The record-union., 1891-02-10
THEY ARE NOT MIXED.
County Superintendent Howard on
the School District Boundaries.
Forgetfulness on the Part of the Super
visors-Lack of Interest In
the Country.

"The Board of Supervisors, through
their torgetfulness, have kicked up a
great row out in the country" said
County School Superintendent Howard
yesterday.
"How so ?" asked the RECORD UNION
man.
''Well, few days ago, while the Board
was in session, Chairman Greer called at
tention to complaint that had come in
from Alder Creek District that one of the
Trustees of that district had been gerry
wandered out of the district. The Chair
man then vacated the chair and made a
speech on what he was pleased to term
the 'mixed-up condition of the school
district boundaries and he suggested
that it was high time to have matters
Strengthened out The other Supervisors
fell right in. and an expert was employed
to attend to tho read adjustment-paying
particular attention to the school assess
mentS.
THEY FORGOT.
"Now," continued Mr.. Howard, "iust
see how forgetful the Supervisors WERE
In December last this same subject was
brought up by them, and / had the de-
scriptions of the boundaries prepared by
board approved these descriptions, and 1
remember that they were congratulating
themselves on the fact that these bounda-
ries had at last been Strengthened out.
These descriptions were prepared on the
basis of the original organization of
school districts, subject to legal changes
by the Board of Supervisors. The board
has no right or power, however, to change
the boundaries of any of these districts
except upon the receipt of a petition ask
ing for change, and that is what has
caused all the trouble this time.
''As soon as it became known in the
country, through the RECORD u MON,
that the board was making changes, my
Office was flooded with letters asking that
other changes be made. What will the
result be? Why, the boundaries never
will be settled.
ON THE WRONG TACK.
"I don't think,' resumed Mr.. Howard.
| ''that the board really meant this time to
change the boundaries. Instead think
! they only intended to have proper seq
regation of the property in the districts
that, think, is what they will have the ex-
pert they have employed do-and would
consider that very proper, as in the case
of the special tax levied last year there
were a great many complications. The
trouble is that the residents of the various
school districts do not keep themselves
posted as to the boundaries. Many of
them actually do not know what district
| they live in. Take the Alder Creek Dis
trict case, which the Supervisors consid-
cred last week, for instance. In that mat
ter one of the Trustees Of that District hap
pened to pick up one of our pamphlets
containing the boundary descriptions,
and to his establishment found that he
was not resident of that district at all.
Now, in conclusion, 1 would like to
l-a n fn on
the country people. II the board will
simply let the boundaries stand as they
are now and make no more changes, a
great many complications can be avoided.
Also, if the residents of these school dis
tricts will just read the pamphlets that
have been sent out to them, and find out
reached; and, finally, both should see
that the assessments are properly made
this Yearn