The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-04
Board of Education Makes
Stringent Nonresident Rules.
Those In the Ward Schools
Charged 50 Per Month.
A FUSS OVER EXTRAS.
Added Expense in Manual Train
ing High School.
Question of HIntakes" Is Bone
Of Contention.
A FUSS OVER EXTRAS.

that no children VINO DelOnS OulSlue
the city shall be allowed to attend the
public schools without paying tuition
Tuition in the high school will be four
dollars a month and in the graded
schools two dollars month.
The board adopted a set of rules to
govern the attendance and tuition
problems. and ordered that those rules
be followed. For years the board of
education has been in a quandary
about out of town pupils at the city
schools and while the board members
have fused and fretted nothing has
been done about it. Two years ago
Superintendent Davidson was ordered
to see that every child from out OF
town pay tuition. For a few weeks
this rule was enforced but soon the
children and their friends appeared
before the board members and put up
excuses and hard luck stories Wh1cn
moved the kind hearted members of
the board to making exceptions After
one exception had been made then
every one who wished to came in I'M
der the exception clause and soon the
resolution to collect tuition was for
gotten.
The board believes that if every
child attending the public school, who
is not entitled by law to attend with
out paying tuition, will be made TO
pay that the result will be about $4,000
q year in the school treasury.
the regular meeting III oCPACAA7
Der Edward Wilder and E. E. Miller
were appointed a committee to pre-
pare rules to govern tuition from nom
residents. The rules were submitted
at last nights meeting and adopted as
follows:
L Children whose parents live out
side of the city limits are required to
pay tuition fees of So per school
school and 81 per school month in the
high school. All such pupils are re
Quired to register at the office OF the
superintendent and to present to the
principal an admission card signed by
the superintendent before they can De
admitted to any school
2 Tuition is to be collected in ad-
vance during the first week in each
school month by the principals of the
various buildings. Principals are re
9uired to exclude nonresident pupils
Aho fail to comply with this provision
- g. On the Saturday following the
Fourth week of each school month
principals are required to report all
collections in a book furnished bys the
clerk of the board, and TO pay all
money collected to the treasurer of the
board.
4. Non-residents who pay taxes on
property in the city of Topeka may
receive credit for the amount of tax
for school purposes which they pay on
their children. for the year in which
such tax is paid.
5. The following are considered
resident children in the city of To-
peka;
Ca) Children whose parents live
within the city limits.
OBJ Legally adopted children whose |
parents by adoption live with the city
limits.
Co Orphans living within the city !
limits Cboth parents being dead).
CD Children whose parents do not
contribute to their support, and VINO
Z, in "a ri
6. All applications of non-residents |
and of children applying under CD |
above for free tuition must be referred
by the principals to the superintendent
7. Any exceptions to the above
rules are to be referred to the proper
committee and by such committee re-
ported to the board with recommends /
tons.
Nh Wilson, chairman of the build /
ing committee Iivened up last nights /
meeting of the board by reporting that /
8 intake wells to supply fresh air for /
the high school heating plant are
needed and that they will cost sos. |
rs it necessary that this be done2"
asked Mr.. ROudebush-
I'VE might spend $50 for a tenn |
porary structure, said Mr.. Wilson, |
but later it would have to be made /
to correspond to the building"
This comes as a surprise to me-"
said Judge Carver. Il did not antici-
pate any such expenditure and if we
keep on this way where will We land =?
The question is where will we
land said Judge Carver. I'VE have /
had work done in changing the Office
rooms in the high school, not done |
under a contract, that may run up to
$4,000 or $4,000. The SIS, 900 that
we have to expend for such purposes
will not last long at this rate
81 would suggest that we make some
temporary provision instead of ex-
pending such sum- said Luther
Bailey.
Have you any idea where we will
land2' Judge Carver asked of Edward |
Wilder, chairman of the finance COM
mittee.
are entered" said Mr.. Wilder
Mr. Wilder wished the matter to
be left for him to find out what a
temporary intake will cost, then tele-
phone the members of the board and
ask the members whether to build a
temporary or permanent intake
Il move as a substitute said Mr.
Roudebush, that temporary intakes
be built
II believe in saving money" said
Mr. Wilder. but do not favor spend
ing 500 for a temporary affair when |
a substantial intake can be built for
$500"
Il don't believe in voting by tele-
phone" said Mr. Roudebush. I'VE don't
know how the members would vote buf
the work would go on just the same.s
The final decision was that the esti-
mate on a temporary intake be secured
and that the board meet next Monday
to decide
Mr.. Wilson reported that the heating
contractors, Lewis & Kitchen would
put in pipes and radiators for heating
an extra basement room in the manu-
al school basement for s175.
This is something else not heretofore
figured on" said Judge Carver I'VE
will run short of money on the manual
training school before we get done and