Evening journal., 1920-02-20
MAY YDISSOLVE
NEWARK DISTRICT
contInued from Flrst PAGE.

they desired more Information on The
subject before taking a stand
The meeting last night was called by
the members OF the local Bo5rd " FL
ucat'on who are Edward L. Richards.
president; Robert 5. Gallaher and llar-
rison Gray. The board recently held a
conference with Dr. Joseph n
Odell, director OF the delaware Auxll-
iary Association which association has
charge OF the distribution OF the So
OOOO0O p s. dupont fund 10 assist In
The building Of new school bulldlnrs
In. the state. The auxiliary offered TO
give s225O 900 towards the Newark
school building. providing the special
district raises $4,000 by bond issue.
There were about sixty atrlhe meet
ing President Richards opened The
meeting and said Mr. Gallaher
would eNpla'n the proportions the
board had before Il. Mr.. Gallagher ex-
planned thst the board would have TO
reach a decision soon TO get The S225.-
COO offered but before reaching that de-
csion the members desired 10 get The
sentiment OF ihe taxpayers lie bald OF
The conference with Or. 0dell and ex-
n'aincd The two propositions the board
has under consideration.
The two propositions follow:
No. 4. The Auxiliary Association,
agres TO furnish s225.O00 towards the
proposed new school providing the spe-
cial district bonds 10 It's limit. whicii |
would be $40 OOO. making the total cosl |
OF the building s365 600. Under This !
bond issue. the tax rate which is now
50 cents on the siO0 would have to De
increased TO 81 80 TO take care OF the |
bond issue and maintain The school |
Plans for the school have already been ]
drawn by the architect for the stat |
Board Of Education.
No. 2-Dissolve the special district !
and 20 into the county system. The (
auxiliary would give the s225.0O0 II this /
Is done. but instead Of the district being /
bonded the county would be bonded for |
the remainder and a building just as /
good. II not better than the one that the |
special district proposes 10 build. would I
be provided. Under this bond the tax ]
rate is not supposed to be more than /
81 This plan would lose the Newark 4
district its present identity and also
take away from the local board most OF 4
The authority that II now has.
George L. Medill. president Of the
County School Board. who attended the
meeting. was asked 10 explain the sltu-
alton should Newark dissolve as a spe-
cial district and enter the county sys-
TEN. lie was also questioned as 10 the
possible tax rate under the county sys-
TEN. Mr.. Mcdll stated that all the spe-
cial districts were having trouble TO
work out plans for financing q building
project that would meet the require
ments OF the State board under the new
law because the districts are not large
enough 10 carry such a financial bur-
den. As 10 the tax rate. Mr.. Medill
stated that 81 was high estimate under
the county system. He did not think II
would be higher as the people Of The
In his opinion. would not stand
for a higher rate. Personally, he said,
he would never favor a higher rate
while a member OF the board.
Or Waller II Steel. II. Warner Nc
Neal, Thomas r.. Claringbold, George w.
Griffin and others advocated going into
the county system as the indications
we're II would make the tax rate much
lower while Newark would get just as
good a school II this Is done several
small districts around Newark will be
and the children trans
ported by the county board buses.
Frank Collins called attention 10 the
act that the SUCCESSORS OF the present
county school commissioners who were
appointed by Governor Townsend un-
Ter the new code will be elected and
ie feared that politics would get into
county school matters then. lie favor
d remaining a special district
Mayor E. B. Frazer. George l.. Town
end and a number OF others who d's-
.ussed the matter stated they desired
more information on the situation be-
ore going on record. Mr.. Frazer In
mlred II II was moi possible for Newark
o build a less expensive school building
md remain a special district II Il was
hought the present plans were too ex-
,ensiye II was explained that require
nents Of the State board would have 10
,e met and apparently the only alierna-
i've was IN raise $4,000 by bond issue
Z the s225 900 gift Is secured and lh's
means a $3.50 bond issue for the special
district.
The fact was brough out that only
fe,y months ago there was on urgent
lemand for Newark TO accept The code
IS a special district and the questlon
vas asked. what caused The change OF
entlment 10 go into the county sys-
EN-.
Miss Eta Wilson was asked 10 ex-
lain this. Miss Wilson stated mat
ne special district feature OF the code
vas taken from The Ohio and New
FORK laws. II was found. however.
hat II will be expensive TO carry out
Inder the code for the reason that The
pecIal districts In this Stale are not
s large or as wealthy as those In The
tates that have proved such success.
ii was the opinion OF unmber that
,ewark will moi lose anything by go
ne into the county system and would II
ave a much smaller tax rate. while A
theirs were OF the belief that In o.
hort time the tax rate would be Just
$ heavy as under The county system q.
5 the special district plan. After n,
lore duscusIOn, the vote was taken !,
n Dr. Sleel's motion, with the result a,
5 stated II Is possible that another ,e
ublic meeting Will be held in a day ~
r so with a view OF getting a larger III