Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-02
SMALL ATTENDANCE
At SCHOOL MEETING
DR.. A. w. Thorp Elected as
High School Treasurer
No Action Taken on
High School.

AZ The annual hlgn SchOOl board
meeting held at the school house
Monday evening DR.. "A. w. Thorp was
elected treasurer for the term of
three years, succeeding E. A. Croker.
Although the polls we're open, as re-
quired by law, from one p. m. until
seven p. M, the vote was very light,
twenty-four people taking enough in
terest in school affairs to turn out and
vote, DR.. Thorp received the entire
vote cast, there being no other candi-
dates,
After the polls closed the meeting
was organized to transact the bust
ness required by law. A chairman and
clerk of the meeting were elected and
the reports of the treasurer and clerk
read and approved. The boards rec
concentrations for appropriations
were then submitted and acted upon
individually. The board put it's esti-
mate at $40, 600 to cover necessary e.g-
penses for the ensuing school year.
After due discussion the items of
such outlay were adopted, which in
cluded increased salaries for high
school teachers, compensation for a
fourth assistant, furniture, supplies,
repairs and janitOr work.
It is to be regretted that citizens Of
the district do not take more time to
attend to the affairs of their school.
No public institution deserves more
consideration, especially from voters
who have children of school age, than
the public schools. 1t shows laxity
that is lamentable, and yet those
same voters who we're among the
missing will be foremost when COM
plants are to be made. Until more
residents of the district make it a
point to attend the annual school
meetings there is not much chance of
the community taking the proper in
terest in school affairs that it should.
1t had been the general assumption
of those present that the matter Of
Issuing bonds for the erection of a
new high school building would be
taken up at the meeting, but nothing
was done about it. The apnual meet
ing was the logical place for such
business TO be transacted Even If no
further action than the preliminary
work was done, it would have been a
start in the right direction. We think
it mistake to let the matter drag,
when the question of proper educa-
tional facilities is so vital as it is to
this community. Failure to bring the
question to working basis means
more delay and unnecessary expense
in calling a special election. There
may be some reason for SO doing but
to the average voter it is not apparent.
Sooner or later this district has to
provide an adequate high school for
its ever increasing school population
of high school age. The longer the
matter is delayed the worse present
conditions will become and
the future may show the folly of
putting off the question at this time.
With bonds a drug on the market,
material and labor scarce and high, it
may be wise to postpone action, but
the preliminary work could be done
now, in fact, should have been done
at the annual meeting, so that when
conditions do become normal, proper
advantage may be taken OF them.
Until district voters get busy and
bring up the issue through the proper
channels, the education of our chill
dren must suffer, and that is condi-
tion that thinking citizens should
not tolerate.
With last years figures and an esti-
mate of what the high school enrol
ment will be next September it is
apparent that the present accommo-
dations are entirely inadequate,
which will mean that some portion of
the school, either grades or high
school classes, must move to other
quarters. This fact was brought out
at tile meeting, raising the question
as to which should be moved. 1t is