The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-15
SCHOOL BOARD
TOASK $4,000
FORCOMINC YEAR
Tax Payers To Be Asked To
Vote a Levy of ST on S100
Valuation.
THIS WAS SAME TAX AS
WAS VOTED LAST YEAR
Crowded Condition of Schools
May Force Enlargement Gf
Buildings.

The annual appropriation for The
School Board, to be voted on at the
spring election, has been fixed at near
ly $4,000 by the budget committee Of
the School Board, which met Tuesday
night. This is the estimate of the
money needed during the coming year,
which has to be approved by the vo-
ters. The money will be expended for
the salaries of the teachers and other
employees of the public schools. In or
der to obtain this sum, the people will
be asked to levy a tax of 81 on the
500 valuation, the same assessment
as was voted last year.
The School Board is now confronted
with the proposition Of how to accom-
modate the children in the public
schools during the present year. 1t is
possible that an additional appropria-
ton will have to be asked for addi-
tions to the present schools and for
the salaries of additional teachers.
Last year the School Board employ
ed six additional teachers, while only
two will be asked for this year. One
way to relieve the congestion in the
schools was devised by changing the
boundaries Of some Of the districts.
The Broadway School. which has been
attended by more pupils than any
other public school, has used up all
of its available space. For that rea-
son the boundaries of this district
were changed so that number of the
pupils could be sent to other schools.
Whether new additions will be built
TO certain schools will be decided at
the next regular meeting of the board.
Feb. %. If it is found necessary to
enlarge any of the school buildings
an additional appropriation will be
asked for this purpose. 1t is believed.
however, that an additional school tax
will not be asked for owing to the fact
that some of the bonds on school build
inps will be paid off during the year
and in that manner more money for
the buildings will be available.
Bonds to the amount of $500, now
resting on the Broadway School, Will
be paid up by the School Board dur
ing the coming year, and the money
Maid in interest on these bonds can be +!
used to enlarge school buildings. Be-
sides the interest on the bonds of the
High School will be decreased con-
siderably by satisfying bonds to the
amount of $4,000 during the present
school year.
There are approximately $500 chill !
dren in the public schools, including |
the students of Central High School.
This number is being kept down by
the attendance at the parochial schools |
and the State Normal. Several public |
schools would have been overcrowded I
years ago had not the parochial schools
relieved them in taking care Of the
small children.
The teachers staff, including the su-
perintendent and the principals Of the
public schools number So at the pres
ent time. Six additional teachers
were employed since the beginning of
this term, and two more will have to
be added in order to have an adequate
number of teachers for the six public
schools.
Another subject to be discussed at
the next meeting of the School Board
is the increase in tax valuation. The
School Board will cooperate with the
City Council and representatives of
the Commercial Club in order to ad-
Just the taxation of all city property.
It has been pointed out by those who
are behind this move that most real
estate has been assessed at the same |
value as it was 20 years ago, despite
the fact that the value of the proper
ty has been doubled in that time.
The assessed valuation of property
in Cape Girardeau is a little over
three million dollars, while several
cities in the State, even smaller than
Cape GirsrdsEu, exceel this vsiustiun
by several million dolIsrs The School