The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16
CROWDED CONDITION OF THE
HICKMAN CITY SCHOOL :

"ith accompd.lious for 700 Did yo
KNOW that the Hickman schools hav
an enrolment of 300 more pupils thai
the Fulton schOolsg At the present tim
tuiton has much better accommodation
Tor their 700 pupils than Hickman ba
TOT thelr 1000. Fulton has voted sJOOO
bonds 10 make additional room To-
thtlf pupils You can very easily Sc,
mat II our school has anv standiu.
Win other fourth class city schools ii
the state We must provide more room
Tor the pupils
| Iuefe are four rooms i'm the Hickman
pubic schools ia which there are over
~ pupils. five in which there are oven
'u' hve m which there are over 10 pu
pIs Ia other words there are min,
rooms. or about 81 per cent of the rooms
: DO winch there are over 80 pupils heinz
| taught and " rooms. OF - percent ot
jir rooms. iu which there are over 81
ruiidren IN THESE Gver-croWdrd rooms
are found first second. third. fourth
-rl rnth and eighth grade children
Ihe High School il also crowded
THIS year we have enrolled i'm high
school 100 pupils and next year tho
enrolment VIII Doe much higher About
hItl pupils VIII graduate from the ~fh
grade this year and enter high school
in september and yet only a few of the
present number will drop ont. The
IHI'e nigh school rooms being already
"trF-tull mikes il perpleziug problem
where To pun the pupils that enter nrxr
wear.
The crowded conditions i'm the West
iichman school are just az bad Fol
lowing il
West Hickman school.
First, 1~- second. e.: third. ~.
fourth. 80 and fifth. A. have been
gathering statistics 90 ascertain the
average cuumher of pupils graduating
do the Hickman schools in relation 10
ihr number THAT start. In taking fine
past year J lind hat only eight ont of
100 pupils thar begin school here ever
graduate Tn" greatest loss of these
pupils was found to occur between the
hr~t aud sixth grades These grades
are always oyer-crowded. Those who
ger % the sixth grade generally finish
mat grade. Then another big dropping
"ut occurs iu the seventh grade. prob
ably because they do not find the 9Th
grade ail they dreamed IT. might Toe
" they get through the seventh into
DO" eighth most of them viii stay. he
cause they ar" now aspiring 10 enter
hiGh school There is also considerable
dropping out iu the freshman wear. II
90 pupil can finish tire work i'm the first
year nigh school "a large per cent will
stay ia school until they graduate.
What Il the cause of all this loss
Most OF 10 i~ due to pupils being poorly
prepared for tine higher grades and the
nigh school work. The teachers i'm the
lower grades have 50 many pupils to
teach that they are not able 10 give
the individual attention 20 the pupils
that need il most and where these
children get into high school they soon
find that they are not strong enough 10
carry on the work.
II viii hc economy for the people to
vote the bonds.
The school law says that the board
Of education. SHALL provide. maintain
and support schools. for the education
Of the children who are bouafide resi-
dents of said district and entitled TO
free tuition i'm the common schools. The
board Of education i'm each fourth class
city shall levy an advalOrem fax upon
the real and personal property sub
jet 90 taxation a sum not exceeding
s. 30 on each $4,000 valuation OF prop
nrty. and a pole tax not exceeding the
amount of $500 on each male inhabi-
tant over u years Of age in said dis
'rict
Many Of the fourth class cities i'm the
state have put the rate to $50. Mad
'sonville. with a property valuation of
S2G19.2GO is paying this rate. Murray
with school enrolment Of 60 and a
property valuation Of S1.5OOOOO is pay
- = II.
fourth class cities that have raised the
rate 10 S150.
Hickman with an enrolment of 1000 !
pupils. and property valuation of
about S1.50O, 900 is paying S1.2J on each !
Dne hundred dollars TO support and |
maintain the schools If we fail TO |
vote the bond then it will be necessary
for the school board to raise the tax |
10 $50 in order 10 rent or buy some |
I'D buildings to be used for school pur- |
poses. 1t viii not take more than |
twenty-five cents TO carry the bonds |
and put up some permanent and decent |
buildings You see from this il Will |
not cost any more TO vote the bonds |
han il will if the taxes are raised to |
$50
Every town i'm this state that has |
roted on school bonds for the past two |
years has voted them by large MAORI |
lies. Fulton has recently voted $4,000 |
FOR buildings. Murray has let the con- |
tract for erecting 100000 building. |
has recently finished a school |
costing $1O0,OOO00. Paducah |
800 10000 for a high school building |
Princeton. $4,000 for a high school. |
Marion $4,000 fOr'new buildings. These |
are some of the towns in West Ken !
rucky that have voted school bonds in |
he ~ II year.