The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-14
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$500
$4,000

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$4,000
Our schools above the sixth grades
would then be organized as Junior
High School and Senior High School.
The seventh eighth and ninth grades
going to the former and the tenth,
eleventh and twelfth grades to the
latter. This is an advance step in
school organization that is taking
place in prominent city schools of
not only serve the needs of our city,
but it will give an opportunity for the
! segregation of children of practically
the same ages with course of study,
form of discipline and corps of teach
ers all adapted to this department.
The Junior High School with the
proper organization offers the best So
luton of the particular problem that
confronts us at this time.
This is plan that should appeal to
all the people. While Chickasha
doubtless will have healthful growth
this building will serve the purpose
for years to come, not as make-shift
but in substantial way. 1t will give
equal facilities to all the children of
all the people. 1t will be building in
which all citizens of the city may take
pride. 1t will offer an incentive to
many more children to stay in school
through the ninth grade
When this building is erected and
equipped and when the Senior High
| School is equipped the educational fa-
cilities of our school system will be
greatly enlarged. We will then have
taken an advance step which will
place the Chickasha school system on
footing commensurate with her
rank among the other progressive cit
les of the state. We would thus be
supplementing our present high
! school, making the two rank in faculty
and equipment with any high school
in the state and at the same time be
more far-reaching in the purpose
served.
The people understand, of course,
that building material is high and
that 1t is impossible for the board to
determine in advance the exact cost
of the building or equipment, without
having plans and specifications pre-
pared in detail at considerable ex-
pense, and no funds are available for
such purpose. Neither can the board
determine the purchase price of lo-
cation. Therefore, we can only act, so
far as the election is concerned, upon
approximate estimate, and ask author
! ity to issue and sell bonds in such
am as we feel assured will cover the
necessary expenditures for the pur-
poses mentioned. II authority is
given to issue the bonds, only such
amount will be issued and sold as may
be necessary to pay for the proposed
improvements substantially and eco
nomically constructed.
Even if it should take the entire
$4,000 to carry out the purposes Of
the bond issue the additional tax inn
posed would be too small to deserve
serious mention. Seven thousand
dollars year pays the interest and
provides sinking fund to pay the
bonds at maturity. The assessed val
uation of the district is about $780,
600. This woul require tax OF less
than / mill, or less than ten cents on
the $1,000 OF taxable property This
would be reduced by interest on the
sinking fund as it accumulates, as the
board receives per cent annual inter-
est on all sinking funds. The tax Is
} so little that no comparison can be
made with the benefits to the schools
and school children resulting from the
proposed improvements.
Win not the citizens and patrons Of
education in this city catch the edu-
cational spirit of the day and press to
. h,.har ofondard rafhor than take a