The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-03

lowing sufficient funds for all supplies and further development of study, Tor additions to the teaching corps is needed.
 The present school plant is esti- mated at four and one-half million
 and s1s7.ooo is allowed for the cost of operation This should be at least $225,000. The sum of $82.000 is all
 lowed for maintenance repairs and
 renovations are made. the sum of $25, ,000 for emergencies such as have already appeared this year.
 The present sum of s4f,500 for overhead should be increased to ESQ., 900 to allow for proper adjustment Of salaries for the establishment of bureau of attendance to maintain complete record of every childs school life, and to take over the | enumeration of the school census, and
 the handling of all cases of truancy; l (The latter work should be divorced | from the police department) | In addition to the above the sum | of at least one million dollars year | for a period of five years will be re-
 qudred to meet the present need of 1 new buildings.
 pr. Slawson's monthly reports are | the only and best barometers on in- | tention should be given to his last
 report stating that the High school | overflow now calls for two additional | buildings in place of one. This adds ] to the need and the longer the delay the greater will become the building | program.
 Using the present grand list as a | basis the sum of three million a year
 represents approximately IA per l cent. of the grand list. or tax rate
 of approximately thirteen (13) mills
 for support of all public schools and
 the construction of new buildings. 1 It has become apparent that new | school buildings cannot be construct
 ed during the next five years from | the income of bond issues
 Per Capita Costs The following per capital costs are | for both day and evening schools, ex- | cept that relating to kindergartens,
 and this is based on the number of i pupils taking the work, for the | school year ending July l, 1921:
 Administration .-.... ......--e .ee
 fnstruction HupTrstilHn (saiaries1 -. s7.s5
 kindergarten isuppiies -. 1.2s
 Gnciuding drawing, auxiliary sup plies, supplementary books, school l library, etc.)
 peration-water. heat, light and
 power, janitors' salaries, cleaning and disinfecting, 5S cents per capita for i Maintenance-Repa and inn
 provements to buildings and grounds.
 repairs and Improvements to heating
 and plumbing, repairs to Furniture 1 | eous items, 25 cents per capita for | maintenance.
 ] The cost per capita for the con | ducting of the High school was $94.o7, an increase of s11.42 over the pre- | vious year; for evening school, SIPS | per capital; for the Normal school, | S200.08 and for grade schools, S5S.32. 1 In summing uD the situation in so ! far as all divisions of the depart ment are concerned (except that of
 fnstruction) it is found that the cost but very little during the last school | year. What material decrease. if any.
 in the above for the present school | and fiscal years cannot be determin- | ed until a year hence.t ! The budget of the board should be i zealously guarded to prevent the
 spending of more funds that are
 available, only an extreme emergency | should be considered and then only | after every source to secure addition
 al revenue has been exhausted. i Some action should be taken in so far as operating costs are concerned ] to keep down to the lowest ebb the 1 expenses for water, gas, electric light.
 power. fuel and supplies. The schools consume on an average daily Chased 1 on school year) 5.952 gallons of wa l ter The jauitor should be particular | to see that the water is shut off ach
 night in all toilets and that leaky 1 plum ping immediately reported. l He should also keep for his own in | monthly record of the water supply | in his building and investigate each 1 increase. This information should also be supplied in order to intelli- | gently permit the office to check all l bills.
 The above argument also applies ! to gas aand electricity and I recom- mend that an order be issued where by each japitor be called upon to | keep a book record of all gas and | electricity consumed in his building l and that the monthly bills be refer 1 red to him for checking before they are paid from this office We spent.
 as will be noted from the attached