Evening journal., 1919-09-27
VOTERS HAVE Voice
IN RUNNING SCHOOLS
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any reason. That surely isn't deprly-
ing a local district Of It's voice In school
management
"Thc local board pf trustees Mr..
Cullen continued. under tho new code
can ille charges against any teacher
and ask for her removal. The local
board has charge of The school build
ings aud grounds and The employment
Of ianitors. The local board Is author
lied and directed 10 visit and inspect
lho school OF Is district consult with
the teacher and advise her, supervise
the general policy Of conducting the
school. and. 20 quote the new LAW
take definite steps toward making the
school real center for the commu-
nily's civic gnd educational activities.
Further the law specifies that the local
board shall seek In every way TO de-
velop public sentiment in support Of
the school
"The now law requires the local
board Of school trustees 10 meet al
least two months before the annual 7
school budget Is prepared by the
County Board of Education, consider
the needs OF their school. and send 20 !
the county board report OF their /
findings and their recommendations. |
The new Jaw also requires not less /
than four regular meetings Of the local /
board OF trustees every year. This Is /
vast Improvement over the old system
and, OF course, would not be required .
n 10 We're The purpose OF the new law
10 deprive the local boards ~ any
voice in the afibirs Of their school dis.
lrici.
III iho local boards under The now
code live up 10 The intent and the
spirit of lhe law they VIII have the
OF their local school az
fairs. Tile law says these boards are
'o be the representatives OF local edu-
'aiioaal laleresls. on enc hand and of
NE County Board of Education, on the
1lher lf then, the people of local
school district elect Us school trustees
men who are really Interested in school
affairs. men who viii keep in touch :
Nilh the people OF their District and
cooperate with the County Board ~
education. there will be more real self
government aud interest in local school {
nairs than This county has ever d
,n0Wn.
Tile only power actually taken away
rom the local commissioners under the
lcW law Is That of fixing tax rates col q
eclng taxes and fixing The salary of
eachers. All of these powers are iluan- d
ial. not educational. ! IND a grest q
many men who served on the local q
,o0rds under The old law are very { q
Had that The burden of fixing tax rate, d
nd collecting taxes has been removed e
rom their shoulders. The business OF $
tax collector and the WORK of am edu- &
aior are wholly separate and dis r
nct O.
The new School Code does 10 our q
yslem Of local school financing just 2
What law passed by the Delaware q
ieneral Assembly Of 1913 did 90 the a
usseX county system of local road C
10 abolishes a lot OF local q
az officials. gives us county unit and $
assens the cost of collecting the taxes
he people Of Sussex county would not Il
o back 10 The old road system After O
year of experience with the new n
chool law they will not 20 back to s.
le old school system IA
Under the old school law there d
ere about iSO school tax collectors IN &,
lsseX county Prior % the change In y,
le assessment law there were that di
any school tax assessors. The change ca
The assessment law abolishcs the lSQ a.
cal school tax assessors and vested tho dl
sessment of an property in the County ra
,ard of Assessment That change has pc
owed beneficial ard. satisfactory No co
le would go back 60 lhe Old system. ~
he new School Code now completes ha
C work by logically abolishng the On
cal school tax collectors I'm addition 60
Increasing The efficiency, it decreases be
2 cost Under The old law each one W.
the $50 local school tax collectors an
light take eight TO ten per cent. of