Show SCHOOL superintendent thes CUT I 1 in order to help the financial situation supt bupt H lloyd hansen voluntarily offers to take cut of bf the special of the alii school bool board held last saturday satin day afternoon was a hectic session in many wa ways ys and proved a hard session for or the members were hard haid put to it ways to trim the financial require clients of the district strict df to meet the lowered d il revenue evenue for the year about one quarter ot 0 the assessed valuation of the county lini lias been cut clit 0 ott ff and without a much larger tax r rate it to the revenue will be I 1 that hat much loner than last year ear faced with nith a heay deficit doll cit the pru brunning nning knife was put to work on every possible expenditure 11 listed tell ou on the budget to the halt bah rolling ro ailing an nna to show his gond will anil and intentions the H H lloyd hanson made an aflfe arfer r to the li e board to accept a reduction induction of in his salary lary as supt and clerk of the board TI this Is will make bis salary as supt bupt 1700 and as clerk tills this voluntary action on the part pait of mr air if atanson anson was very d creditable evitable edi table sad and was lainily received by tile the bond board it VPS ivas a bit big help to them and a big loss to mr hanson for lew few men are aio willing to offer to take such a big reduction in their pay parris hauls ft 11 cut cui of 15 in ili his pay as teacher ambrose andorson anderson applied to tile the board foi help in ili the file of his children chil dien to the lie monticello schools antl and allter much discussion it was voted to take the matter under advisement adi dut cut little hope wab held out to air anderson that the tha board would bo be able to to do anything tills this year due to the lie lack of funds it was voted to open the schools on monday september and there will bo be the regular eight months term teim A saving was road mad of in the matter or of school bonds by ing of tile the bonds to the sinking milking fund and they will be ettril can led ell by the board instead of by outside interests while tile the saying saving is not great it la quite a little in these times anu i shaft allows s that tile the board is on the job to save every cent it can while the problem of the tea teachers cheis eis deac s sal lai ailes jes Is a bard one every teacher under contract will ho be asked to rc ac apt a voluntary reduction this year to enable the schools to rive give thu the pupils all eight months term the following Is a statement writ vilt jin tta by b pres pies J D parris hairls of tile school dodril doard and is published a aa given to us f 1 A serious situation the rhe board meeting on saturday satin day turned out to be a very interesting cession it if the ends of oc education in tile the district could fiade been properly erly met it Is certain the board mem bars lieis would have resigned ani teen been glai to forget that they had bad ever bligny bli iny 1 rc billt vialle r than I 1 ian I 1 to fo have done on athal seemed tt the flie only way ay out of cheti difficulties on account of oc the twenty five per pei cent shrinkage in tile the assess assessed e d valuations avei the audret assell assumptions ill and with one mill less thin than wu de deemed aenied t necessity necess iry gitil witch the higher it Is iiii pos possible sibl e to meet the school budget with alrith the tc all 1111 under contract ln sinking funds ard and fixed charges impossible to change are aie tile the major part pait or of tie the educational expense the thing amounts ini to a real tia gedy the very cy unfortunate ate economic situation prevailing none ot of oil taxpayers prospering and the baige majority of whom being cally call stranded with out ont ever fair prospects of facing the coming conin wina ln tei let ther I 1 is nothing noth lne in the iho labor situation to j justify any expectation of all ovation the 1 I lie ninnor pirt part of ill alif road lorid work in the county having gone to outside contractors who it liac diac are nut bapa ina in a position to use our surplus labor laboi and the hie work stork which has been evalla ble while it seelim to hiie have been justly distributed to those thoc most mosi urgently in need has not cot been ade quale to I 1 meet more moie thin than present living n needs eeds with a sincere or oe this roost arilous lous situation llie hie blaid of 01 education has ins been forced to continued on page 5 |