Show public hearing on school board request draws fire foreigners advised to teach children lessons at home 1 tte the final minutes of the nid mid zoath metting a of the carbon county co commissioners contains v this entry at A meeting of the board boad of county commissioners held tuesday marafa 23 1932 at 2 30 p til nl for the purpose of deciding whether or not an ad dit ional one mul levy 1 be given the carbon county school board for general maintenance and operations it was ab agreed the one mill levy bo be denied as the commissioners think this question should be decided by a vote of the people I 1 I 1 io 0 the parent parents of the carbon school di district including the foreign born should teach their children at home next year and thui thus make up for a short term rather than permit the school board to divert one mill from the sinking fund into opera ting expenses for a nine month term wa was the declaration of knox patterson speaking for certain price irice interests before the county commissioners monday night other price men speaking against the grant of a mill for a nine month term were james 11 II braffet and R J tumor turner and IT J binch of salt lake like city attorney for the utah fuel company with large holdings in carbon county principally at castle cattle gate and Sunn was against the grant the advice of the utah fuel attorney wa was to the effect that the carbon school board retrench to the utmost in other word R be content to run the s hooli as is long as possible on what revenue they coula get without this mill and let it go at that the utah fuel holdings by this proc edum would have bave lighter taxes tares of course in answer to mr aft pinch it was pointed out by superintendent W IV christensen tint the school board had already heeded the ad vice to retrench 40 0 o the extent of eliminating six teachers from the payroll and the curtailed budget for next text year contemplates further elimination of u h least five from the present teaching force include ing the primary supervisor in view of a rising delinquent tax list from 4 per cent to 14 per cent this year over the last four years together with the appalling shrinkage in valuations according to mr chris tl tie e 1932 33 budget bontem plates eli rai ration of domestic and mechanic arts courses in many of the junior high departments from these considerations he argued that the school board had tried sensibly to meet the economic slump in school administration comparable with conduct in any private bus busl ness his ilia final word was a plea for funds to maintain the standards of 0 carbon county schools by not rais ing the levy above that of the last tao years mills but to leave it as it was and permit the diverting of one mill bior lor operating coula clial otherwise would to the sinking ng fund and in view of the h heavy e avy in ln flux to the already overcrowded high school for next year make makes more operating funds imperative charles beger member er of the school board from helper argued that tt abo 0 o request of the board was not to raise taxes but a device to ands brid over the effects of depres em sin and preserve today for the children of the county the aduca lional advantages without which they will be h tomorrow charge charges in effect that the corn com ners had bad inee ainee a for mer met meeting from a faro favorable rable to unfavorable attitude aowad tofu d the me school request made by A L barnes member from wellington drew tire fire from chairman walter knox and commissioner W 13 of castle G gite ite both of whom sharply averred that at no time had a commitment been made so that the expressed opinion was unfounded commissioner W J bela was also present R J vaughn general and C R beveridge Beverl dge ep both of the utah railway spoke floday in favor of giving the schools the one mill for operating purposes aa as aleo alao did r P r fisher representing aa as he said the kiwan is club of helper B W dalton profess professing irig to represent no faction or opinion but buthals his own declared that all we live for is our children and wo we mast must not count dollar when their welfare is I 1 at stake I 1 am for granting the school board what the ask |