Connecticut western news., 1910-09-22
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must be borne in mind that many towns have parochial schools, educating numer- ous children free of cost to the town.
 The last state report showed the fol lowing for the surrounding towns. Paid for each child in average attendance Norfolk. $39.7o Warren. .S2s.5g Canaan. ....37.7o Salisbury. 27.75 sharon. ... -.34Ss Morris. .27.se Kent. .. ..33.99 New Hartford. 25. .62 Ltchfield 8t.64 Cornwall. 25ye0 Washington 29,s4 North Canaan 2o.a8
 In the past two years cost per pupil in average attendance in North Canaan rose to S25 90 which would put the town above Cornwall and New Hartford, pro- vided those two towns stood still; though we would have been lowest if the change in the fiscal year had not added several hundred dollars to this years expenses.
 In the year '07-'S the average mill tax for schools for the county was 5.l2 North Canaan's was 4.37. Of the twelve towns this stood eight. This year one mill tax for schools was 5.57 which is slightly above the average for the coun- try two years ago. The average days cost for each pupil actually present dur ing the past year was fourteen cents and three mills (and the state paid part of that.) It might have been possible to have cut it down to thirteen oonts but it would have been thirteen cent educa- tion.
 In every state report which we have seen, going back for several years, in all matters of relative and average costs. the town of North Canaan has been way below her ranks in every other particular. Furthermore, that this town is not alone in the increase of costs is shown by the fact that the least cost per pupil in aver age attendance in the table above given (omitting North Canaan) was equal to the hiRhtest paid by any of the towns in the report of 1901
 We do not cite these figurers to give the impression that our schools are in- teriorc We confidently believe that there isn't town around here whose average of educational efficiency is higher than this towns. If we are getting as good re- suits as in other towns and our cost is less, than North Canaan is getting more for her money. This we believe to be de- monstrated. This is due in part to the fact that in this town we have fewer out-district schools without the cost f transportation.
 There is @ certain natural concentra- tion; small schools are usually expensive schools Our smallest school cost about eight dollars per registered pupil above the average cost for the town. Very many such schools might make our rat ing in the state higher, but would rot mean a higher grade of educational eff cheney.
 AS to the program undertaken for the improvement of the high school we refer to the statement issued earlier. We would add that the one point in debate in the board was the em- ployment of third teacher. As with out this there could be no prospect of the approval of the state examiner it was decided to proceed, and we would call attention to the fact that more than half the cost of the additional teacher will be paid by tuitions which would not have been forthcoming but for the states ap. proval. We trust that study aud com parisons will answer some questions con. corning the schools.
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