Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-28
Phlbrook Explains How School Expenditures Are Made; Declares
 Bisbee,s Per Capita Costs Are Lou
Warren District Superintendent Says Sums Demanded by Small, Outlying Districts Out Of Proportion And
 Responsible For Charges Of Extravagance

A talk on School Expenditures. in- eluding an explanation of what he de clared to be misleading statements in the papers concerning the cost of maintaining the Bisbee schools. was given yesterday noon by c. F. Phil brook. superintendent of schools. at the meeting of the Warren District Luncheon Club al the Copper Queen hotel
 PhilbrOok explained that the schools are supported through four sources of income. the federal government. the state. the county, and the school dis tricL He said that the present ten dency is to increase the burden of the nation and state, and decrease that of the county and school district.
 The government support of the schools was primarily to promote vo- eational education The original plan was for the state and federal govern ment to match dollar for dollar that was expended along these lines This has been changed so that the state pays approximately three-fourths. This system has developed as none thought it would, and PhiIbrook pointed out that small country schools. not pro periy equipped to carry on vocational work, demand altogether. dispropor- tionste amountsi cf the fand For hl- stance. the demand Of Benson this year js for S7000, while that of bee. many times larger. is only for S17.600. The town of St. David gets $10,250 or it's vocational budget and for manual training and domestS; sci ence. while Bisbee gets but S2S. 700.
 Explains About Benson
 T noticed in this mornings paper. % said the speaker. "a reference to the cost per pupil at Benson. (The speak CT refererd to a letter written by
 B. Mershon to Governor Campbell) There is a good reason for the disprO- portiOnate cost per pupil at Benson. It is because the people of Benson have discovered that they can get any thing they want in their schools and the Southern Pacific railroad has to pay for it. The railroad pays nearly all of the taxes visited Benson and found there about onefourth as many teachers as there are pupils. They keep many teachers for special sub jects. No wonder the cost runs up
 -The figures that have been pub lished concerning the per capita cost per year for pupils in the Bisbee schools are misleading The only way to make a real comparison of costs is by figuring the cost per day per pupil The per capita cost per year ill Bis bee is higher than in Douglas, but the cost per day for each pupil is less It is because We have more days in the school year; we give them more for their money. (Douglas maintains school nine months in the year and Bisbee II months-l
 When I was appointed a member Of the state board of education I dis covered that MaricOpa county was drawing S5.Oo0 from the state voca- tionai budget while we were getting but S2.500 I asked the reason for this and was told that Aarieopa has two boards of education. one for
 grade and one for the grammar schools and was allowed eo draw twice as much for that reason. pointed out that we also have two boards. although it happens that t' same men are on each. and that we should have the same amount The board agreed with me and as a result we now draw 5000.
 'The state funds should be appor- toned on the basis of average dail' attendance instead of on a school cen sus basis as at present. In Maricopa county there are thousands of Mexican children. cotton pickers, who never at tend school and are not expected to who are counted on the school census to increase the apportionment of Mari |. copa county If the money was appor toned on the basis of average daily