Show items from the local board of education repair and remodeling projects in cooperation with FERA are nearing completion work now in progress la Is the remodeling ng of the old chemistry laboratory in the lincoln school into a 11 well appointed classroom this involves also tin an overhauling of 0 the basement corridors the tha w work ork will be completed by the end of ne next at week for 8 number of months by permission or of the board of education the county PEBA FERA committee has been using the upper floor of the washington school for office space recently permission was granted to an organization of the unemployed to use one of the downstairs rooms tor for a meeting place mr dan cunningham janitor at lincoln Is in the holy cross hospital convalescing vales cing from an operation on his or arm m temporarily the board has chosen b mr ard sam kidder to serve in the absence of mr cunningham mrs J H wiley has been chosen as census enumerator tor for the present year the census taking period extends from october to october slat both dates inclusive the public Is urged to cooper co oper ate with mrs wiley to the end that each child between the ages of 6 and 18 Is enumerated the state appropriation of not to exceed 25 dollars per child Is madle made on the basis of the census each dollar I 1 0 th the a per co capita P its tax W received fron from tb the ole local taxes oy by a at state te tends to lower similar amount classes throughout the schools are now properly organized numbers are still jar large but not oppressively so unless there Is a further marked increase in enrollment the present organization will likely prevail for the year at its last regular meeting the board authorized purchase of cleveland sousaphone pho no and bell lyra these instruments will further strengthen and balance the band C preston allen alien and company of salt lake city certified public accountants are now engaged in a thorough audit of the accounts of the board since the law was P passed asod in 1925 requiring all public bodies to have audits regularly park city school district has rigidly adhered to this the law provides that au aits must be made at least each oien frequently park city school ac j eu e counts u ts have been audited u didd each year to the credit of the boa board rd and its executive officers mr it Is worthy to note that there he has s never occurred the misappropriation ot 1 one cent ot of public money furthermore tor for a long series of consecutive years yeara operating expenditures have invariably been held within operating income during the depression all budget items have been parel pared to the bone this his has been true of the item of text books and library equipment as well as other items necessity compelled large purchases of books this year since the old books were practically useless thus far about 1500 has been spent tor for text books and tor for library books park city is one ot of the very few school districts in utah that furnishes text books free to high school pupils the law makes it manda i tory on boards of education to furnish books and ana supplies to pupils in grades one to eight inclusive above grade eight there Is no legal obligation |