Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-12
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Weber county superintendent Public
Schools.
VERSAL, uin,Ah County, Utah.
December II, 1891.


December IL, 1891.
HoS. ARTHUR l.. THOMAS, Governor
uiah rcul.u,y,
Dear 3ir--Nolr communication Of
Nov. Oh, has Just been received, and
In reply beg 10 say that tIo greatest
trouble experienced In the operation "
the school law has bUcu IN the "pcr
capita" apyor,ionment Of the school
funds. In this county the people nre
very much scattered aud the school
population Ia the vnrl0ua districts
necessarily small, varying from thirty
10 iifty-the law provides that where
there are twenty children Of school age,
n district may be organized for their
benefit, ami this we believe 10 be n
very wise provision, but where the ap.
Precipitation ~ made "per capitsn aud
1.-THE per capitaH does not exceed $500
the sum thus realized II totally made.
quutr 10 meet the requirements VI the
Case-ior Instance, n district with AZ
enumeration OF thiyty,. nj $500 "per
capita" receives $3.50 and the cost Of
running three terms Of school,
az tho law requires, would
bu $500, being At the rate u $40 per
month compensation 70 tie teacher,
ss small a salary a. can be paid 10 any
person qualified 10 teach. az Ia the
general hentimeut IN this county thNt
the lUngih OF limo that o school Ia re-
quired 10 he kept In session should not
be- fcducud.l
The method Of spporlionlng the school
funds "per capiia" works all right In
cities Of population, hut not IN scatter.
81 communities. Al small districts
In this county nre in debt Tor tnitiuu
aud they nnXi1usly look 10 tho forth
coming Legislature Tor redress.
In rcgprl 20 tho assessment of
special school taxes, Il. believed that
n time, say May lst,Or any time agreed
upon, should bee vet, upon which date,
the assessor shluii hssUs4 an stock to
the district wherein such stock j.
found, Tor tho reason that where stock
a. ssS ssspd In The district In winch tho
owner reside, IL takes from the outlying
districts the only wealth 20 be found IN
these districts aud precluIcs the posi-.
hIhty OF these districts erecting and
furnishing good, comfortable anl IL.
spectacle school hOusra.
II n believed that the services Of the
trustees of a dlatric, should be ncknowl.
hNEf"Nf NANA hAAhN - AANAAAAlNH HNAAA
should be prov idcd-the present law
does not mention this--als0 that tho
law should make Il obligatory upon the
trustees Of any district 20 turn over Ia
an adjoining district the appropriation
Tor all children who attend the school
In any such adjoining district; at pres.
out II IL optional with the trislecs, aud
II has boon the cause Of much unploas.
RutnU-s.
Experience warrant. the assertion
that a salary for the superintendent
would hc more 20 the interest Of the
schools than per diem, for tho reason
that the smbers Of the county court,
not being mbucd with progressive eli.
vocational principle, believe that only
those duties whicl &c law says shai.
be- performed, should be attend.
Ell 10, and such 90 the law says
may he performed should be allowed "a
pas, the court deeming that the less
! that 4 paid 10 the superintendent the
more saved 10 the county, aud In this
way the superintendent IA handicap.
ped aud always under the npprohcn
sion that his services being unappre.
ciited, will ALEC be diaallOwel.
Much means have been lost during
the ia pact year 10 tho schools Of this
county, by the action OF tho county
cour, only laying Oh into school dis.
/ trlcis about one twentieth part OF Che
county aud II would seem advieahlt
that the law should plainly state thai
no part or portion Of any county should
| be loft outuf a school district.
| IL IL also thought that tho county
school tax should bo raised TO thre,
| milla.
I am, very respectfully
T.. q. DE l'RtEs,