The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-05-05

pose. Our observation along this par
ticular line has shown that it has been
impossible heretofore to keep all the
school sin the county open during the
entire school year, and that there is
now number of our schools closed,
some of which has been closed for
some time, and that there has been
lack of teachers with certified certif-
Gates, and there still remains the pos
/ sibility that number of teachers will
not make the certificates granting the
increase in salary as anticipated in
the letter of transmittal. The Board
of Education in transmitting its bud
get has failed to furnish to the Com.
missioners statement of the funds or
hand and the unexpended balances I'M
der the various items. We, however,
understand from the letter which your
board has addressed to the Commits
sioners in response to a request for
the same, that by the practice of econ
omy there may be something like
$4,000 or $4,000 unexpended funds in
! its hands at the close of the present
term. While we have allowed but
$4,000 for this item, we wish to state
that the Commissioners desires to go
on record that it is DESTROYS of pro-
viding sufficient funds to meet the ac-
| tual expenses of teachers salaries. If,
! therefore, the amount which we have
allowed shall hereafter be found in
sufficient for teachers salaries for
the year 1921-1922, this board stands
ready and willing to obtain and we
will obtain upon the good faith and
credit of the county and furnish the
/ Board of Education at the proper time
such additional sum as may be actu-
ally required and found necessary to
pay the elementary teachers salaries
for said year.
/ High School Teachers. Under this
/ item we have provided the sum of ten
thousand dollars for high school teach
ers, which we believe will be sufficient
! to cover the financial needs of this
/ item. We desire to reiterate and eX-
press what we have already said with
reference to the salaries of elemen-
tary teachers, that we stand ready
and willing in the event that the said
! sum so allowed is not found sufficient
to provide such additional funds to the
/ Board of Education as may be actu-
ally required to pay the high school
teachers salaries for said year.
Substitutes and Association. We
have denied and disallowed the sum of
| 500 requested under this item for the
reason that in our judgment the same
is not needed and is unnecessary.
9.-Summer Schools. We have also
denied and disallowed the sum of
S1,750 requested under this item as
not required and unnecessary. The
advance in salary of teachers and the
financial condition of the county and
the already high rate of taxation does
not justify the county in making this
allowance this year.
10.-TeXt Books. We have disal-
lowed the entire amount of $988.44 as
being unnecessary and not needed.
The State furnishes the text books for
the schools and there is not good rea-
son we can see for the granting of
this item, and it is our Judgment the
same is unnecessary.
11.-Materials of instruction. We
have declined to allow the sum of
| $496.16 requested under this item, be-
cause the same is not necessary and
not needed, and in addition thereto we
believe that the appropriation by the
| State is ample for the same.
12.-Other Costs of instruction. We
have also declined to allow the sum
of 5000 or any part thereof, it being
the judgment of the Board that the
same is unnecessary and not required
! Cooperation of School Plant.
1.-Janitors' Wages. We disap.
prove in part the sum of $500 asked
for under this item, and have allowed
the sum of $4,000, and denied of said
amount asked for the sum of $500,
being the amount in excess of the sum
that the sum of $4,000 allowed is
sufficient and ample to meet this ex-
pense, and that any sum in excess
thereof is not required or needed.
The amount requested exceeds the a
mount requested last year. There has
been considerable reduction in wages
and this reduction applies to wages of
Janitors, and in the judgement of the
Commissioners more than $4,000 to
cover the expenses of this item is un-
necessary.
2.-Janitors' Supplies, The amount
requested is $4,000 under this item,
and we have disallowed the sum of
$4,000 thereof, and have allowed
$4,000 as any more is more than nee
essary and not required for this pur-
pose.
3.-Fuel, There has been a consider
able reduction in the costs of fuel and
hence we cannot agree to the amount
of $4,000 requested, and have allowed
the same in part, to-wit: $500, and
disallowing the sum of 81 900, which
is the sum in excess thereof We be-
lieve that the amount which we have
allowed is ample, particularly so when
the prevailing prices for coal are
taken into consideration, and that the
amount requested in excess of what
we have allowed is unnecessary and
not required.
5.-Other Costs of Operation. We
! disallow and deny the entire amount
requested under this item, to-wit:
$500. 1t is our judgment that the
same is not needed and we see no APP
parent reason to allow the same.
D.-Maintenance of School Plant.
REPAIRS of Buildings and Up
keep of Grounds. The amount re-
quested of $1,000 we deem more than
necessary. We disapprove to amount
of $4,000, and allow $2,7O0, which we
consider sufficient, and the said excess
we decline to approve and disallow as
the same is not required to take care
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