamore finore appold appoint e to investigate the financial condition of the miniard school district rumor having it that the schools would have to close bJ because cause of lacks lack 0 of f funds we 9 get t the following i tion L 13 1 that about 26 25 percent t oti the tha taxes of til the 3 county are still unpaid and that funds have been aval available table the care for about 75 percent oi of the school budget 2 that hat the building fund has been used r lo 10 0 c full percent ol 01 0 the budget a 3 that the school district Is now without oper operating eting funds 4 that the school district is in deate ain in the amo amount u nt of 0 borrowed on this yeara taxes tor for the C a of school operation THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the taxpayers assembled aa a the millard county count y high Scho School oIZ this 28 day of february 1930 to C that iw aare S are opposed to i and condemn the p policy icy of some people of this county tor for not paying their chef r tm tap eg 66 thug thu impairing t tha if et slid and probable existence ot of 0 our U r schoola scho old andio pledge pleda e cur support morale moral filae kocor r act tah evil we deplore the tact that certain cartain of the funds ot of the Sool dis district dietric 0 which ch do noi contribute dire dl recto c att 0 the of th tha school scho schooler olor Jo r a a months unie time have been us tied lifto to a lull p percent r e recent of bf th bud get I 1 when the m operating funds atch as salaries uc etc which contribute dot to a full all school term hr have ve not nok bp been en carefully 7 C and pr properly 13 guided 1 I if L funds are available foi only of the budget we c feel that thai ander P edgr no rondi condition tion items on the budget which dd not a full chool cecelie fil amount as aa i acup t pin in tife le bup t toll ail all ali iberal y 2 J 0 a r n K which do to a full school tour aro aio fully and completely provided tor for in ili other words it if it 1 aj necessary to reduce any items in the hla EAt hp hauae of lock tf of 14 it should be which buto least to a full school term which in tn our opinion should not be less lesa than eight and a hat months and preferably preferably nine months a W we e are he heartily artely artily in accord with and al approve prove the budget system as provided by our law and insist upon a strict comp llari ce with it by the board ot oi education we do deplore alore tle the j fact that the district IW Is in debt and strongly urge that every effora bo chit forth corth by the board to pay oft off this indebtedness indebtedness by confining all expenditures to absolute feces necessities Af fies and once we are out of debt out of the two evils which now ILOW confront us that of borrowing money and second that of closing schools at this early date and thus thun violate the spirit of the contract entered into with our teachers by shorten ng t tile the school term we believe that me lesser of the I 1 lo 10 a the for former er and favor borrowing on aie districts resources it if these resources are sua such that you ca can n borrow on them such euch amounts as shall be actually necessary to continue the schools toi for a full term very respectfully submitted h alonzo huntsman Runts man T 0 callister Cal llster for the Mao majority rity MINORITY REPORT wa ve heartily agree laith with the majority it report with the exception of the last paragraph from we dissent and in keeping with the arguments presented at the ine reeling eting by alig all minority and jn in with the statements in this rega regard d mado made by y nu numerous mer 0 us taxpayers oilie odthe cun county in our hearing subsequent to this meeting we herewith offer trie alte loll 1011 following 7 WH we lye agree recommendations commendations incorporated in the i m majority report with the exception ex cepon of the last paragraph and in lieu of 1 1 this paragraph dosu we submit the following r abb IT pERE WITH RESOLVED ali t the B board of education to this that whenever the funds of the millard school dist refit are exhausted and it appears front the records of the county treasurer that the unpaid taxes tor for the current year will not b e w available within ako tko fiscal year during which they should be paid that un der no circumstances should Y be borrowed on these questionable resources and that schools should close r and other expenses ohp eibes curtailed until there Is available revenue for such und and that board pursue a policy ot of its avalia available lile revenue at all times a 0 0 respectfully submitted LI maurice lambert edward davies jr jrp for the minority a |