The Paducah evening sun., 1910-11-16
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
The Cost of Schooling in McCracken
County.

County.
Editor Sun: After reading the
ARTICLES in your paper on the District
Graded schools. l went to casting up
: some figures which I could get in
possession of and find the following
results. which ought to open the eyes
of every taxpayer in this county.
In the first place, Il only costs the
taxpayers of this county the sum of
/ 52h cents per day for each pupil in
the High school, at this time. for
they are paying $40 per dav for a
teacher to teach 10 High school
children, az the county High school
in a remote part of the county. where
these have to travel from two to six
miles TO reach the school, and yet we
are told that some of our school
officials are opposed to the district
graded schools, because they win
hurt the county High school by TAX
ing the money from the county
board, and spending it at home with
in. easy reach OF every pupil in the
district Now, If this board does not
know how to manage the peoples
money any better than that. Il would
be a blessing to the school interest
in this county IL the graded schools
would kill and bury the County High
school, so deep that It could never
be heard from again even IL It has
got a $40 900 house built out Of the
taxpayers hard earned cash down in
one corner of the county, within five
miles of which not ten per cent of
the common school graduates live.
For the sake of higher education in
McCracken county, let the thing
'go dead IL the district graded
school will take its place.
In the second place. in. the Arcadia
district with a district graded school.
there are 215 pupils living within
two miles of the school building and
of these there are 156 in attendance
upon the graded school. in which a
-four years high school course can
be Incorporated at any time. The
teachers in this graded school Of 156
pupils in attendance, are o getting
only $40 per day for their services.
So the pupils in this graded school
in which every advantage can be
given that can be given in the High
school, only costs the taxpayers the
small sum of six and one-half cents
per day, instead of so cents per
pupil.
/ allow no man TO have more in
terest in higher education than. +
have, not even the present county
school superintendent, but | am for
the district graded schools in every
district in this county so that every
child can go and get all the advan-
tages that a high school can give,
asd not have TO ride from four to
ten miles to get to school. What is
the matter with you parents and
taxpayers to whom God has given
such heirs to future success and pros
perity in this county as are wrapped
up into your precious little ones for
whom you are responsible, not only
to God, but to the country.
II our county board would spend |
money in equiping the common |
school houses in the county with |
proper equipments to make them |
comfortable and attractive to our
III Eldren. instead of saving it 20 pay |
ten dollars day for a teacher to |
teach less than two dozen pupils, in
4 100000 dollar building in one
corner of the county four miles from
the Ballard county line and five
miles from Metropolis Landing on
he Ohio river, they would show
more interest in education than they
ire doing.
The Arcadia district has a graded
school, doing fine work, now, let the
Farley district, the Heath district
md the Lone Oak district, vote a
graded school. and incorporate a two
'r four years high school course, and
hen G75 children can have all the
Ugh school privileges, in reach OF
heir homes so they can walk and go
o school without going six and eight
niles, or boarding away from home l.
where they cannot have mothers in !,
luence, paying several times more ,
han tuition will ever be.
SO much for the district graded
chool, give them to us byj the e,
iozens, and we will turn out young /,
nen and women who will be an :
onor to the county, and a pleasure
o their parents.