Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-08-23
State Board OF
Education Meeting
Officials Are Elected and Budget
Outlined AT Session Held
in Dover

At recent meeting of the State
Board of Education, held at Dover,
the old officers were reelected as fol-
lows:-President, DR.. 7. R. Brown,
Wyoming; vice-president, M. E. Gull
yer, Laurel; secretary, DR.. H. V. Hol-
loway.
The board appointed the following
persons to serve for the State Board
at the Clayton Colored School, for
1929: Andrew M. Briscoe, Denney
Blean, Edward hurry.
The board also approved the follow
ing to serve as trustees of the Cedar
Grove District lit, Sussex County for
1929: Byron z. Deputy, William
I. Wilson, Milford; L. C. Webb, Lin
coin City.
"A resolution presented by Har-
mony Grange, of New Castle County.
protesting against daylight saving
time for schools was referred TO the
trustees of the district.
Sites for colored schools at Green
spring, Mt. Olive, Berrytown, Ham,
monitor, Mt. Pleasant, Rehoboth. FL
lendale, Lincoln City and Lewes x.
Roads were approved.
The board approved the fve-vear
program of vocational education as
submitted by Vocational Director
Helm. The State directors financial
ana statistical reports also were an
proved.
II. B. King, of Columbia Univer-
slty, was engaged by the board. as
director of research for the State
Board, to take his office September
LIST. Mr.. King takes the place of
Prof. H. B. Stahl, who resigned to
take the SUPPLEMENTARY of the
schools at Claymont, Delaware. The
office corresponds to the office of State
statistician first held by Roger L. Tot.
ten.
The election at Hockessin, Del. for
school director, held on June 18th
was declared null and void by the
State Board because the polls were
not kept open the required time. The
hold-over members of the board will
appoint the third memzer for the
term of one year.
Business Manager Adams presented
the statement of janitorial allowance
for next year which will be the same
as last year. Each school will be
given basic allowance of S37 for every
elementary teacher employed and q
bonus of S35 for each teacher in ex.
cess of two. Additional provision is
made for schools with steam heating
plants.
For upkeep of buildings, repairs
and maintenance, each school is Civ.
en- for this purpose S75 for each full
time teacher employed. This applies
to special school districts and Will.
mington as we'll as State Board
Schools. The State Board will not
be responsible for any cost in excess
of allowance to any school unless
their permission is given for such ex-
cess.
Members of the Board considered
the working budget for the coming
school year, which shows the Board
will spend S2,200O0O next year.
Of this amount 1,238,O55 is pro-
vided for in the legislative allotment
The amounts to be expended are as
follows: Textbooks, 10000; mainte.
nance and upkeep, S15O,OOO; transpor.
tation, S65,0O0; superintendent sal.
aries, $4,000; additional High Schoo,
aid from the s45O,O0O tentative fund
4 $40, 151.S2; representing 20 per cent
of enrolment, $4,000; 20 per cent OF
number of teachers, $4,000; Is pc,
cent of average daily attendance
S56,25O; teachers certificates, s113,.
040; making a total of $1,967 ,496.82
This sum will be increased by the fol-
lowing items, from $450,0OO fund;
Smith Hughes act $4,000; High
School, extra costs, 100000; High
School equipment, s20,845; expenses at
summer school, $4,000; contingent
fund, $4,000.
Under the plan as now mapped
out the last six sums are unexpended
so far, as also is $53,175 of the sum
| allowed for maintenance and upkeep.
The budget provides for the ex-
penditure of s7OO,601.s3 for schools
| in Wilmington. This sum will be di-