The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-14
ANNUAL SCHOOL
MEETINGS HELD
Expense Budgets for Ensuing Year
Are Approved

Il trustees NJ. NJ. MofflSon ana =. -
Johnson were reelected members of
the board of education OF school dis
trict No. of Calumet township. with
out opposition, at the annual meeting
held I'm the Washington school hall
last evening. Both have rendered
the schools valuable service in past
years, Mr.. Johnson having served as
secretary of the board.
The budget Of estimated expenses
FOR the coming school year, $ll6,717
was approved by the taxpayers. OF
this amount, 100000 is To be used for
teachers salaries and Sl6,717 for gem
eral purposes. This levy viii be about
the same as the levy for last year
The financial report presented att
| the meeting last evening was a most
satisfactory one, showing receipts
from all sources amounting to $229,-
774S7, which with the balance of $62,-
OASIS from 1913 provided a working
fund Of 1921, S2O.65.
The total disbursements amounted
To S2lI9S7.24, leaving a balance in the
treasury of s73,SSS.41. The principal |
items of the expense account are:
Teachers salaries ........$ 15I153.6l |
Janitors' salaries ......... 12,249O0 |
Fuel .....,..,. .......... 1O,S55.5S
Rent ........... ......... ll,O26.6S
Special cleaning .......... 1,l26.29
Osceola Township District.
At the annual meeting of the Osce-
ola township school district. held yes
terday in the Tamarack band room,
William NJ. Harris was reelected as
a member of the board for a term Of
three years. There was no opposition,
it having been generally recognized
that Mr.. Harris, who has served as
secretary of the board for an extended
period, is one Of the most efficient
members. The meeting proved a very
harmonious one.
The budget of estimated expenses !
for the coming year. calls for levy
Of $50, 800 for school purposes. 1t was {
approved unanimously.
The various funds provided for i'm ,
he budget are as follows: Trans
Jortation eighth grade pupils to high ,
schools, s1.40O; transportation pupils !
f other grades TO graded schools, G
$500; teachers wages $2S,O0O; fuel |
md steam heat $500; incidental eX- i
,enses. $2S,555; services of district 7
$3.50; tuition of pupils attend I
ng high school, $4,000; sinking fund q
or payment Of bonds for Dollar Bay I
ligh school, 10000; interest on bonds
or Dollar Bay high school, $3.50 and :.
library fund $500, ::
The financial report of the district :.
which was presented last evening :.
hows receipts, including 1913 balance :.
f S43,13i.96. amounting To $131, S2l.39.
lie disbursements were as follows:
lale teachers .............S 5,115.OO ct
'emale teachers ............ 39,665.25 =
library fund ................ 3O4fO
'ution, eighth grade gradu- n
atcS ......,... ........... 4,I6l.OO n
for pupils -. 2,20S.5O b
Ioncral purposes ........... 33,313.15
.uilding fund ...........r.. 2,S11.52 g
Total ....., ............. NS,lIiI2
Balance, July ID, 1914 .... 43,G46.67 l
Report on Schools p
chools in district .......... IL
Tale teachers ............... b
cmale teachers ........... 6S Ia
upils enrolled COMMENCEMENT. 1881 h
vorage number belonging .. 1,706.S3
vcrage daily attendance &c. 1,G1715 V
er cent. of attendance ..... 94745 h
on-resident pupils ......... 43 r
ost per capita for instruc-
ton ........... ......... 26.235 ci
1st per capita for inciden- Il
tails .......... .......... 25.424 Il
Total cost of education per
capita ..... .............$ 51.s59 ir
Calumet, District No. 2. vi
At the annual school meeting for