The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-13
Total Cost of Operation for Year 1928 Was
$641, 1883 According to the
Annual Report.
PER CAPITA INSTRUCTION COST $7S
Superintendent of Schools Files Annual Report With
the Board of Education - 1t Proves an
Interesting Document.

edge of expenditures, where made, for
what, and how efficiently expended I
believe our accounting system is now
in advance of that of any other city
in the state"
"There is only one point" continues
the report, Eat which there is occasion
for keen disappointment and that is
over the salary question. For years
there has been feeling that Kenosha
teachers were underpaid and a result
ant feeling of dissatisfaction which
has manifested itself in many ways.
1t is true that the salary schedule has
been low, but it is growing better each
year, and each year notifications in
the schedule have been made which
enable US to start teachers higher
the scale and to grant additional rec
ignition for training and experience.
1t is evidently impossible to go back
and give the recognition to all teach
ers who came in under the old regu-
lations and this is q source of dis
satisfaction. There has arisen the
habit of questioning and comparing
salaries so that there is feeling of
financial unrest in the air.
Suggests Remedy.
The report goes on to suggest
means of remedy for these conditions
which have been known to exist for
some time. Mr.. Loomis suggests a
careful survey Of salaries in other
cities, in which representatives of the
teaching bodys should be interested
with the superintendent, to see how
10 wi in Karooho oDd in
case the schedule is low at any point,
provision should be made for correc-
ton. "If these suggestions could be
carried out, or Others more effective
substituted, we might be able to clear
the matter up, forget the salary and
devote all our energies to teaching
school"
A large part of the report, is given
over to a detailed discussion of the
costs of the years work in the schools.
The cost is divided under the general
headings of Expenses of General Con-
troll, including administrative costs,
office expenses, etc, all of which totals
$32, 592.41; Expenses of Instruction,
including salaries of teachers, princi
pals, materials used, text books, ETC.,
totalling $4S9,525; Expenses Of Opera
tion of School Plant, including wages
of janitors, supplies, fuel, etc., am cunt
ing to $81,59342; Expenses of Main
tenance of School Plant, including re-
pair, upkeep, rent, etc., total $18,055.20
and Miscellaneous Expenses, including
library expenses, ETC.. $20,031.94.
Total Over Half Million.
The total costs of operation, there
fore, amount to $641, 798.33. Taking
part in the advantages that have come
to the city through this enormous ex-
penditure were $3.50 students, making
an average daily enrolment in all the,
schools of 6,266. The per capita cost
per pupil for one year was $102.43.
SO every mother and father in the city
who sent their child to school had the
city of 'Kenosha, through the board of
education, spend $1o2.43 to teach the
child the three RS for year. The
per capita cost of instruction, which
represents a; part of this sum, was
$78.12.
1t is interesting to compare the 1923
statistics with those of other years.
The first column in the following tab
ulation represents the total instruc-
tion costs for the year, the second
column shows the per capita cost per
pupil, and the third column shows the
total enrolment that year: