The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-11-24
URGES VOTES FOR
UNION HIGH SCHOOL
Lynden School Board Tells of Adj
vantages Of SYSTEM Explains Need
of Extra Levy

Reasons why the people OF the
community should support the Union
High School plan at the polls Dec
ember 8, were outlined today in a
statement issued by the Lynden
School Board.
For the information of the people
of the Lynden school district. the
board also explained the need of ap-
proving at this time an extra levy OF
seven mills for school expenses.
The following is the boards state
ment:
On December 3rd the Lynden
School District will submit to the vot-
ers two separate questions: (D The
formation of a union high school !;
and (2) special seven mill levy. In
order to prevent any misun derstand-
ing relative to said matters we wish
to make the following explanations :
Union High School
1t has been felt for some time in
the past that the Lynden District
was undertaking more than it was
able to do financially. when it was
educating all pupils from outside dis
tricts on the same basis as its own
resident pupils. The only remuner-
alton the district has received for this
were the amounts payable out of the
non-high school fund and the county
and state apportionments for attend
ance.
Outside districts have in the past
been assessed 1.6 mills for the main
tenance of the non-high fund. The
cost of educating nonresident pupils
has been greater than the amount re-
ceived from these funds.
1t was therefore rightly felt that
the outside districts should join with
the Lynden District for the purposes
of forming Union High School, the
plan now being generally followed in
this state, and according to state
ments of county officials of the differ
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ing out very satisfactorily.
Under this plan each district re-
tains control of it's own grade schools
but joins with the other districts for
high school purposes only, under the
theory. that such districts are al n,ai-
-tually benefited and should mutual
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chairman of the different local
boards become the board of directors
of the high school, assuring each dis
trict one vote on such board. Such
union remains in force for five years,
after which time any district can
vote to withdraw.
AS to the Indebtedness which now
exists in the Lynden District it must
be borne in mind that this will have
to be paid by the Lynden District.
The law so provides, and the petit
tions signed by the voters of the diff
ferent districts specifically so state.
The benefits to the districts outside
of Lynden, which will vote on the
question stated, more than offset the
slight increase in taxes which will
result Ordinarily the districts hav-
ing no high school are forced to join
in forming a high schoo1 district, and
building and equipping a suitable
building. All this Lyndcn ha; al
ready done and the outlying districts
will get all the benefits of a fine
building, well equipped, without a
cent of cost to them.
Furthermore, instead of paying
taxes into lon-h. .gh school fund
which is distributed among all the
high schools of the county, their tax
es will remain at home in their own
union district. and they will no long
er pay the non-high school tax.
Again, the different districts will
all get a voice in the control of the
high school as each will be repre-
sented on the board by the chairman
of their local board.
AS Lynden has been liberal in the
past, so she is generously offering
her fine building and equipment
without any cost to the districts
which shall vote to join.
Special Levy
During the past few years the Lyn-
den District has always voted To-
mill special levy at elections, usually
held in the summer. Owing to high
taxes and certain economies found
advisable by the board this special
levy was reduced to seven mills and
so passed at the special election held
last May. This special levy was for
the present school year, July /, 1921,
to July l, 1922.
In 1921 the state legislature pass
ed a new law relative to school cleo
tions, the statute providing that all
special levy elections must be held at
the time of the general school and
city elections, held in December.
The result is that the speciaI levy