The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-10
SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
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cldtion IN Its leadership, the maternity,
district and other nurses and attendants.
Thus your committee are doing and
planning to meet the obligations of this
community to its youth, from even be-
fore birth, through all the journey till
they pass out into the world beyond its
special responsibility, but not, we trust,
untouched by its influence
Concerning the proposed increase in
salaries for teachers the committee says:
Very much has been said during the
past few months, in the leading newspa-
pers and magazines of the day, relative
to the necessity of raising teachers sal
aries. The cost of living, it is alleged
with truth, has greatly advanced, while
their incomes have not been augmented
sufficiently to keep pace with them. The
purchasing power of a dollar now, polti-
cal economists tell us, is scarcely three
tifths of what it was four or five years
ago Your committee have felt the force
OF these circumstances and last spring,
when the annual appointments were
made, added nearly $4,000 to the sum to-
tai to be applied to the salaries of teach
ers and supervisors for the year en-
suing. Since the average salary for an
assistant teacher in the high school for
l9lS-l9l9 was 1855 and for a teacher in
the grades $632 20, it will be observed
that in the year to come perceptible
Improvement would be made in this re
, gard. In addition to this, based on an
appeal made by the teaching staff to the
public at large, representative citizens
have caused an article to be inserted in
the warrant, issued for the annual school
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increased still further, if it be the wish
OF the district that this be done. With
| the purport of this article we are in per
feet sympathy, and, although it had been
our intention to provide for this addition
| al increase at a little later period, when
other obligations had been at least par.
| tally provided for, its Immediate consum
nation would meet with our hearty ap
| prevail
| 1t is planned to have second room
| provided in the Fleming house on Grove
street to be occupied by a group of un
graded pupils to be taken from the Main
street building, which will meet an i'm
perative need in view of the crowded
condition of the high school 1t is hoped
to furnish the principal with small Of
| fice for his exclusive use, by utilizing for
| this purpose an unused stairway and land
ing, which can be done at little expense
"Our financial year,, the committee
says, CLOSES with ground for encourage
ment, in spite of the high cost that must
inevitably attend in these days of recon
struction, every department of education
Fifteen hundred dollars of the deficit
created in l9l7-l9lS has been paid, eav.
| ing 81 500 to be cared for in the next
years budget In addition to this OAK
Grove bonds to the amount of $1,000 have
been paid 81 GOO on account Of the Hines
property Indebtedness, and the 81, l5i
remaining of the Oak Grove note, sum
amounting altogether to s4,l50.
| The total Indebtedness of the district
today is $4,000, including Sl4, 900 due on
| the Oak Grove bonded account, 500 900
balance to be paid for the Hines property
and the ST. 500 deficit remaining from 1917
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The committees report closes thus: "Ir
order. therefore, that the district may
provide for expenses of every description
| in the year to come. including payment
of interest on bonds and notes, the sec
ond 50 900 of the Oak Grove school bonds
81 600 of the $20.5Q0 now due ON the pur
| cildSe price Ol the hines property, auo
the Sl,500 deficit on account of annua
expenses for l9l7lS, we recommend that
a tax OF "A cents be laid on the grand
list If, however, article Of the warrant
be acted upon favorably, six additional
cents will be required, making so cents
in all. a tax that will meet the approya
of your committee"
The report OF Treasurer Charles G.
Staples shows the following receipts ant
expenses:
/ RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand as per last re-
port, l64 4.
Received from buttons, $500 A!
Supplies sold, general, 57Sl-
Supplies sold, manual training, 800
Second hand desks sold, 34.0t
Rent of typewriters, 36.0'
| Austine Fund interest. 400 OF
| Austin Estate, rent of land. l0
Income from Hines Property,
Green St, 1909 On
State of Vermont, for vocation
! al courses, 400 On
State of Vermont, rebate for re-