Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1908-03-20
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION
SET ASIDE BY THE COURT

port of the school, viz:
State and county funds Sl,6l2. 90
District funds l,42S. 90
state High School funnds 500. 90
Tuition of pupils outside dis
trict (paid 10y other districts) $50. 90
Derived from increased State
appropriation (eS;imaIed) 400. 90
Total of available public
funds 81. 600. co
1t Is not a question of whether we
wish to build a school house, but
whether we can afford not To build.
Without n suitable house the law
says we can not get any public
funds. As the district Is now con-
Stitutea, IL is impossible for Il suit
able house To be built. II the town
is constituted a single school district,
there is "A reasonable probability Of
getting 81, 200 To 81, 900 moIe OF pub
lie funds than we are now getting.
and n certainty of saving from -, 900
To -, 600 dollars yearly of tuition
which is now paid 10y the patrons OF
the school. so that instead of pay ing
81 900 for the tuition OF from forty
To iifty pupils who happen To be able
10 pay tuition, we shall have high
school and graded school which will
be free To all pupils in the county,
upon conditions provided by law,
and every pupil who attends from
Nautside the limits of the corporation
will be q help towards maintaining
this school. Probably the only eNpen-
diture that the town will have To
make will be the amount necessary
To provide n suitable site and build
ing.
The district board of JcfIcrsonvillc
District has already entered into "A
written agreement To turn over To
the town rs soon as the town Is con-
stitutcd single district. all the
school property OF the district now
in the town. This property while
entirely unsuited for schcol proper
~ Is 10y reason Of it's situation
(which is one OF the reasons for It's
unSuitablencss for school purpuscs)
very valuable fer other purposes.
The board has now an offer of 81, 600
dollars for n part of the property
which IL Is Offering TO transfer to the
town. Arrangements could bc made
by which this town could borrow
money for "A period of 80 years. If
necessary, and the children who will
receive the benefits could pay the
debt after they have acquired their
education from the school thus pro-
Vided for, and, in the mean time,
the town can have school that will
hance the value OF its real estate and
bring money into the town each
year, as we'll rs save money from
being sent out OF the town for school
advantages that ought to be obtained
here as readily rs anywhere else. All
persnOs acquain ted with school
matters know that there is no otLer
investment that yields as large din l.
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good school. After the first cost OF
providing the buildings the whole
cost of maintaining the school, even
including the salary OF the teachers,
is income TO the town, for the money
is nearly all spent in the town in
stead OF going out TO other parts of
ihe country. Other towns not nearly
so wealthy, or so fortunately situated
in many ways have made such pro-
visions rs were necessary to establish
and maintain their schools, why not
Tazvwell? We eXpend now S4 90,
OF which 81, 900 is tuition, while
/ -, 800 would maintain the primary
and grammar grades, with two more
teachers than we now have, and also
the high school free OF all tuition
! for the whole nine months session.
What we need is more grounds and
IA suitable building and equipment.
If the school is TO be opened next
September, there is no time TO lose.
1t is now a question of school oil no
school.