Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-03-16 | Page 4 | Money for the City Schools

oo MONEY FOR THE CITY SCHOOLS. One well informed on the conditions condi-tions of the school buildings of Ogden declares that at least three of the Structures present serious hazards of life in that they arc firetraps. He further states that $20,000 a year is neing spent in repairs on these antiquated anti-quated buildings which should go into Slew construction, but neither the danger dan-ger of fire nor the waste in repairs 'can be eliminated, if the board of education ed-ucation is not supplied with fund-' for run extensive building program, and "he places the minimum sum needed su $100,000. I The city board of education, it is ur opinion, would be granted bonding flower up to $200,000. if the issue were submitted to the taxpayers. Whenever it is made clear to the fearents of the children who are attending at-tending our schools that there is real danger of fire in the old buildings, the Hiond will be voted without dela. One of the essentials in dressing p for the fair of 1919 is to bring Hur schools, in every' feature, up to ithp standard of the most progressive schools in the United States, and the -K-r- first move in that direction must te a campaign of construction, during Hhich buildings not sanitary, and un tfe because of fire risks shall no jenger conlinue to menace the v.ej-ifftre v.ej-ifftre of the children of the commun-Ity. commun-Ity. We are informed Lcs Angeles in 1912, voted $6,000,000 in school bonds, the funds to be spent over a period of three years. At the same ratio, population considered, Ogden should authorize an expenditure of $500,000 3n the next three years. Ogden is growing and with the ; irrowth must come more and better schools. Good schools will attract more home builders and, in turn the obligation obli-gation of meeting the bonded indebtedness, indebt-edness, will fall on 9 larger numbpr kof taxpayers and no one will experience exper-ience an added burden.