Show 1 dias ar I 1 N C OTT U ir WANTS I 1 TO T U KNOW WHY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MADE CERTAIN PURCHASES he believes the schools are arc poorly supervised by superintendent al lison ilson an open letter I 1 editor standard mr gwilliams in his attempted justification of the course of the school board in selling tho high school bonds shows a dedee ai ee 0 of f dexterity in the manipulation of figures which may have been sharpened by eight years experience in figuring in board of education cou coad tracts however figures may bo be concealed or even made to lie but truth crushed to earth will ris rise ragain the facts are that the bonds were sold three or four months before tile the money could be used and interest is being paid pending the action of the money for the purpose for which it was raised it is an inc incontrovertible 0 11 tro fact that at the time the bonds were sold gold while the result of the national election was uncertain money was held closer and exchange higher than at the present time accordingly the bonds would now command a higher market than then money now being easier every dollar they were discounted was a lo los lops s to the school fund every dollar paid in interest less the interest re C ived between date of sale and date of its expenditure is a loss joss to tile the school fund had the school board taken mr kiesel into its confidence there was no reasonable request or favor that ho hie would not have granted mr kiesel would never have rushed the boar 1 or put it to inconvenience or financing finances finan cini 1 loss and he stands ready today to grant any concessions favoring postponement pon ement of contract pending th the qualification of the new board to be e elected acted take mr kiesel into your confidence and see sec what ho he will do it if the board is disposed to be fal to the public why does it not come squarely out and state the date the money began to draw interest and at what rate how much of the Is ie drawing interest in what banks bank is it deposited if mr air adams was given the title ot honorary assistant superintendent chy by not let his salary bo be also honorary Is it not a fact that the hon crary assistant superintendent attempts to do the work which the superintendent erin should properly do and that the superintendent so callert called who draws 2250 per year only sup er intends the janitors and buildings work which a good mechanic would do better at about one third the pay without quibbling and citing what is done in salt lake why dont tile the ogden school board employ a competent superintendent of the educational department of the schools who can ar and d will devote his time to the up building and betterment and elevation of the educational appointments of the schools and a good mechanical head to oversee the janitors and buil din thus saving money and securing beiter rp results how without incurring an additional heavy debt tor for the taxpayers to settle does the present board expect to build and furnish a billil ing with the furniture wid cost or more can this be mile without crippling the grade schools it if was needed to build the high school why did not the board ask the public to vote thai that amount from where is it coming plank no 4 in dr coulters Coulter 9 platform reads A strict business man t gement on basis of economy and boat results mr gwilliams says this plank is absolutely right and meets my full endorsement he then says A fine site on indiana avenue has been purchased for 2000 but mr gwilliams falls to explain to the public why the board bought this fine site ite from parties in the employ or OF the school board also why the board paid 2000 for this fine fite cite on a little side street when the same amount of ground in the adjoining lock block on a main thoroughfare and a finer site could at the time have been bought for less than one half ot of 2000 this would be taking tho public into the confidence of the board plank no 5 in dr C coulters teros platform roads reads publicity in school at a fairs take the people into the confidence ft of the board mr 1 fr gwilliams says 1 I endorse this plank without qualification nevertheless it Is a matter of history whether written or unwritten that the present doard has held many secret sessions lind I 1 presume there is at least one on record both notable and notorious in which some secret executive and action was taken when heads fell un dor the guillotine let others fall tn on election day to quote from one aho who vho knows know in fit order that there may be a beatr management and supervision of the city schools at less cost more elti clency in school work more economy in school funds and more publicity it in school affairs the public demands i 1 change in the personnel of the board of education Si signed gued C E COULTER ogden utah dec fat 1908 |