Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-14
SCHOOL BUDGET FOR
NEXT YEAR VERY HEAVY
Tentative Draft Calls for ST.
3o@.195 Appropriation From
City Council.


for the members consideration an es-
timatcd budget for the maintenance
and operation OF the schools for the
year 1s2s-lss3 amounting to $780,
lss, The amount the board received
for the current fiscal year from the
city Council was 100000. The budget
was not taken up in detail yesterday
and consequently the Increase of
more than $1,000 900 in the sum To be
asked FOR from Council for the next
school year was not explained. The
budget was referred TO the finance
committee Tor their consideration and
a report 10 the board at the next meet
inc.
The tentative budget is made up as
follows; Capital outlay, SIC 7I5; MAIN
tcnancc, Sl.2si .s50: administration
$4,000; instruction. $4,000. OF which
sum Il Is pointed out. $4,000 will he
refunded by the State and Federal
funds FOR the vocational department
expense ot fixed charges. SCI. 45O: OPP
GRAFTON OF school plant. $50 900. main
tenance OF schools. 100000: contin-
srncy fund. $4,000.
There was no comment on the bud
tee. q is understood, intends TO make
Inquiry rs to the various amounts and
why some Of them are so high and /,
IS very probable that they viii do some
pairing down OF the sums estimated.
The committee on janitors. in n re-
port. recommended that Engineer
Renner at the High School be allowed
sSs extra pay for 10 nights he had Il
work at the building when meetings
were being held there. II was ais,
recommended that the school tanitors
I've allowed extra pay when they had
60 work in the school buildings al
night. 10 was further recommended
that hereafter a permit be necessary
for the use OF the High School on
other school building at night. thai
"A fee OF s. be charged for this permit
and that an additional amount ht
charged for light and heat. IL was
also recommended that night watch
man be employed at the 1iish School
Tho report was accepted and all tn,
rrcommendatio ordered complied
with.
Dr V. ID. Washburn advised tn,
members that the special Committe,
the city coming upder the State sChoo
code had formulated a plumber oi
questions designed to make clear JUS
what would happen to the city schools
under the new code and these haS
been forwarded 70 the city solicitor
for his attention.
Inquiry was received from Cit,
Council for the names az all tho EN-
ployes 81 the board. their positions
salary. duties and titles and Il wa.
ordered that this information lie for
warded 20 the Council ss soon as i
could be compiled
Prior 10 the meeting representa-
tive Of the keystone visual system OF
education gave a demonstration Of
the system and pointed out its ad-
Nantages. To install IL in the schools
of this city he said would cost about
$4,000. The board took no action or
the subject at yesterdays meeting.
Superintendent Ward reported IN,
appointment OF Frank NJ. Comfort al
al Instructor at the High School. HI
also reported the resignation OF Mrs
Georgia Hillman as teacher at schoo
No. &c take effect March IS.
Superintendent Ward said tn
actual time lost due 20 closing tn
schools because OF the scarlet feve
outbreak was IL days. He said tn
total number Of scarlet fever cases re
ported by the Board of Health 10 dat
10 126 showing that the condition ha
considerably improved.
"A statement Of the symptoms O
scarlet fever and other common con
ragious diseases" Mr.. Ward state
.n his report. has been made by tn
medical inspector and placed in tn
hands Of the teachers with direction
10 exclude from school any child show
Ing any OF these symptoms. and Z
notify the school nurse OF the cas-
and 10 notify the superintendent
Office SO that Arrangements can b
made for fumigating the room with
out delay"
Regarding his trip 10 Chicago wher
he attended the annual meeting OF IN
Department Of Superintendent {
the National Education Associa tioi
Nr. Ward had the following 70 say:
al this convention the discussio
centered around the general topics {
'Soclalized Character as a Product
Public Education outlook In Educa
ton. The Need Of a National Organ
izati0n for Education. School Arch
lecture and Group Intelligence Tes'
ing The central theme OF the entii
meeting was expressed in the top
for discussion al the last general ses
sion as follows; What has tn
country reason 20 expect by way
culture. efficiency and good either
ship in return for the cost Of OPERA
Ing public education In this country
President Jones Of Cleveland had
HIS main object the setting forth I
the people of the country an appraii
al Of public education as II exists e
day. and the pointing out OF the nee
ed improvements and reforms.
conformity with this general ide
illitsrscy. together with the NEAR
for its removal. was emphasized. TT
value and importance OF group il
telligence testing as a means Of pro
eriy classifying pupils for more eff
cient instruction was stress
throughout the meeting. Another
the outstanding features OF the di
cussion I'm relation 70 the gener
theme was the function OF public ed,
cation IN the production Of the prop
type OF socialized character and cit
zenship as the basis for an educate
that will insure safety for the COVER
ment OF the republic"
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