Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-09
To Build County High
School Buildings
Is It To Your Interest Or Not?

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students in the county desiring high school education
The hoard has cooperated by allowing transportation and
encouraging county pupils attend but the progress of
the times is now getting beyond Six years ago there
onv four rural pupils receiving the benefits OF the money
paid for high school instruction. Each year more students
see the need of better education and next year IS pupils
will be ready to enter high school work from the twenty
three rural and village Schools besides Paakas one hun
bred and TWENTY-FIVE The three four rural schools that
will be cared for by Crescent City will enroll eight
besides 40 Crescent City high school pupils Crescent City
has no permanent building They to build grammar
school building and the part of this money be voted Feb
ruary IS allotted Crescent City for high school de-
parnent The amount allotted for the of the county
will 90 to erect building Block So in the town of Pa
latka for high school only
1.-THE majority of the say cannot issue these
rants then these rural and village high school pupils will
have no opportunity of high school in Putnam county
serious state of affairs it seems to us; however,
matter for the superintendent and the board of public
struction but for the people decide We have called this
election to know your will, and, being your servants we
will abide by the
Paaka has her school building which she make do
for few years by admitting only pupils from her dis
trict Someone has asked if the Paatka building
built by the county Not of county funds in Paa
ka district alone paying for this building and she will also
pay her part the high school building The question
asked, "How much will raise taxes? 1t cannot raise
taxes cent neither will lower them against it.
The law allows the school board to assess 10 mills no
that assessed The board will have curtal ex
penses pay for this building until the legislative body
changes the law which hope will be legislature We
trust then they will make provision for milage
for the expenses then the increase will be 80
cents year each 81 worth of property you This
small amount will for the interest and provide sinking
fund until the building is paid for.
This matter for the people decide Some have asked
why do you call the election now?' The answer we
have to begin make plans for another year, and is
not fair to not give the people opportunity have high
school they want Since the Paatka district no
longer care for any besides the children in their district
the question now for the rural people settle but reme
ber the issue fails the 18th of February sad day
tor the districts outside of Paaka for will mean
young person who has will be deprived of any ed
cation beyond the eighth grade The time is past when that
amount OF education sufficient to meet the needs OF this
day progress The matter will be placed before YOU
and by your vote February 18th you decide the for
yourselves.
May you be led for the issuance of these warrants
and the interest of your children
PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD,
H. Haughton, Chairman; c. NJ Loveland H. w. Warm
g. II. Price, Superintendent