Show School Budget Gains Plaudits Davis Is a school district that at has had a terrific grow growth thin in inI Ine the the e past several years Supt H I Bernell Wrigley said as he heI opened the school board budget I I bearing he hethe wing He commented that of the nearly 32 2 thousand ex exI exacted expected ex- ex enrollment for the fallI fall I acted term 40 will be federally con con- I HE SAID the assessed valuation tion HOD in the county Is the lowest I per r child in the state and that If I I- It t were not for monies secured from the state board on equalization equalization equalization formulas and federal funds the budget would be an entirely different one j In discussing the growth in Dads Davis School District in relation relation relation rela rela- tion to the rest of the state auditor Lewis R R. R Beck commented commented commented com com- that a off leveling process seems to be underway through the state as a whole according to the state board BUT HE SAID from all indications indications indications indi indi- it is apparently not affecting affecting af affecting af- af Davis District Unique to Davis are census figures which show relatively few gen roa I rear fear r olds under one year WJ if If we re were leveling off he said It 11 would be larger People are moving into Davis with two three and four children Supt W Wrigley rig ley noted that movement through the school system gives a pretty good in- in of gro growth h. h He said that although the difference between b the he number in sixth grade and the he number in first is not as great as It once was there Is still 1111 a great difference in the Size sire of ot the graduating class in inc c comparison to the much larger number of first graders entering enter enter- ing g the school system TACK JACK LSON executive secretary secretary sec sec- wiTh wilh the Utah Taxpayers Association who attended the hearing complimented the board on its excellent manage manage- ment He said you Tou are completely completely completely com com- accurate and informed In in- in I formed Yours Is one of the outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing budgets that we have examined I He outlined some indicators which the association considers when measuring efficiency O Ong Og of them is per capita expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures where re the association compares a district with its previous years year's budget and with other districts of roughly the same same size FOR E EXAMPLE X A Di P L E he said during 66 1965 Davis District spent per student in comparison comparison com com- I I parison to Granite which spent I I Weber Jordan and Alpine The Ther r group average was per student student stu stu- dent compared to the state av average average average av- av of In comparing teacher pupil-teacher ratio the teachers teacher's classroom load Davis ls is Granite is 1263 Weber is Jordan i is s Alpine is The group average Is ALTHOUGH D Davis a vi s Is 4 above the group and 8 above the state average the trend within Davis District is down down- ward Mr Olson pointed out that In 61 1960 the pupil teacher ra ra- ra tio was In 66 1965 It was I which represents a crease The trend in teachers' teachers salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries within the district has been upward over the same per per- See BUDGET on Page 2 Budget Continued from Front Page pod iod In 61 1960 average salary was which increased yearly to in 1965 THE CURRENT average salary salary salary sal sal- ary Mr Olson said is representing a 7 Increase in one year With an assessed valuation valuation valuation val val- of 2637 per child which Is 53 below the state average the Taxpayers' Taxpayers Association wonders if it the district can af afford afford afford af- af ford to go too far above the state average of The budget for 68 1967 with an estimated 1290 distribution units and an estimated assessed val valuation u a ti 0 n of Is Of this amount is in federal funds coming into the district through the National Defense Education Act Project Head Start administered through CAP Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 Title I n II and III HI monies American Values Program and Federal Assistance PI ESTIMATED expenses for 68 1967 are administration Instruction I school services operation of plant maintenance of plant fixed charges community community community com com- service operation operation operation opera opera- tion of federal programs and school lunch program funds of capital outlay y and debt service 4 v lk Ik |