River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
Annual School Meeting.

District No l, of Troy, Kinnickin-
mic, River Falls and city of River
Falls, was heldgin the high school
room Monday evening. A. P. Weld
was elected chairman and in the
absence of the district clerk j. w.
T. Ames was elected secretary.
Minutes of the last annual meeting
read and approved. Report of the
district treasurer read, accepted
and placed on file. Report ofcom-
mittee appointed to audit books
and accounts of district read and
adopted.
Supervising Principal Ames read
the annual report of the schools and
gave the estimate of the board for
the ensuing year. The report
shows that there were taught in the
schools 537 pupils, l52 o. which
were enrolled in the high school
and sc of the, high school students
were non-residents of the district.
The amount of money received as
tuition fees from these non-resi-
dents was 81, 1880. The total cost
of running the schools for the year,
exclusive Of interest and building
bond, was $11 ,654 Al, for which the
district was directly taxed 81 800,
the balance coming from other
sources, indicated in the report of
the district treasurer.
The per capita cost of the schools
of this city was about $22, and of
the high school alone $26. Refer
ence to the biennial report of the
state superintendent shows that the
average per capita cost of all the
high schools of the state was nearly
$32, so that the. cost of our school
was about Is per cent less per CAPT
ia than the average cost of all
schools of it's class in the state.
The constant tendency to higher
wages in other lines of work calls
for higher wages to teachers and it
has been found necessary to in
crease the wages of some of the
! teachers.
IS The school building and contents
are insured for the sum of $40, 500,
about half the cost and but two
fifths of what it would cost to re-
place.
For some years the district has
raised barely enough money to pay
the running expenses of the school,
with the result that it has been
obliged to borrow at the beginning
of each year several thousand dol
lars to pay the expenses. of the
school until the taxes come in.
This last year the interest on the
money narrowed for this purpose
amounted to $72.22. It is the be-
| lief of the board that there should
be larger balance on hand at the
end of the year, so that there need
be little necessity for borrowing
ITO make start toward such larger
balance the board makes provision
in it's estimates for next years de-
mandS. -
ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
Following is a report of the
boards estimates of expenses for
the ensuing year:
Teachers wages S 8,468.00
Janitor 10000
Clerk $500
Light, water and power $4,000
Wood and coal 100000
Text books u 100000
Library books 10000
Apparatus and supplies 10000
Science Laboratory 10000
Insurance renewals 10000
Encyclopedia, per con-
tract 104.00
Repairs 10000
Incidentals $4,000
To increase balance 10000
Total, $12,397.00
The board estimates that the
district will receive from state and
county tax and tuition So, 700, leav-
ing balance of $8,697 to be raised
by direct tax. The board recon-
mended the voting of this sum.
The meeting voted to add to this
recommendation $3.50 - $120 on
janitor's salary, $500 to create a
balance and $500 to put in stairway
in south hall and provide additional
storm sash. The whole amount of
tax voted was $10,017.
The report on manual training
was read, accepted and placed on
file.
Committee to audit accounts for
next wear were aDDOinted-W. d.