Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-14

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know about conditions relative to
school finances in other Arkansas
cities and the matter of teachers
salaries, inquiries were sent by Mr..
Light to the presidents of several
lschool boards and the following are
Representative of the replies he re-
lceived: w NJ Breathwitt, president
| of the Pine Bluff school board says,
I'VE have reduced no salaries; in
Iface, we have raised a few in our
effort to standardize salaries paid
leach grade in each ward school;
jC. I'll. Windt, secretary of the Blythe
willie school board says, 1.-The school
hoard here did not change any sal
1aries. We figured that in the re-
adjustment OF conditions, the teach
lers were low enough anyway. We
are paying a minimum OF 500 per
month for the school period of nine
months, and for teachers that have
been in service for long period,
we are paying from $115 to 1925
per month. In high school our
Isalaries range from $125 TO $175
iper month"; Hugh Nixon, banker
and president of the Mariana school
board in his reply to Mr.. Lights
inquiry, Il note you state your
board is confronted with scarcity
of funds which seems to be no diff
| ferent from the condition of prac
tically every other school directorate
| of any Importance in the state, that
| | have heard from so far. Answer
| ing your question will say however.
| that we have not reduced the
salaries of our teachers at all. On
the other hand, in the last eight
iyears we have done nothing else
but increase them and there were
know how our salaries compare with
those paid by other boards but we
have considered it bad business to
TRY to reduce them. In fact, we
think them hardly enough as it'll
is We are paying our grade teach
Iers now salaries from $500 to $1,000
per season. We have several teach
ers in high school that we pay more
than that. C. B. Hickey, president
of the Fordyce school board in his
letter to Mr.. Light says: I'VE have
not decreased the salaries of teach
ers in our schools, but have raised |
some. The board decided that il |
would be best to pay more and |
have strong faculty thar to cut |
and get poor teachers. We have |
been enabled to run our schools |
by the people in this district paying |
an additional 10 mill tax, making
a total of % mills
In readjusting the budget for
the school year 1922. the board |
has reduced the amount paid teach
ers by approximately $4500.00, and
med to the very rock bottom so
that nine-months school for the
coming year will cost approximately
SAL 10000. This is made possible
only by reason of the fact that the
coal supply for the year has already
been put in. insurance premiums
We're paid last year for a three
year period, janitors wages cut con
no new equipment is to
he added to the schools, (although
it is badly needed), and other cuts
thar can be made.
The resources for starting the
new school year will be confined TO
the state apportionment for 1921
which will he in the ighborhood
OF Sc, 10000. This amount Will be
turned over to the board by the
county board of education some
time soon From this amount has
been paid 1000 for interest on
the bonded indebtedness of the dis
trict. This leaves the local board
with about enough money TO pay
teachers for a little less than two
The tax collector will not
have any money available to cash
the school warrants until about
February /. 1922, which means
that either the teachers will have
TO carry their warrants for two or
three months or the board will
have to do as it has in the past,
borrow money locally and take up
the warrants as they come due.
The amount of income expected from
the 1927 collection of the 12-mill
tax, based on the 1921 assessment. |
should be ABOUT 1872, which |
taken together with the $4,000 left
out OF this years state apportion- |
ment will be $37,5 or between |
$500 and $4,000 less than the |
proposed nlne-months school will
cost this year The board proposes