Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-09
R[DUCTIONIN THE
SCHOOL LFWFOR
YEAR PROMISED
Estimates for Expenses
Show Material Decrease
Outside Pupils Escape the
Paying of Tuition.

That the special levy for school pur-
poses in the independent school dis
trict will be only five mills this year
is the belief of Superintendent c. S.
Meek, who in a report to the school
board last night showed that the total
decrease in the estimate of running ex-
penses amounted to S3S,942. Under the
item of general control the saving fs
s2224, which represents the superyi-
sion of construction and incidents in
connection with construction of new
buildings. The item or instruction
shows a decrease OF $4,000, which is
brought about by the elimination of
the playground instructor. one teacher
in the high school and two in the
grades. The operating expenses show
an increase of $500 owing to the fact
that the new wing to the high school
and the Lowell school have been adj
ded to the operating expenses. Last
year the sum OF $4,000 was put into
the construction and equipment of the
new high school building and the Low
ell building over and above the bond
issue of 100000 voted for the new
buildings and as no building operations
will be necessary this year the big saw
ing over last year is In that item.
To Audit the Books.
BY unanimous vote the school board
selected Clarence Van Deusen to audit
the books Of the district at a cost of
S1.40 per hour. Mr.. Van Deusen's work
as an auditor was especially spoken
of by several members of the board
as being excellent and it was believed
his price was reasonable for the work.
Mrs. Lizzie Diclkie and Mrs. Emma
A. Caldwell, the latter OF South Boise,
were engaged to take the school CEN
sus at a rate of rs cents per hour, the
district to be divided between them by
Superintendent Meek
Professor E. F. Rodenbaugh was
granted a leave Of absence of one year
TO take advanced work at the Univer-
sity of Washington in which he has a
teaching fellowship. His place will be
filled by H. l.. Waters, who has been
teaching food chemistry in the high
school.
Although nine coal dealers had sub
mitted bids on furnishing coal for the
district, they were not opened last
night for the reason that one dealer
asked a postponement for "a hours in
which to form new company and put
In a bid which would save the dis
trict some money. 1t was voted to
open the bids Wednesday evening.
Eessrs. Haga, Booth and Pike being
appointed as the committee to pur-
chase the coal.
Must Pay Tuition.
Through q number of students fall
styling to the board relative to their
residence and that of their parents
they have escaped tuition. some of
for over two years. AS their names
are known to the secretary, he was in
structed to prepare bills and present
them to their parents and should there
be any graduates in the number the
board instructed that their diplomas
be withheld until the tuition Is paid.
1t was shown that 1t cost the taxpay-
ers of the district ST. per year per pu-
Pill in the high school and that those
living outside of the district were CIV
en- the special privilege of attending the
school and securing an education for
$40 per year. AS some have abused the
privilege, In the future all students
from outside of the district must pay
their tuition quarterly in advance and
show a receipt to their advisers that
the same has been paid. The secretary
was instructed to make no exceptions,
but to demand the tuition in advance
in every case.
The secretary reported that a check
on the books made at the closing of
the term showed that out of 10000,
given out to students during the term,
less than so were missing and most of
those were traced to students who
moved here in the fall for short time
and left before the close of the first
semester.