| Show SCHOOL SITUATION IS EXPLAINED loan to school district would not raise rate of school tax levy levu at a recent gathering of taxpayers county superintendent lewis explained how the war period had caught the district in the middle of its building program and increased building costs so mu much aih that the board had been forced to put 15 from its maintenance fund into the buildings he showed that there was the amount of uncollected school taxes for 1919 and uncollected taxes for 1920 making a deficit in the maintenance fund of the uncollected taxes will come in injates inja later ter but not in time to pay this years expenses banks will lend the board the needed provided the taxpayers will authorize the loan then the board can repay the loan out of the next two years tax funds kwit without hout raising the county tax levy the exact figures covering the whole proposition were given by dr macfarlane of the board one source of added revenue for future years is the new state law insuring to each child of school age 25 from the state fund instead of the 14 a year h he has been getting under the old law the fact was also made plain that owing to the past flu epidemics which shortened the school years the rh children ildren could not po possibly sibly be promoted as they should be unless school could run to the last of april that retardation would cost the parents much more than would even a raise in the tax levy the following table was submitted on the cost of retardation in the cedar schools alone actual amount of money required ired to keep a child in sch school one year 1919 prices children retarded one year at children retarded two years 68 71 children retarded three years i 16 children retarded four years 7 children retarded five years 3 children retarded six years total cost of retardation in cedar As it it appears from the figures to vote the board authority to secure a loan and keep the school going to april would save the taxpayers money A boy who stays in school a year longer than usually necessary not only uses up that much of the school funds for books supplies and teachers salary but he loses a year of earnings that may mean much to himself and his parents |
