Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-02-10
To Build County High
School Buildings
Is 1t To Your Interest Or Not?

Palatka has for several years thrown open her doors
students in the county desiring high school education
The board has cooperaed by allowing transportation and
encouraging county pupils attend but the progress
the times getting beyond u.s. Six years ago there were
only four rural pupils receiving the benefits of the money
Daid for high school instruction. Each year more stdnr
see the need of better education and year Is pupils
will be ready to enter high school work from the twenty
three rural and village Schools besides Paatkas one hun
dred and twenty-five The three four rural schools that
will be cared for by Crescent City will enroll eight or ten
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-
parment The amount allotted for the rest of the county
will 90 to erect building on Block s. in the town of Pa
latka for high school only.
If the majority OF the cannot these war
rants then these rural and village high school pupils will
have no opportunity of high school in Putnam county.
serious of affairs, u.s. however, it noa
for the superintendent and the board of public in
struCon but for the people decide We have called this
election know your WILL and being your servants we
will abide by the same.
Paatka has her school buiding which she can make do
for few years by admitting only pupils from her dis
tric Someone has asked if the Paatka building not
built by the county. Not of county funds in it. Paa
ka district alone paying for this building and she will also
pay her part of the high school building The question
is asked GLOW much will it raise taxes?" 1t cannot raise
taxes one cent neither will it lower them agamat
The law allows the school board mills more
that is assessed The board will have curta e
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 mage care
tor the new expenses then the increase will be
cents year on each ST. 900 worth of property you own M
small amount will care for the interest and provide sinking
fund until the building is paid for
lhlS matter for the people to decide. Some have aSke
why do you call the election now?" The answer is We
have to begin make plans for another year. and Nb
not fair to not give the people opportunity to have w
school If they want Since the Paaka district can ~
longer care for any besides the children in their district
the question for the rural people settle but rem
ber If the issue fails the 18th of February it is sad Gay
tor the districts outside of Paatka for will many
young person who has will be deprived OF any ea
cation beyond the eighth grade The time past when M
amount OF education is sufficient the needs OF w
day progress The matter will now be placed before YOU
ana by your vote February 18th you decide the matter
yourselves.
May you be led to vote for the issuance of these warrants
and the interest of your children
PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD,
j. H. Haughton Chairman; C. NJ Loveland H. W. VAIN
G. H. Price, Superintendent.