Show WHY WE SHOULD VOTE FOR THE 5 MILL TAX replying to an aruzle appear in ing g in the duches ducheane ne record of ap april ril ath over the signature of J F hoyt there is a motive behind this attack on the public school tern of duchesne county which we will analyze mr hoyt for some four years past has been principal of the high school drawing the highest salary of any teacher in the county now since the board of education finding that the high school required e d a stronger personality at its lead head dropped mr hoyt from the faculty for the coming year it is a clear case of base ingratitude ion his part and shows more forcibly the calibre of the man than anything the writer can say would should do for actions speak plainer than words ile he says with wise admin adain the schools of the coun ity ty ought to get along with the revenue of last year or less the board has been careful at all times to get full value for the money expended and in the purchase of school furniture supplies and fuel has saved the district many hundreds of dollars by careful management and even then our revenues for the year will fall fal I 1 approximately short of meeting our obligations for the year and next year the increase in school population will necesse necessitate esst ate at least ten additional teachers which ch means ten more school rooms with de desks akst stoves text books supplies and fuel the salaries alone will amoun amount t to more than per creased expenditure of about one sixth over t this his year then how can call the revenues of last year or less be stretched to meet the obligations of the district especially as we wi wish sh to have ei eight months of school instead of seven there is absolutely no argument in his statements several new school houses were built last fall he says in which he shows his ignorance upon this matter as he has done on everything else connected with the business management of the schools of duchesne county as not one building has been constructed ted by the board during the year it is true that was expended in completing the monarch school house begun by the cedarview Ced arview school board the building erected at mt emmons was built by the citizen of that locality and rented by the district and these were the only school buildings constructed or finished during the year ife he says if the teachers of the county are true teachers and more interested in the children I 1 than in a pay check they will be willing to teach at the same salary as last year in a letter written to mr hoyt before the of school the present year by the writer lie he suggested that the faculty should get out and work to increase the attendance at the high school but instead of doing this he applied to the board for ian an appropriation of 5 with which to pay postage on literature sent out by mm him now had he been a true teacher and more interested in the eh children ildren than in his pay check would he not have gotten out and personally worked for the success of the school in view of the fact that mr hoyt has no children to enjoy the advantages of better schools coupled with the fact that he be will not be employed in the tha schools of duchesne county the coming corning year we do not have to go far to find his motive in in klocki knocking ng to the schools which from sheer gratitude for past favors enjoyed by him he is really I 1 in duty bound to boost I 1 H P OTTOSEN i vice president board education |