Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-30
PUBLIC EDUCATION COSTS
s42.58 PER CHILD HERE
Mayor, in Annual Report.
Shows Citizens Have No
Room to Complain.
noND ISSUE TO BUILD SCHOOLS
Moro Than 10000 Pupils Were In
Attendance Inst Year mud LOBE
Teachers Wcrc Employed Ivy City
to Instruct Them.

According TO statistics furnished by
Mayor Ainslie in his annual report no
citizen has grounds to complain of the
cost OF educating his children In his
annual report just issued. the Mayor
shows that il cost but Si2.5S per
child in the public schools last year.
And this is an increase over the pre-
vious year Of sS.S4. L, Will bc hard to
f:nd 4 man with a reasonable objcc-
tion to this. i, is said This is less
than - cents day.
owing 10 high cost OF living. and
the low salaries paid local teachers.
city Council was compelled to in
crease the salaries OF teachers, and
in order TO do this the people we're
forced TO pay a little more taxes. And.
i'll order 10 supply the city with
sufficient number Of school buildings,
the city has authorized a bond issue
of s:.5oc.oo0 from the proceeds OF
which new buildings ara to he con-
structed. Il is believed these pro-
posed new buildings will take care
Of the situation for many years TO
come with the exception of perhaps
one new school every year or two to
take care OF the natural annual in
crease.
More Than 10000 In school.
More than 10000 children attended
the schools last year. For these chill
drcn ,0%3 teachers are employed, and
forty four buildings are utilized dur
ing the year. Medical, dental and
nursing service was doubled during
the year The Mayor states:
The total enrolment for the year
was 3o.2i9. a decrease OF thirty seven.
The enrolment OF the day schools
was 2..23l. Il decrease OF ~: and OF
the night schools. 2,sSs. a decrease OF
sixteen. White pupils numbered 20
ISL; colorcd, ?.2Ss. Male pupils. 49,
500: female pupils 1880. The aver
age daily attendance was: Day
schools. 2l.s@2; might schools. l.495
The per capita cost TO the city FOR
pupils enrolled for tuition, maintcn-
ancc and per cent interest on school
property was Sass, an increase OF
$3.50. The value Of school property
at the end OF the session was s3,237.-
1880, an increase OF Sil.6S?.o7.
The teaching CORPS consisted Of
1888 members, composed OF 1a7
white and 236 colored membcrs-l6o
males and S73 females The vacation
sohoo!s had an enrolment Of 2.Gi3.
Il decrease OF 76i. The number OF
teachers employed WAS cighty-four.
decrease Of nine. and the per capita
cost to the city for each pupil was
!@.:s. an increase OF ga cents
Free hooks Distributed.
Free textbooks were distributed to
2j.i3N pupils. being $50 per cent OF
the total. The cost Of books dis
uihuted was slS.lSG.iS. and the per
capita cost per pupil was II - cents
| While tbs is about IL cents in OK
cess OF the per capita cost OF the
preceding year. il is still well below
the average in the United States.
The night schools and vocational
classes. the work Of which has been
frequently analysed in these mes
SaGes, continued their success full
work, with an enrolment approx
rnhtely the same as in the previous
year. imagine that comparativcly
| few people knew that last year APP
| proNimatcly 5000 adults were going
10 school after supper In ten differ
/ eni school buildings. one feature OF
/ n!ght school work that is OF especial
| interest In further showing the ser
/ vic" 10 the community the schools
] az" striving 10 render IS the Ancri-
rthization class Though Richmond's
/ iortIgn-o born population is very small,
classics IN English and citizenship
We're conducted, with an cnrollrnen,
Of lni ye, this small number repre-
scented eleven different nationalities
Vocational classes were conducted
for machinists. woodworkers. m!lll-
ncr", drcSs makers. cooking, business
psychologist government ana rco-
Monies ana diatetics. with an enroll
mont 81 51i