The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-05-27
Urges Vote For
School District
Consolidation

What reasons have | for voting In
favor of the union of School Districts
Nos. / and 81
First-I want my children to have
the very best education this commu-
nifty can afford and what is good for
my children Is equally good ior every
other child In the community.
Second--On Investigation md that
District No. has school population
of HOO children and District No. y
has a school population OF 500. Also
that school district No. has IS teach
ers to hand'e l.ico children. about 81
children 10 the teacher. while District
No. has 20 teachers TO 500 children.
or 40 children to the teacher. There
fore the child In District No. has
the advantage of more Individual at
tentlon from II steachers
Third-The assessed valuation. OF
District No. / Is s5.00O.0O0 in round
figures and the valuation OF District
No. $ Is s2.0oo.oS0. This allows
1851 of the assessed valuation
child In District No. l. while In Dis
trict No. the assessed valuation n
child is only $500. Therefore the
child in District Mol has the adyan-
tage of more property value per cap
ita with which 10 buy It's education.
Fonrth-With the same levy for
taxes. District No produces IS In
taxes. while District No. produces
81. or two and one-half times rs mauy
dollars OF the same levy. while the
school census only shows one and
three-quarter times the children in
District No. l compared TO District
No. g.
Filthy putting the resources OF
the two districts together, District No.
8 viii receive a monetary value In
crease pupil, but this will not detract
from the children OF District No. 1. as
the overhead expenses can be reduced
and in a good many Instances classes
can be merged together. which now
require the time OF two teachers; this
is more especially true In the two high
schools now being maintained In this
community. where really only one Ia
needed. but it also holds good In tho
departments OF art music, physical
training and school nurse work, as
probably one supervisor in each de-
partment can handle all the work for
the whole united district. instead Of
having two supervisors in each de-
partment. one Tor each district. as at
present.
Sixth-The stronger you make tho
public school system In any commun-
ity. the more people you will attract
the greater the population, the more
property you have to levy taxes on.
Seventh want to be able to look
my children in the face when they
grow up to be men and women and
say that ! did my best to give them
good education. and not have them
say We would have had better
education IL you had voted for the
Union OF the two school districts. and
worked for II SO others would vote
for IT.
Eighth-Be a booster for your com
munity. and not knocker, even ,if
II should cost you dollar or two
more year to make better men aud
women out of the rising generation
remember that they are going to take
our places in a very few years Let
us leave good q place for them. to fill
as II Is in our power TO leave,
Nin,h-Good education is the cas-
lest and simplest solution. as well as
the best remedy for Boishevism, and
II will assist In making good Ameri-
can citizens out OF the many foreign
eIemsnts We have In our midst.
Get busy with your friends ard helm
to convince them that the union OF
the two districts u the best thing for
this community