The state herald., 1909-05-07
High School Bonds.

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Jcounty high school building is before the
Voters of the county and it is now up
TO them to say whether the bonds shall
be issued or not. If they do not ap-
prove Of the bond issue as proposed,
llthey have to do is 10 say SO by their
ballots ontbe 25th of May. If they
know of better plan for taking care
of the high school, they can
vote down the bond issue and try their
plan hut, SO far al the high scht o, board
ss now constitutedis informed, there
|isyno other plan open to the county for
caring for the high school except the
Construction of building. The town
school has grown till it erequifes the use
ot'the whole building Mat heretofore
has been used by both the town school
and the high school. NJ
sTte Holyoke school board made
Proposition to the high scRol board to
lease them ground on whiSh to build
two rooms adjoining lthe town
school building with the understanding
that later when tie county decided to
construct building offts own, the dis
trict would buy these two robins from
thecounty. OF course the town board
could not guarantee the put rchase of
these two rooms as the purchase of the
building would hay E to be submitted
to vote of the school district when
the time came. This plan, however,
did not take well with the other schoo
districts and consequently was dropped
Then it was suggested by Some that
the basement of the town school build
ing be fitted up for school rooms but
that met with very strong opposition as
. it deserved TO for parents do not wish
: tn ,ir children to attend school in the
: basement Of any building.
As there was no suitable building in
the town that could be rented for the
high school, there was no other course
left open for the board but the one
they adopted, that of bonding the coun-
ty for new building. When this
! plan was taken up, there was of course
found to be difference of opinion as
to the amount Of bonds TINT should be
voted. Some parties insitted that the
I county should not be satibfed with any
ithIrg iesa than a SCOOP high school
jsr.nr.f- ssi,ile otAers- s-intis<ea just. ~
strongly that the building should no,
q cost more than $4,000. The board gave
this matter careful consideration and
! finally decided that to purchase GROUND
biild and fully equip such a building a'
the people of the coupty would be sat
isfied with, would require $4,000 and
that proposition is before you.
Recently the board has been criticised
by the Phillips County Republican foi
the manner in whdh the board con.
. tracted for the sale Of the bonds. II
the last issue of the HERALD we replied
i to that criticism and have nothing fur
ther to say at this time encept that, in
last weeks issue of the Phillips County
Republican the writer Of that criticism
virtually admits that there was nothing
! in that criticim except desire TO find
J fault for he says we do not think the
defeat of the proposition should result.
because If IL does It will put the county
to an expense probably greater than
the amount that wouh be saved should
they call another election and dispose
of the bonds in what we deem n proper
way" The expense Of the school bond
| election will be very small indeed com.
pared with the expense Of any other e
lection for the simple reason that school
boards are not paid for their services
in holding elections and consequently,
II the party who criticised the action OF
the high school board did not hope to
save mere by his plan Of doing business
than the expense Of this election, he IL
making gooddeal Of noise about u
very small mptters>
The CONSTRUCTION VI high school
building is nd pet sehepc Of the school
board ond they are no more interested
In the result Of the elcrtion than the
other tax payers otthd county. They
! would have been very Elnd to have been
able TO hit upon some blho that would
for time at least, hive postponed the
bond proposition buy they haye failed to
do so and the taxpayers can now ex-
press their wish N the matter.