The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-08-02
The School Question.

lne SCnOOl QUESTION.
To the Taxpayers and Patrons of
Hartford Graded school:
The destruction of your school build
ing by the fire which nccunned on tine
might Of June 1s,fsas brought ms face TO
face with serious situation. Your
Board has found 1t almost impossible 10
SECURE suitable quarters during Che
coming term, which should begin Sep
tApher 2. AT best 1t Will be necessary to
divide the school placing we gpades
in one o,siadins and High School in
anOtl,er. each in Quarters which, II Sc
cured, will he Inadequate to comfortably
accommodate the pupils and at high rent
ais. The insurance money amounting TO
Y, 900. together with the sum of s1,7229
which has been accumulated in the past
three years Tor the purpose of installing
a good heating plant. amounts in all TO
4, 1929, which Is the entire amnant
available for the construction and fur
ntsiIng of a new building. This amount.
would no more than replace the old
building without heating Plant and
fuiuiShinEs. wh'rh would cont at least
=. 900. Then, when, completed, you would
haye a building WHICH would. even now,
not furnish sufficient noon to acconsmo-
date the school.
HantGord. which Ia the educational
center of Ohio c0unty. deserves and
ought TO have amodem we'll equipped
sahool building TO which 1t could invite
every High School pupil In the county
and from which u should mot be nom-
pelltd o ,tu,m any away. Your Board has
made considerable inquiry, fnom which
1t Is thor rgbly CONVINCED that a build
ing which would meet the requirements,
both present and future, can not be
built. for less than t1b 900 and to this
must be added from 5000 to $4,000 for
heading plant, seats. toilet reqms, black
buands and their equipment. We have
therefore Ordered an election to be held
August 9. under whAah the
voters may empower us TO Issue bontis
In snhm not excseding 5000 1t is
probably needless to say Alaaf being tan
payers ourselves, we do no6 favor tssu-
ing bonds for a larger amount than is
necrssasy TO constissot build
ing TO met Ahe re ruirements abtA st
out.
II the entae amount Of 5000 lis not
need ID in tine construction of said build
Ing, bonds will not be aold above the
amount needed Again. beang taxpayers,
we are not any more dasi,osAs of increas
lng the already hcavy TAX naas b = e by
our fellow ottizene. An examination of
the financial cords Of the Hoard for
the past five years rewsa's the fact
THAT the surplus ~ tsng fiOm the pres
emit tax rate and tuition ,ksrine that
period has amounted to 0,C2i, over and
above the running expenses OF the school
during which time the salaadss of all
the grade teachers have been RAISED ma
tealially and one extra TEACHER employed
This II an average of a Aittle over
900 dolksrs per year. OF this amount
ei.i7s.6s has been paid out Cor rapairs on
dhe odd building. on an indebtedness aris-
Ing from the purchase of hot air fur
Ilce and plano, the purcAase Df an en-
tire set Of stoves, new hlackboanis,
grading aor paMemaat and for eMerete
%eps. with new building, none of
this expailse would Unnecessary fG a
period nj at least ten yaarA This SUR
PLUS alas hesn0haaned nn; witl,st anding
The fact that for only three years has
Lhs taltion fr,am outside s0ui,aes been paid
10 aae saasaal Hoard In nlsce of 70 the
princEal. With a modern huilding and
',p-'p-dats equipment. the surpoas ought
10 exceed seq. per ysar and Andeed with
a nrltah effont on the part Of all our
citizens To build ,p Ghe school. 1t should
he nraie to mach $500 or ~ 90 per ypar.
Indeed. In thu iAvht Of tine showing
Aare made. we are firmly oNvhced