The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-18
Maui Pays Salaries
Of Teachers Working
In Other Counties

For years past Maui County and the
City and County of Honolulu have
been paying part of the salary of the
school teachers on Kauai and Hawaii
and the latter islands have not been
fully supporting their own schools.
This year Maui is paying much
smaller proportion than formerly but
Honolulu is paying between five and
six percent more than it will receive.
These facts were brought out by Coun
ty Auditor Wilcox at the meeting to
decide on Maui legislation last Friday
afternoon. Superintendent of Public
Instruction Vaughan MacCaughey re-
piled and Wilcox then said that the
reports of the board of public instruc-
ton showed that while Maui led in
rate of attendance for the first three
grades she ranked lowest in percent
age of attendance in the higher grade
and was not getting full benefit of
her expenditures. To that also Mac
Caughey replied
Auditor Gives Figures
1t was during the discussion of the
proposed appropriation for transpor-
tation of children that f. B. Cameron
interrupted 10 inquire if it were not
a good time to take up the matter OF
Maui's paying school expenses for
Kauai and Hawaii and said Wilcox
could explain. The county auditor
gave figures to show that Maui has
spent many thousands of dollars for
the school expenses of the other is
lands.
Last year, said the county auditor,
Maui paid 1719 percent of the ter
ritorial taxes and received only 14.45
percent of the territorial school fund
while Kauai paid only 967 and re-
ceived 1886 percent, Hawaii 22.75 and
received 26.49 percent. The same
year Honolulu paid 50.39 and received
but 1870 perient. This year Maui's |
of the state expenses is
and its percentage of school |
shows some gain while Ho- |
nolulu's share of territorial expenses
is about 81 percent.
MacCaushey Replies
Replying superintendent MacCaug
hey said 1t was the old story of the |
richer or more populous sections pay
ing for the poorer and more scatter |
ed population. While he agreed that |
strictly all should receive what they |
pay if the idea were carried through |
it would mean the rural districts |
would have inferior schools. He ex
planned the taxation system.
Supervisor Drummond held that the |
school tax should be assessed against |
is well as apportioned to the counties |
IN the basis of percentage of school |
Now it is assessed on |
property valuations and apportioned /
according to percentage of attendance /
n each county to the whole territori- |
II attendance.
Senator Tavares said one could |
hardly call either Kauai or Hawaii
poor counties.
MacChughey admitted another way
If asse ssing and awarding would be
more nearly fair but said the rural
schools of the Islands ranked equal
IT superior to rural schools in the
and told how there schools
lad to be closed during the war while
lere only a very few closed for very
short periods of time
Higher Grades Neglected
1t was then Wilcox said that the
eports of the department of public
for 1918 showed that in
of attendance in the prim-
Try grades the rank of the counties
vas Maui, Hawaii, Kauai and Homo
ulu while for the higher grades the
ank was Honolulu, Kauai, Hawaii and
Iaui He considered this a reflection
lpon the Maui schools.
MacCaughey replied that the Maui
choOls ranked with any in the terri
ory but that it was tn efault Of local
conditions, that there were more
mall schools and not sufficient num-
,er of children of more years.