The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-07-16
Deadlock Between School Board
and County Commissioners.


When the county commissioners
at their regular session last Monday
morning failed to increase the school
appropriations just about one month
was automatically cut off the scholas-
tic year of the Frederick county
schools. The county commissioners
met Monday last and thoroughly dis
cussed the matter. They had consid-
cred the matter individually before
the appearing at the Office In view
of the fact that 1--WE have appropriated
the full amount to schools as pre-
scribed by law, we feel that we can
not increase our levy"
That the school board stands in a
position to loose the state appropria-
ion of about SAT 900 to local schools
is the opinion of one of the members
of the school board. 1--WE are sup
posed to operate the schools for a
period of nine months, that is the
minimum tlme," said this commits
sioner, "and l fear that since we are
not in financial position to do so that
the state may cut entirely or partly
this appropriation. This is the new
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school finances. 1t is not known that
the school officials have received any
intimation from the state authorities
to the effect that this state appropria-
tion will be cut, but it is known that
some of the officials feel that such
may be the case.
The school term was automatically
shortened by this resolution passed by
the school board "That unless the
county commissioners agree to give
the board of county school commits
sioners the amount of money request
ed namely $126,100, which is the
minimum amount necessary to run
the schools for nine months that the
opening of the schools of the county
be deferred until October l."
When asked by reporter for The
Frederick Post yesterday afternoon
concerning definite date for the op-
ening of the schools in the county and
whether or not two weeks would be
cut from first half of the year and
two from the last half, Superintend-
ent G. Lloyd Palmer said did you
read the resolution passed by the
board of school commissioners?
The reporter said that he had
"Well that is just what we are going
to do" responded the superintendent.
The superintendent had no state
ment whatever to make concerning
future financing plans of the board
He intimated that a statement might
be published later in the season.
In talking about the action of the
county commissioners, member of
the school board said last night: 1--WE
can't operate the schools unless we
have the money. We don't have the
power to borrow and if the commits
sioners appropriated $4,000 less than
we need, we will have to cut the ex-
penditures just that money irrespec-
tive of what it means to the school
system. 1t smmes to me that Fred
erick county is going backward in ed
ucating it's children.
State Does Not Support Schools
"The state itself does not support
its schools like western states. Not
nearly as much money is appropria-
teed as in the western states and the
result is naturally slow progress in
public education"
On the other hand some of the mem
bers of the board of county commits
sioners are not so much imsympahty
with some of the ideas introduced in
to the school system. They claim that
they have levied just what the law
provides, SO cents for general pur-
poses and new. buildings and cents
for increases in teachers salaries.
They are computed on the $100.
What the commissioners did yes
terday was merely decided to notify
the school commissioners that SO
cents on the $100 had been appro-
priated for general purposes and new
buildings, and three cents on THE
$1OO for increases in teachers sal
aries.