The Penn's Grove record., 1912-06-21
Better School Advantages Wanted

Better SCHOOi advantages wanted
Mr.. SUMMERILL:-With your permission
/ wish to take exceptions to the criticism
| of Taxpayers article in last weeks Rec
ORD in regards to the Board of Education
of Upper Penns Neck voting to close Cen
trail School the ensuing school year and
| also the Cove School. Taxpayers seem
| to look only to saving dollars and think
| the matter of education of little value.
| Money is of no little value except the use
| it can be put. What better use is there
for it than education of children. That
is about all most people can give their
children.
l noticed That in the RECORD a few
| weeks ago the clerk was reported as stat
ing the extra cost of having the children
of Central School educated in Penns
Grove is not not more Than three cents n
day. That is not the price OF a glass of
beer, and less than two cigars which
many partake of daily. 1t would be bet
ter if taxpayer economies Oh something
else than education.
In the Township schools eight grades
are taught. A child in each grade should
have four lessons a day, making so les
SONS a day for a teacher to hear. Schools
is in session s hours, 300 minutes. So
you see the child in the Township schools
get from s to 10 minutes instruction on a
lesson. In the Borough graded schools
the teacher has from 80 to 40 minutes to
give to each lesson. SO you see the chill
dren get three times the instruction in a
graded school for 3 cents extra. Is it not
worth the money? The law allows three
fourths the transportation which will be
$270 of the $3.50 which the hauling of
children cost last year.
In years gone by many who were able
not only paid their own transportation
but also the tuition for their children, be-
sides their school tax to educate others.
That was unjust M is now remedied by
the present system hindering double cost
for education OF those who can afford it.
| paid school tax for several years to help
educate other peoples children. After
mine are educated l will have to pay tax
the balance Of my life time to help edu-
cate other peoples children. That is the
reason l want the best advantages for
mine now ever if it does cost a little
more. The best now will not be the best
in q few years when / continue to pay
tax to help educate other peoples chill
dren and grand children.
Taxpayer objects to paying tax to edu-
cate other peoples children. Somebody
else paid tax to help educate TAXPAYER,
if he went to the public school. 1t is to
regretted that Taxpayer did not 90 to
school more. Then he would have a bet
| ter appreciation of educational advanta-
ges today.
If he has no children nor grand chill
| dren he should be::public spirited enough
to desire that the people in this region
should have the advantages of a better
education like those in other parts of
! the State are receiving.
When other parts of the State and
| County got to receiving better roads some
| of our citizens who now disapprove OF
better educational advantages became
very active in getting a $50, 600 stone
| road for three miles in our Township.
Some are now very active and anxious
for a County road from Pennsville to
| Pedricktown. The ten miles will cost be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 to improve,
depending on the material used. What
is that for? They are thinking of bene-
fitting their horses or having pleasure
grounds on which to run their ANTONIO
biles. Why should | pay road tax fol
| their benefit? | have no horse nor auto.
mobile. My county tax has increased l6c
On the 300 within the past ten years to
help build and maintain these improved
roads. | hear no one Directing strenu-
onsly to paying that to benefit other peo-
| ple's horses and auto-ioy riders while
walk. Taxpayer says, "Did not WI walk
to SCHOOL," Taxpayer did and go did |.
l still walk while Taxpayer may ride be-
! hind a fine horse or in all automobile. /
pay tax to benefit his horses muscles or
the machinery of his automobile or to
| give him greater com fort in riding over g
smoother road.
The schools in the Borough gives oul
children better opportunities to learn and
also new social life which are greatly ben.
eicial to them. Since Taxpayer and his
like have been thinking only of horses
| and automobile advantages, is it not time
to think of the muscles of our children in
walking long distances to school, and also
the greater advantages in improving
their minds in a graded school?
After the parents think more seriously
on the improved educational advantages
now being offered, | believe they will be
more favorable to having the Central and
| Cove Schools closed and their children
educated in a graded school in the Bor.
ough. 1t will cost a little more. So dc
our roads, but people continue to want
the improved roads. ] do not object. ]
want Il reciprocation from Taxpayer tC
help have better a advantages of education
for all children. PARENT.