Milford chronicle., 1919-10-31
NONRESIDENT PUPILS
ASSET TO OUR SCHOOLS
lCOneluded from first narnl

NOohcluded from first Dage)
There are now enrolled 55 non-resi
dent pupils in our High School an,
the district is paid for each dav scboo
Is open after the pupil enrols mi.
, will yield this year apnroximatei,
9@zUO' counting term of 200 days.
me district is paid the State aid for
I9lo-l9l9 IN the year 19l9-192O after
the reports of attendance are all re-
celFed. The district receives this wear
Irom the State S1223.S0 for such mn
plls who attended last year. This wear
ana next we will receive from the
counties a much larger amount he
cause OF the increased number of sucb
nonresident pupils This will natnr-
ally decrease the amount 10 be raised
0y taxation next year. since all such
receipts are subtracted from the gross
total OF the Annual Budget before the
amount to be raised by taxation is de-
termined
IL should be understood that in cal
euiating the per pupil per day rate of
lulllon all school costs are taken to-
gether as a basis. This includes debt
expenses, repair and replacement Of
equipment, teachers salaries, and all
other expenses. In this way all non
resident patrons of the school in nav
ing their county taxes bear their pro-
portionate share of the cost Of run
ming and maintaining the school so
long as their children are in attend
ance.
Milford Special District is constitu-
ted by law and is entitled by enroll
ment to be a First Group or a Twelve
Year School As such we have the
aid-of the State as heretofore explain
ed and also State Aid to the amount
Of S2400 annually for teachers sal
aries in the High School. This en-
ables us to have more teachers than
we could afford without the additional
aid from the State and the tuitions re-
oeived from the other boards of educa-
lion for nonresident pupils. (See
budget digest.)
The pupils whom we admit from the
surrounding rural districts to our
Grammar School not only pay their
)Wn way but are a distinct advantage
o the school since they continue in
most instances into the High School
md keep our numbers up to the point
where we can afford to have a sufi-
.ient number Of teachers to provide j
he variety of courses that a school in
town of this size should provide, and {
he grade of instruction that we de-
ire. When you read the following
able you will realize what an advan-
age it is to a school to have a good I
lrge grammar school as feeder for
le High School. d
Figures for the entire country show I
lat out of each one hundred children G
no enter the public schools, 80 out of v
ich 100 go four years, 81 go years. \
go years, "a go z years, 40 go s t
ears, through the Sth grade; 27 go 8 \
ears, into High School; II go 10 @
ears, II go II years, s go II years, \
Id graduate. S
This year 40 pupils entered our first n
'ade. Take this as the normal num- s
# and our enrolment based upon (
ese figures would be 16 in the eighth d
'ade, IL in the ninth grade, z in the a
nth grade, in the eleventh grade, ii
i'd in the twelfth. But it never t.
as as bad as that in Milford and n
ver would be. There is, however, V
eat wastage of pupils as they go up o.
rough the grades. m
We have a sufficiently large major al
? of resident pupils to justify our
owing an intense interest in their OF
ilfare and to justify any enlargement nj
the school plant and its facilities in
at the citizens of Milford think it W
Sc to make. 81
gest of the Annual School Budget al az
the Milford Special School District: 81 81
Estimated expenses for 1919-192O for in
tn schools ch
e twenty-ffth of bonded tt
Iebt" .................. $ 100000 sa
tn interest on same with fe
,ther indebtedness ...... 15OO.91 wi
rmanent improvement and he
epairs ................. 100000 co
Mt t.................. $4,000 =