Evening journal., 1919-11-14
stan Correspondent

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GEoRGETowN. Del. Nov. ii.-An-
irew j. Lynch, as attorney FOR men who
We're formerly school committeeman
In Schol District No. %, Sussex county,
has filed a claim against the Sussex
County Board OF Education which
Throws a bright light upon methods
which Wcrc in vogue under the old
school laws, and which turns the glare
v publicity upon where much OF the
AK raised under the new school law Is
,oing
The claim IS FOR sl,60s9i, and it origi-
latcd IN this manner. The teachers In
district No %. which is the town of
iillsboro were not paid an their sal
.Ty FOR he school year Of i9i6-i1. The
chool district did not raise enough
axes % pay them. So in order TO OBJ
ain their money they borrowed money
n ihe Millsboro Trust Company cn
heir Individual notes. each teacher
siylns a note FOR the amount Of her
mpaid salary To put 10 plainly, the
slilisborO teachers had 10 borrow
money to pay themselves the salary
he Aiilisb1rO school district owed them
but couhlni pay. The members of the
school c0nmiitce endorsed these notes.
not as a school committee. but as in
iNiduels. Tho notes with this endorse
mcni were. and stiil are, perfectly good,
80 The Mllsboro Trust Company never
Worried about them. In lhe aggregate
they amounted TO sl.60S.9i. Although
these notes were given 10 raise the
money duo 90 teachers for lbc school
year three years ago The district did
not raise taxes 10 pay this debt. In fact
as Wili be shown later, the district went
still further In debt to teachers.
Under the new school law all debts Of
rural school districts ls well as an
assets are transferred TO The County
Board n Education. Tho Millsboro dis
trict turned over a lot OF other OLD
debts for the new County Board OF
Education TO pay out Of the taxes
raised this year by 30 cent county
levy, but lhe claim for sl,G0S.9i was
not among the llrst old debts turned
over This claim was illod later by
Andrew j. Lynch. a prominent George
tessn attorney. and oWner and editor
of the Sussex Journal. which has been
at@&king the new School Code because
il has So Increased the taxes.
10 is set forth that this q 3,60S9i Is
an unpaid debt Of the Millsboro district
and therefore the new County Board OF
Education should take up the notes. In
addition 90 This 81 i,60s9l which repre-
scnis deficit in the Millsboro district
FOR the school year three years ago the
following claims for unpaid salaries
have been filed against the Sussex
County Board Of Education by teachers
in the Millsboro district Ollie Truitt
Atkins, teacher, balance due on salary
for school years i9i7-iS and i9iS-i9,
s222.50; Howard Williams, teacher, bal
ance due on salary for school year
i9i6-i7 sii7: Elisha A. steele. teacher,
balance due on salary for school years
i9i7-iS and i9iS-l9, Si57i3: Olive H.
Brlttngham, teacher balance due on
salary for school year i9ls-i9. S2i6;
Isabel Blackstone, teacher. balance due
on salary FOR school years i9i7-iS and
i9iS-ig. S23s.5O; Maud Z. Blackstone,
teacher, balance due on salary for
school year i9is-i9, S26i
In short. the Millsboro school dis
tricl under the old law hasn't paid
its teachers salaries in full for three
years. The first year, as set forth
above. the teachers had TO borrow
money TO pay themselves their own
salary, and the two last years they
have not been paid in full in any form.
Altogether the Millsboro district now