Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-14
EetsEi OF DEEEciTEs.
TIE Public Schools.

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There, is no subject conuected with
state affairs in which the great mass Of.
the people are more direatIy interested
than in the management ofthe Public
Schools. In this county the, large NUM-
Der opened and the large attendance
show that our people are anxious to
educate Their children and make good
use Of the means provided for this pur-
pose. When school funds were not
sghicient our people at once. made pro1
vision for boarding the teachers and in
some cases supplemented .the, salary. );
Trustees in order to accommodate every
neighborhood reduced the salaries until;
they have driven many Of the best
teachers into other business and it u.s.
really difficult to Secure persons Of Or
binary attainnlents to supply the
schools. For a while We received from
the state one dollar for each child Be-
tween the ages offs and 81 years. Then
We did not receivezt hesfull amount due
US. : Last yearthe- Stale fund for this
county, in addition to the amount. that
had been annually with held, was res
ducedfthe further sum ofdtwo thousand
dollars. Instead ofreeeiyine $500? asi
heretofore, we received last year only
1854. j0-re dueingi the amount (which
trustees had eTeryfeaseh TO- expect to-
The extent Of s2015.50. For this balance
the,auditpr gives US the encouraging
statement that lie slopes to turn it over
shortly. The law provides that NO
state money shah be paid forsIa public
free school in any school district until
there IS filed with the county Superin-
tendenta written statement, signed by
The chairman and clerk of the board of
district school tru; tees, testifying that.
the school has been kept in operation
fol- five, months during the current
school year, or that arrangements have
been made which. will secure the keep
ing it in operation that length of time"
From the reading Of which it is evident
that school trustees must open. cnlys
many schools as they can keepin opera
ton for five months. Some neighbor-
hoods must be without schools. and the
question must be determined as to the
responsibilltyfor this state Of affairs.
school officers are expected aud re-
CURED to perform their duties the
law sets forth what dates are, the
funds to enable them to supply every
neighoorhood with schools are wanting
andthe question naturally occurs why
are the funds wanting !? Let Us examine
the subject thoroughly and fad out
where the responsibility should be
placed isI 1ao tfs'' ~ 4a1a5 2,t 80
The.tax for school purposes is lot
entirely dependent upon the Legis-
lature. The constitution provides that
THE general assembly shah apply the
:. L - y =
ann 1 interest y r on the lteraryfund, the
capi I''l' tax PROVIDED ior ny TINS con-
satut apns Tor pnplIc nee s school purposes
aadan annuai TAX upon the property OF
the state o. pot less 5, Shan one MIL nor
more man I'VE I'VE hlii.s on.lhg aoliaf Ioff
'ne e9pal oeh gene, lis O an me people ISne
s.a'e' liie husn 1eln o. ehiiarsh pet E1een
tne ages q s, i've ana tWehly-one years s.
"a each pu9sic lEee scno e'la alstFlct;e psin9
she pass a q saqh aAsis!on i2 NJ tafal5 II
iatuFe uhasF s tllls pf9sislo2ha canhot I'M 4
pose lof lals purpose Al, TAX q iess fhai i
enc NIT 4iifh s ID h avg s1 lnp fhs
minimum a ,aA, sas pSoP4e shaYs palaliE.
ana yel = nag la III. . r ssf sne see0oi
aulh9flsie S aslF pe leslslaslls eahFa2 az
psoprlq.e ths money ip lef aqs 0ligr q 9ff
pose ali hsy hass d x tiss = na IS, any y
law q e9l'fael y aqA k, ,aasdW 9 9y ?
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