El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-19
SCHOOLS
IN FINE SHAPE;
$4,000 ON HAND
Annual Report Shows Aver
age Daily Attendance, All
Schools, of 1914.

With cash on hand amounting TO
S4I720.29 and warrants at par, finan-
cially and otherwise, the city schools
are said TO be IN better condition to-
day than they ever were. The cash
balance was Of May ], as shown by
the report Of school auditor J.. Z. Saw
yer
At the regular meeting Of the school
board held Monday night at the Bailey
school, Mr.. Sawyer submitted his an
uCdl financial report OF the schools
covering the fiscal year beginning
april ], 1913, and ending March 81,
1914. The report was exhaustive.
Financial Report.
The total expenditures during that
period Jotalcd Sl64,552-32- The total
receipts amounted 20 S214,293.59. The
appropriations due from the state and
city or April I, 1914, amounted to
SI16,1gg.2e On May / the appropria-
tons que from the state and city to-
tailed S2T.O16.3G. on May 1, the first
month Of the present fiscal year, the
cash IN the city treasurer's hands
amounted TO s66,625.26. Against that
were outstanding warrants amounting
TO SIS.9O49T
Starting on April 1, 1913. the amount
Of the Overdraft was S49,6o2-1O. a year
previous to that it was S102.099.S2. On
March 81 1914, the overdraft was S2l,-
929.20.
Large Attendance.
For the fiscal year covered by the
report the total expense Of operation
Of the manual training and domestic
science departments was Sl3,5ll-yS. The
average daily attendance was 1914 and
the cost per pupil was S2-SO3. The
operating expenses Of the elementary
schools tOtaled $780, Sl-63- For the
high school the expenses equaled so
6SS-S5. making total of SllS,5lL46-
The average daily attendance at the
elementary schools was 1915, and for
pupil Of the elementary school was
S55-Sl4, and for the high school SISOS.
Cost by schools.
The cost Of operation for the fiscal
year Of each individual school, includ-
ing the percapita share of each school
IN the expense Of administration. man
UaI training and domestic science de-
partments. were listed as follows Ala
mo. S15,159-45. average daily attend
ance, 49,; cost per pupil, S52.5S- Alta
Vista, SS,529-SS; average daily attend
ance, pa; cost per pupil S3A5S; Aoy,
S20,9Ol24, average daily attendance,
Tl6; cost per pupil, $2s-lS- Bailey, SIS
O9949: average daily attendance 5O2i
cost per pupil, SS6.05. Beau. $15,344S9;
average daily attendance, AS; cost per
pupil, $3.50. Douglas, S5,el2-l6f aver
age daily attendance, 1856 cost per pu-
-
daily attendance. 1856; cost per pupil,
S2SI6. High school, S25,6S9-S3; average
daily attendance, 329; cost per pupil
S7S.O8. Highland Park, S5,296-9O; aver
age daily attendance, 119; cost per
pupil. Ss4.5I- Lamar, S1S.S92-45; aver
age daily attendance, 54I; cose per
pupil. SS3.62. san JacintO, Sll,lZ4-Sl'
average daily attendance, AS; cost per
pupil, S3S.22; Sunset, S11-52I-95; aver
age daily attendance, 54T; cost per
pupil. S3T.6T- Villas. S10,5329S; average
daily attendance. 296; cost per pupil
S35.5S. Total cost, S17S,31L+6-
Wants Land Reserved-
IF the suggestion of Robert L Holh-
day one Of the new members Of the
board. Is carried out, every new add
ton that is plated and dedicated 10
the city viii have to reserve one or
TWO blocks for school purposes
According TO the report Of supertn-
-endent R J. Tighe, the net enrolment
for the month Of April was 6I5S, and
the average daily attendance was 5l55-
Compared to the previous month Mr.
Tighe stated there had been falling
off Of 233 pupils.
The JanitOr of any school that has
the best record during the
school year viii be given a prize
Reported unsanitary conditions on
premises in the vicinity Of the Frank
lin school will be investigated
The bills for April amounted to
s12O3-03-