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Show I1 !j SCHOOLS ILL CLOSE ONIliffl'S M BIRTHDAY ! ' j, V: j The second semester of the school I A ffl year of the Ogden public schools will ' i 'T commence February -1, Monday, the ill lrst semester ending next Friday, I rl February 1. All . of the new courses I I if are fullv Prepared and work will begin J 1 in ful1 force 011 Monday, according to I Supt. Johnson. t 'I i The DOar oE education has decided IM' nave n school session on February ( j , 22, Washington's birthday. , Jiy ''1 Several persons living outside Og- '.! i den city, but owning property and ' l paying taxes in the city, have signed ' in a Petition to the board of education ; f$ asking that their children be allowed 1 i h1, to attend the city schools without the ) ' i III I payment of tuition. Students residing I i'I'VJI outside of Ogden city have been pay- t ing tuition for their instruction in the , C city schools, as this method has been i , li thought fair in adjusting the differ- ' U-'l ence from the state school apportion- j ment funds. Students belonging to , I ji the county come in for the per capita ' k) apportionment and when they go to , ' the city schools the city bears the ex- "' fji pensc and receives none of the funds. 1 t ff The tuition, charge was, therefore, adopted to equalize the matter. The l board has decided in the case qf the j' petition that no rule should be 'made ' , but that each case should be decided i, individually. |