Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-11-29

issued for these new improvement:
+ would become due the remaining
$4,000 Indebtedness on the Contra
building would have been paid ana
the fund which is annually raised
now he applied toward paying these
bonds.
Until this year the district col
lected from each pupil 50 per month
or SIS year per pupil, This year
our district will receive the actual
cost per pupil of maintaining the
high school or about 81 per month
or $26 a year per pupil. Just about
twice as much per pupil as before.
4 There will be received this year
from thirteen different townships OF
Delaware county about $500 tuition
from those outside our district. In
addition to this the state pays the
Independent District $500 for main
tanning the normal course. The nor
NAL course has become a necessity
in every good high school. Most all
OF the e'lbjects required by the
"a. taught in the high school
-r1re normal course was es-
taDlished. Towns the size OF Man
shester which we're not~so fortunate
as to get one of the Al normals. In
dependence for example, are main
tanning the course without this state
aid. 1t does not add materially It.
our expense to maintain this course.
Manchester can not hope to collec,
this state aid unless it can in some
way provide for the pupils Of the
county who wish to take this normal
course The law does not provide
that the district may charge the ex-
pense Of new building to the &C
count of the tuitioned pupils. 1t
only provides that the pupils from
outside the district shall bear their
lfull share of the teachers and CON
.tingent expenses.
Manchester hasa high school and
the law provides that it must main
tain a first grade high school Or
failing to do that, pay the tuition of
its pupils in some first grade high
school elsewhere.
"As we increase our enrolment we
10 not proportionately increase our
expense. The amount expended 70;
supervision, heating, equipment anG
maintaining the high school is not in
creased in proportion to the enroll
nent. Any business man knows that
he can increase his business and in
LONG SO he does not increase the
cost per $1,000 in proportion. If we
were to dismiss the 70 tuitioned pu-
pills /. we could maintain the high
school with only two less teachers.
These two teachers cost is less
than $1,000 per year. In saving the
$1,000. We. would lose an income of
$4,000 this year. TO maintain a
high school that will provide for
the tuitionea pupils and the normal
course will not COST the Independent
district ofs N ans hester, more than
$500 total expense. more than It
would cost to maintain first grade
high school and not provide for
them. There is then a gain Of at
east $500 this year from the state
lid and the tuitioned pupils. This
will go a long ways, in the course OF
/ few years in paying for the ex-
pense Of building larger building.
It may cost a little more per pupil |
,ach year for those within the indie
pendent District than we are able
20 collect from those outside the
district for few years while this
building is being paid for but YET
the town more than gains this back
because the larger enrolment de-
.reases .the actual cost per pupil o
maintaining the school.
Advantage to Town in Business
Way.
From business stand point Man |
chester cannot afford to drop be
hind in the general. advance in ed
t,cational work. 1t must keep up
with other communities in providing
better school, facilities. If not the
new conner will pass on to the town
shat offers better advantages for
his children. The state appropriates
$500 annually to certain number OF
3. =
high schools maintaining the normal
course. Manchester is one Of them:
Then we must equip our buildings to
accommodate the extra students that
will enter for this course alone. Our
school taxes will not have to be ra1s-
I'd a cent. The question is shall we
maintain the present rate OF taxation
FOR school purposes. When compar-
ID with other communities over the
state the school tax in Manchester
$ below the average. Aside from
The increased efficiency OF our
schools which results in better adj
yantages for our own children, the
community is directly benefited by
the presence OF a large AulupeI "
tuition students nine months in the
year. With the proposed additions
| it is conservatively estimated that
there will be one hundred resident
tuition students the first year, in adj
| ditiou to those who live near town
and drive back and forth every
morning and night. What does II
mean from business standpoint to
have these hundred students heres
They will spend on an average OF
at least S. a week, or in round
numbers about $3.50 during the
school year exclusive of books and
wearing apparel. This means an
added expenditure of at least $751;