Milford chronicle., 1919-10-03
SCHOOL BUDGETS FOR
NEWCASTLE & SUSSEX
COMPARISON OF RECEIPTS AND EXPEN-
DITURES FOR THE YEARS 1888
AND FOR 1890.
SALARIES OF The TEACHERS
THESE FIGURES. ARE FOR new CASTLE
AND SUSSEX. THOSE FOR KENT
COUNTY WILL Be GIVEN LATER.

The following comparisons of the
school budget of 191S-1919 with 1919
1920 has been. compiled and furnished
by Pierre S. DUPONT, a member of the
State Board of Education The fig
ures furnished are for New Castle and
= Sussex counties. Those for Kent
county will be furnished LATER.
New Castle County
Receipts-From State aid, county
taxes, tuition from pupils out
side of district, loans and miscellan-
eous sources. 191S-1919, S151,531;
1919-192O, 252,34O; difference, $1OQ.-
sos; per cent, 66.4.
Expenditures Teachers salaries,
repairs and additions to buildings, gen
eral expense, including salaries and
expenses of county superintendent
fuel payment of old loans and inter-
est, text books and supplies, 1918
1918, S151,226; 1919-192O, 1892 49O;
difference, S41,264; per cent, 27.2.
New items-Tuition and transpOr-
tation of pupils to high schools and
consolidated schools, $500; interest
and payment of proposed bonds, S10,-
600; materials for instruction, S6,250;
total, S252,34O.
ed that teacher salaries are estimated
at Al per cent more than last year
Even at this rate it has been difficult
to obtain teachers and many on the
list fail to qualify in training. Other
States are willing to pay more than
Delaware and more profitable COM
mercial life draws teachers from their
profession.
Repairs and additions to buildings
The estimate of repairs is not quite
one-half of the actual expenditure of
last year. This is because the County
Board of Education hopes that a new
building program will be substituted
for the major repairs and additions
hitherto necessary.
Text books-The increase in esti- |
mated cost of textbooks is due to an
endeavor to properly furnish the !
schools, many of which have suffered |
for years from lack OF proper equip |
ment.
New Items of Cost
Tuition and transportation of pupils /
to high schools or to consolidated |
schools was formerly paid directly by |
parents with a supplementary aid /
($7 ,200) from the State. Four hundred |
pupils were so transported last year.
The budget estimate for this year |
(S43, ,600) is for 500 pupils. If the par
ents of the 400 last years pupils con-
tinue to furnish transportation, the
cost of this item would be materially
reduced, but transportation by the
school authorities has been perfectly
satisfactory elsewhere and is worthy
of trial in Delaware.
Interest and payment of proposed
bonds $10,O00-It has been estimated
that the county will issue 100000
bonds of which one twenty-fifth, or
$4,000 must be paid out of current
funds. $4,000 may be necessary for
interest at six per cent, probably
much lower rate will be named.
Material for instruction-All mater
ials, such as pencils and paper, other
than text books; were formerly fur
nished by pupils themselves. The
county now assumes this cost.
The following tax rates are of in
terest:
New Castle county, 191S-1919:
Property of white people. .......2 cole
Property of colored people. 1850
State of Delaware, 191S-1919:
Property of white people. ...... .25.0c
Property of colOred people -. 42.0c
D
vania, exclusive of towns and bor-
oughs, 1919-1920:
PennsDurg ........',' ,''..'''' ooc
East Marlborough ...............45 45c
POcOpSOn .................., ..f0c
henuelI ''..' .0oC .
concord .................... ..... o0c
Rural New Castle county proposed
for 1919-1920 .............4 .46c
Sussex County
Receipts State aid, county ]
taxes, tuition from pupils outside of {
district, loans, miscellaneous sources, {
191S-19, $173,56S; 1919-20, $243, ,020; /
Inference, 500, ,452; per cent, 40
County taxes, 1919-20-S,0O0 polls at 8
81, $4,000; real and personal prop Il
erty at so cents, $1OS,SOO; total, $780,
500.
Expenditures-Teac salaries,
repairs and additions to buildings,
general expense and salaries, salary i